D3FOOTBALL.COM ALL-REGION TEAMS
MINNEAPOLIS -- Augsburg College wide receiver
Muneer Al-Hameed (SR, Woodbury, Minn./Minneapolis Washburn HS) and tight end
Josh Pronschinske (SR, Fountain City, Wis./Cochrane-Fountain City HS) were named to the D3football.com All-West Region teams, it was announced on Thursday.
Al-Hameed was named to the first team, while Pronschinske was named to the second team. Pronschinske earned All-West Region honors for the second straight year, after earning third-team honors last year. Both earned All-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference first-team honors earlier this month.
As a wide receiver, Al-Hameed led the MIAC in receptions per-game (7.00), with 70 catches for 832 yards (third-best in the MIAC in overall statistics) and five touchdowns this season. In his 39-game career, Al-Hameed finished with 258 receptions for 3,089 yards and 18 touchdowns -- the reception total the second-most in school history, the yardage total third-best and the touchdown total sixth-best.
Al-Hameed proved his versatility this season, as he transitioned from wide receiver to quarterback for the final three games of the season after starter
Marcus Brumm (JR, Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville North HS) was lost for the year due to injury. As a quarterback, Al-Hameed completed 17-of-34 passes for 232 yards and two touchdowns in three starts.
Pronschinske led the conference's tight ends in receiving for the second straight year, with 43 catches for 463 yards and four touchdowns. His 4.78 receptions per-game ranked eighth-best in the league in overall statistics, while his 51.4 receiving yards per-game ranked 10th-best.
In his 26-game career, Pronschinske finished with 85 catches for 911 yards and six touchdowns.
The 75-member All-West Region teams were selected from a pool of 185 nominations in balloting by West Region sports information directors and the staff of
D3football.com, a national website that covers NCAA Division III football.
Augsburg has had at least one member named to the All-West Region team every year since the squad was first named in 2005 by D3football.com, and has had 11 all-region honorees in the award's history.