CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa --- The Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) announced today its major football awards and All-Conference team for the 2012 season. University of Dubuque senior quarterback Wyatt Hanus (Traer, Iowa / North Tama) has been named the 2012 IIAC Football Offensive Most Valuable Player, while Coe College senior defensive end Frank Weymiller (New Albin, Iowa / Waukon) has been named the 2012 IIAC Football Defensive Most Valuable Player. Coe College head coach Steve Staker has been named the 2012 IIAC Football Coach of the Year.
 
2012 Offensive Most Valuable Player – Wyatt Hanus, QB, University of Dubuque
The Iowa Conference’s leading passer in terms of average, Hanus completed 258 of 390 passes for 3,165 yards and a league-high 27 touchdowns while directing Dubuque’s league-leading passing offense. He also ranked second in the IIAC to Simpson’s Taylor Nelson in total offense (314.5) and to Coe's Jared McNutt in pass efficiency (153.6). Hanus topped 300 yards passing in six games, topping out at 412 yards against Central on Sept. 29. He ranks 16th in NCAA Division III in total offense and 29th in pass efficiency.
 
Hanus, a two-time first team all-league signal-caller, ranks fifth among Division III quarterbacks in passing yards, ninth in passing yards per game and 10th in completions per game. He concludes his career at Dubuque as the school’s career leader in passing yards (8,394), completions (670) and touchdowns (82) while ranking second in passing attempts (989). Hanus holds the top two single-season UD totals in passing yards, completions and touchdowns and holds two of the top four totals in attempts and total offense.
 
In addition to owning seven of the top 20 single-game passing yardage totals, he holds UD’s single-game marks for touchdowns (7 vs. Buena Vista, 2011) and completions (37 vs. Central, 2012). The seven touchdown passes against Buena Vista are an Iowa Conference record, as were the 35 scoring strikes in league play in 2011. Hanus figured prominently in a third IIAC record as 21 of his 37 completions at Central in 2012 went to Austin Morgan, setting a new single-game league mark for receptions.
 
Hanus is the second Dubuque player in a row to be named the league’s top offensive player after 2011 Gagliardi Trophy winner Michael Zweifel, and just the third Dubuque player to be named an Iowa Conference MVP, joining Zweifel and Rick Steil, who captured the award in 1979.
 
2012 Defensive Most Valuable Player – Frank Weymiller, DE, Coe College
Weymiller, now a three-time First Team All-Iowa Conference selection, has made 65 tackles (44 solo) through 10 games this season, ranking 16th among Iowa Conference defensive players while leading a Coe defense that ranks second in both rushing offense (98.7 ypg) and pass defense (187.6 ypg) but leads the league in total defense (286.3 ypg). He leads all league players with 11.0 sacks (10 solo) and ranks second with 18.5 tackles for loss despite sitting out portions of the second half in some games due to Coe having built a significant lead.
 
With 36.5 career sacks, Weymiller is currently tied with Oberlin’s Clay Eaton for the lead among active Division III players. The mark ranks as the 12th-most in NCAA Division III history. He also owns the top three single-season sack totals in Kohawk history with his 11.0 this season ranking second behind the 15.5 he posted as a freshman in 2009 and just ahead of the 10 he had in 2010. Weymiller is also Coe’s career leader in tackles for loss with 57.5; his 18.5 TFLs this season ranking third all-time for a single season.
 
Additionally, Weymiller has been credited with six forced fumbles this season, twice as many as anyone else in the Iowa Conference. His 15 career forced fumbles are the most by any active player at any level of the NCAA.
 
Weymiller becomes the fourth different Coe player – and the first one from the defensive side of the ball – to be named an Iowa Conference MVP, representing six total honors. The others are current Buffalo Bills running back Fred Jackson (2001 & 2002), Joe Brannen (2004), and Brad Boyle (2009 overall & 2010 offense). Brannen and Boyle were quarterbacks.
 
2012 Iowa Conference Football Coach of the Year – Steve Staker, Coe College
Staker led the Kohawks to a 10-0 mark overall, the school’s first outright Iowa Conference title – and fourth overall – and a berth in the 2012 NCAA Division III Football Championship. Under his guidance this year, Coe ranks among the top-three in the Conference in 22 statistical areas including leading the IIAC in scoring offense (44.6 ppg), scoring defense (11.3), total offense (463.4 ypg), total defense (286.3), rushing offense (202.9 ypg), pass efficiency (178.4), pass defense efficiency (108.8), opponents first downs (14.7 per game), third-down conversion percentage (48-of-95; 50.5 percent), opponents’ third-down conversion percentage (26-of-103; 25.2 percent), turnover margin (+1.57 per game), red zone offense (38 scores on 43 opportunities; 88.4 percent) and red zone defense (5 scores on 12 opportunities; 41.7 percent).
 
So potent was Coe’s defense in league play this year that they allowed, on average, 10.8 fewer points and 45.4 yards of total offense than the next best team in the league during IIAC play. They also ranked second to Dubuque’s league-leading pass defense by only 4.3 yards (183.3-187.6). Opponents also converted 10 percent fewer opportunities against the Kohawks than against runner-up Wartburg (35.3 percent)
 
This is the second Iowa Conference Football Coach of the Year honor for Staker, who in his fifth season directing the Kohawk program. He also won the award in 2009 and is one of two Coe head coaches to have won the award (Erik Raeburn, 2002).
 
2012 All-Iowa Conference Football Team
The IIAC also announced today the 2012 All-Conference Football Team. The 55-member Team includes 20 repeat All-Conference honorees, including seven – Weymiller, Coe running back Brendan Leiran, Coe offensive lineman Jacob Deaton, Wartburg offensive lineman Jon Orr, Wartburg running back Reese Thompson, Wartburg defensive back Garrett McGrane and Dubuque linebacker Trevor Runkle – who become three-time All-Conference performers. Each of the honors earned by Weymiller, Leiran and McGrane were first team honors. Also, Simpson junior Brad Vogel captured a pair of all-conference honors from the coaches. He was named to the first team as a return specialist and to the second team at receiver, his regular position. This is Vogel’s first all-league honor as a receiver. He was an honorable mention in 2010 and a first-teamer in 2011 as a return specialist.
 
Conference champion Coe had a league-best 15 players selected All-Iowa Conference – eight on the first team, seven on the second team. Coe’s selections were also evenly distributed on either side of the ball. There were seven on offense, seven on defense and a kicker. Simpson College followed with nine selections, just ahead of University of Dubuque and Wartburg College with eight apiece. Buena Vista University received six all-conference nods, followed by Central College with five and Loras College and Luther College with two each. Simpson and Wartburg each had five first-team selections while Dubuque had four.
 
The complete 2012 IIAC All-Conference Football Team follows this release.
 
 

2012 All-Iowa Conference Football Team
Offensive MVP - Wyatt Hanus, sr., QB, Dubuque
Defensive MVP - Frank Weymiller, sr., DE, Coe
Coach of the Year - Steve Staker, Coe
First Team - Offense	School	Year	Pos.	Hometown/High School
Jared McNutt	Coe	Sr.	QB	Warren, Ill. / Warren
Wyatt Hanus ¥	Dubuque	Sr.	QB	Traer, Iowa / North Tama
Brenden Leiran # ¥	Coe	Sr.	RB	Waukon, Iowa / Waukon
Nate Carrier	Loras	Fr.	RB	Shullsburg, Wis. / Shullsburg
Jared Kuehner ^	Coe	Sr.	WR	Center Point, Iowa / Center Point-Urbana
Miles Hookstead &	Dubuque	Sr.	TE	Whitewater, Wis. / Whitewater
Taylor Rogers ¥	Simpson	Sr.	WR	South Sioux City, Neb. / South Sioux City
Michael Wiegmann &	Buena Vista	Sr.	OL	Dumont, Iowa / Aplington-Parkersburg
Nathan Yelton ¥	Coe	Jr.	OL	Bloomington, Ill. / Central Catholic
Richard Skaife % ¥	Dubuque	Sr.	OL	DeForest, Wis. / DeForest
Danny Kelley	Simpson	Sr.	OL	Mount Pleasant, Iowa / Mount Pleasant
Jon Orr ! #	Wartburg	Sr.	OL	Delhi, Iowa / Maquoketa Valley
First Team - Defense	School	Year	Pos.	Hometown/High School
Bryce Sampson	Coe	Sr.	DB	Roland, Iowa / Roland-Story
Demetreus Johnson ¥	Coe	Sr.	DB	Cedar Rapids, Iowa / Kennedy
Malcolm Stewart	Dubuque	Sr.	DB	Dubuque, Iowa / Senior
Garrett McGrane # ¥	Wartburg	Sr.	DB	Fairbank, Iowa / Wapsie Valley
Danny Samson	Central	Jr.	DL	Baxter, Iowa / Baxter
Frank Weymiller @ ¥	Coe	Sr.	DL	New Albin, Iowa / Waukon
Nate Neuhaus	Coe	Sr.	DL	Manchester, Iowa / West Delaware
Scott Vierow	Simpson	Sr.	DL	Fayette, Iowa / North Fayette
Nick Plueger	Buena Vista	Sr.	LB	LeMars, Iowa / LeMars
Mark Cronin &	Simpson	Sr.	LB	Holstein, Iowa / Galva-Holstein
Jason Shupp ¥	Wartburg	Sr.	LB	Cedar Rapids, Iowa / Kennedy
Ryan Billings	Wartburg	Jr.	LB	Sterling, Ill. / Sterling
First Team - Specialists	School	Year	Pos.	Hometown/High School
Kevin Sheldon ¥	Central	So.	PK	West Des Moines, Iowa / Valley
Grant Zimmerman	Wartburg	Fr.	P	Mendota, Ill. / Mendota
Brad Vogel ~ ¥	Simpson	Jr.	RET	Donnellson, Iowa / Central Lee
Second Team - Offense	School	Year	Pos.	Hometown/High School
Taylor Nelson &	Simpson	Jr.	QB	West Des Moines, Iowa / Valley
John Hill	Buena Vista	Sr.	RB	Webster City, Iowa / Webster City
Reese Thompson ! #	Wartburg	Sr.	RB	Van Horne, Iowa / Benton Community
Logan Lehrkamp	Buena Vista	Sr.	WR	Carroll, Iowa / Carroll
Keaton Juergens	Coe	Jr.	WR	Elkader, Iowa / Central
Brad Vogel ~	Simpson	Jr.	WR	Donnellson, Iowa / Central Lee
Curt Hruska	Wartburg	Sr.	WR	New Hampton, Iowa / New Hampton
Travis Hook	Central	Jr.	OL	Grundy Center, Iowa / Grundy Center
Tim Ahline	Coe	Sr.	OL	Lemont, Ill. / Lemont
Jacob Deaton # &	Coe	Sr.	OL	Des Moines, Iowa / West Des Moines Dowling
Nick Holeton	Loras	Sr.	OL	Pecatonica, Ill. / Pecatonica
Patrick Thompson	Simpson	Jr.	OL	Perry, Iowa / Perry
Second Team - Defense	School	Year	Pos.	Hometown/High School
Eric Larson	Central	So.	DB	Waverly, Iowa / Waverly-Shell Rock
Antoine Allen-Jackson	Coe	Jr.	DB	Aurora, Ill. / Oswego East
Robby Jewell &	Luther	Jr.	DB	Decorah, Iowa / Decorah
Tyler Craig	Simpson	Sr.	DB	Mount Vernon, Iowa / Mount Vernon
Michael Young	Central	Jr.	LB	Country Club Hills, Ill. / Hillcrest
Zach West	Coe	Sr.	LB	Tiffin, Iowa / Clear Creek-Amana
Trevor Runkle $ &	Dubuque	Sr.	LB	Dodgeville, Wis. / Dodgeville
Trent Kerrigan ^	Luther	Sr.	LB	Houston, Minn. / Houston
TJ Bruch	Buena Vista	Jr.	DL	Arcadia, Iowa / Carroll Kuemper
Mitch Montgomery	Coe	Jr.	DL	Lisbon, Iowa / Lisbon
Marice Hill	Dubuque	Sr.	DL	Chicago, Ill. / Rich Central
Chad Crawford	Wartburg	Sr.	DL	Galena, Ill. / Galena
Second Team - Specialists	School	Year	Pos.	Hometown/High School
Wes Anderson	Coe	Jr.	PK	Newhall, Iowa / Benton Community
Heriberto Sandoval	Dubuque	Fr.	PK	St. Francis, Wis. / St. Francis
Doug Lillibridge	Dubuque	Sr.	P	Byron, Ill. / Byron
Dylan Barrett	Buena Vista	So.	RET	Harlan, Iowa / Harlan
Honorable Mention	School	Year	Pos.	Hometown/High School
Colton Smith	Central	Sr.	OL	Kearney, Mo. / Kearney
Josh Osborn	Central	So.	RB	Burlington, Iowa / Burlington
Ross Doehrmann	Central	Sr.	RB	Williamsburg, Iowa / Williamsburg
Chase Cooling $	Coe	Jr.	P	Cedar Rapids, Iowa / Xavier
Dylan Ramsey	Dubuque	So.	DB	Urbana, Iowa / Center Point-Urbana
Sean Anderson	Dubuque	Jr.	WR	Yorkville, Ill. / Yorkville
Dave Pirkle	Loras	So.	DB	Frankfort, Ill. / Marist
Brandon Ronan	Loras	Sr.	LB	Waukon, Iowa / Waukon
Sam Ross ^	Loras	Sr.	OL	Epworth, Iowa / Western Dubuque
Aaron Strong	Loras	Sr.	DL	Elgin, Iowa / Valley Community
Obi Ukabiala	Luther	Sr.	DL	Urbandale, Iowa / Urbandale
James Knutson	Luther	Sr.	LB	La Crosse, Wis. / Aquinas
Elliott Scheck	Luther	Sr.	OL	Houston, Minn. / Houston
Adam Bohr	Luther	Sr.	RB	Decorah, Iowa / Decorah
Zach Jipp	Luther	Sr.	TE	Bettendorf, Iowa / Pleasant Valley
J.J. Sirios	Luther	So.	RET	Keenesburg, Colo. / Weld Central
Colin White	Luther	Jr.	DL	Glenwood, Iowa / Glenwood
Grant Focht	Simpson	Sr.	DB	Stanton, Iowa / Stanton
Nate Boer	Simpson	Sr.	OL	Sheldon, Iowa / Hull Western Christian
John Sims	Simpson	So.	DL	New Sharon, Iowa / North Mahaska
Ben Bentil	Wartburg	Jr.	DL	Milwaukee, Wis. / Wisconsin Lutheran
Previous Honors
¥ - 2011 First Team All-Conference
& - 2011 Second Team All-Conference
^ - 2011 Honorable Mention
# - 2010 First Team All-Conference
$ - 2010 Second Team All-Conference
~ - 2010 Honorable Mention
@ - 2009 First Team All-Conference
! - 2009 Second Team All-Conference
% - 2009 Honorable Mention