2024 PSAC Western Division ALL CONFERENCE!

[CoachMalpica]

2024 PSAC Football Western Division All-Conference and Major Awards

Offensive Athlete of the Year: Davis Black, California
Defensive Athlete of the Year: Todd Hill, Slippery Rock
Freshman of the Year: Jayden Whitaker, Gannon
Coach of the Year: Gary Dunn, California

PSAC FOOTBALL WESTERN DIVISION ALL-CONFERENCE OFFENSIVE FIRST TEAM

Pos.	Player	School	Cl.
QB	Davis Black^	California	Senior
RB	Bobby Boyd Jr.	California	Sophomore
RB	Ky’Ron Craggette*	Seton Hill	R-Junior
RB	Chris D’Or	Slippery Rock	Senior
OT	Joe Cooper^	Slippery Rock	R-Junior
OT	Gabe Hulslander	Edinboro	Graduate Student
OG	Gerald Comedy^	IUP	R-Senior
OG	Nashawn Jackson	California	Senior
C	Jaheim Bassham	California	Senior
TE	Kam Kruzelyak*	Slippery Rock	Senior
WR	Maurice Massey	IUP	R-Junior
WR	Trevon Tate	Clarion	Senior
WR	Eric Willis III*	California	Junior
RS	Kylon Wilson	Slippery Rock	Sophomore
PK	Anthony Beitko^**	California	Senior

PSAC FOOTBALL WESTERN DIVISION ALL-CONFERENCE DEFENSIVE FIRST TEAM

Pos.	Player	School	Cl.
DL	Charles Calhoun	Gannon	R-Junior
DL	Todd Hill	Slippery Rock	Graduate Student
DL	Munchie Johnson^	Slippery Rock	R-Senior
DL	Julien Laventure	California	Sophomore
DL	Jake Tarburton^	Clarion	Junior
LB	Trey Baker	Gannon	R-Senior
LB	Garrett Cox**	IUP	R-Senior
LB	Wilfredo Diaz	Edinboro	R-Sophomore
LB	Ritchie McCormack	Seton Hill	Junior
DB	David Awuah	Seton Hill	Junior
DB	Darius Bruce^**	IUP	Senior
DB	Rashan Murray	California	Junior
DB	Dom Solomon Jr.^	California	Senior
P	Reed Martin^**	Edinboro	Senior

PSAC FOOTBALL WESTERN DIVISION ALL-CONFERENCE OFFENSIVE SECOND TEAM

Pos.	Player	School	Cl.
QB	Brayden Long*	Slippery Rock	Senior
RB	Idris Lawrence	Slippery Rock	Senior
RB	Caron Robinson	Edinboro	Graduate Student
RB	JD Younger	IUP	Junior
OT	Daric Cotman	IUP	R-Senior
OT	Paul Newill	Seton Hill	Graduate Student
OG	Caleb Turner	Seton Hill	Junior
OG	Devin Webb	Clarion	Sophomore
C	Chad Layton*	IUP	R-Senior
TE	Jack Collecchi	California	Senior
WR	Donell Mason	Gannon	Junior
WR	Todd Phillips	Seton Hill	Graduate Student
WR	Kylon Wilson	Slippery Rock	Sophomore
RS	Kalen Frazier	IUP	Junior
PK	Nick Andrasi	IUP	Junior

PSAC FOOTBALL WESTERN DIVISION ALL-CONFERENCE DEFENSIVE SECOND TEAM

Pos.	Player	School	Cl.
DL	Armani Caraballo	California	Senior
DL	Josh Cohen	Seton Hill	Senior
DL	Maurice Feazell	IUP	R-Senior
DL	Owen Kling	Clarion	R-Junior
DL	Josh Miller	California	Senior
LB	Griffin Buzzell^	Clarion	Junior
LB	John Hutchinson	California	Senior
LB	Charles Ingram	IUP	R-Senior
LB	Jacob Snow	Slippery Rock	Sophomore
DB	Eddie Faulkner IV*	Slippery Rock	Senior
DB	Kalen Frazier^	IUP	Junior
DB	Josh Stokes	Slippery Rock	Senior
DB	Demitri Whitehead	Seton Hill	Junior
P	Bryson Costa	Gannon	Freshman

[CoachMalpica]

How does the ALL Conference get selected I heard that the Head Coaches vote and several players are nominated for ballot from each team. Do Head Coaches have stats in front of them? I know some positions stats dont always tell the story but I cant help but notice that several players were left out including Zach Malpica Defensive End/Edge LB from Edinboro left off of DL all conference. Not trying to undervalue the young men selected but I will post stats for all and you tell me what you think?

RED INDICATES LOWER STATS THEN MALPICA
GREEN STATS HIGHER THEN MALPICA

PSAC West 1st Team DL

Player	Total Tackles	Tackles for a loss	Sacks	Less in all 3 Stats
Charles Calhoun Gannon	40	9.5	4.5	X
Todd Hill Slippery Rock	56	13	6.5
Munchie Johnson Slippery Rock	48	13	3.5
Julien Laventure California	29	6.5	4.5	X
Jake Tarburton Clarion	43	13	7
PSAC West 2nd Team DL
Armani Caraballo California	27	10.5	9
Josh Cohen Seton Hill	35	9.5	4.5	X
Maurice Feazell IUP	44	14.5	7.5
Owen Kling Clarion	16	3	0.5	X
Josh Miller California	27	6.5	3.0	X
LEFT OFF
Zach Malpica Edinboro	50	12	5.0

Out of 10 Selected he was 2nd in total tackles, 5th in TFLs, 5th in Sacks
5 players he had higher totals in all 3 categories 2 on 1st team and 3 on 2nd team

Obviously I'm biased he is my son but i have been playing and coaching football my whole life at every level no one is more critical and realistic about him than me. Make this make sense to me please! All these athletes work hard but this young man plays so hard and works so hard on gameday in practice and in the weight room. HE would trade all of these accolades in a second if it meant his team would win won their games. Maybe cuz Edinboro had such a rough roller coaster year I dont know.

[Ram040506]

Stats certainly look up to par. The teams at the top of the division (Rock, Cal, IUP) are given more weight typically. Edinboro struggled, it's as simple as that most likely.

As you said, stats don't tell the whole story sometimes.

[Fightingscot82]

4. ALL-CONFERENCE AWARD PROCEDURE

4.1 TEAM COMPOSITION and INDIVIDUALS AWARDS

4.1.1 Each division shall select an All-Conference team consisting of first and second teams with 29 players on each.
4.1.2 Positions selected shall be: Offense - 3 wide receivers, a tight-end, 2 tackles, 2 guards, a center, a quarterback, 3 running backs, a place-kicker, and a return specialist. Defense - 5 down linemen, 4 linebackers (including defensive ends), 4 defensive backs and a punter.
4.1.3 Each Division shall select a Coach, Freshman and Athlete of the Year for Offense & Defense. To be eligible for the Freshman of the Year Award, a student-athlete should be listed by the institution as a freshman or red-shirt freshman and must be competing in their initial year of eligibility for that sport.
4.1.4 First and second team Eastern and Western Division All-Conference players receive a certificate. Individual award winners will receive a plaque.

4.2 NOMINATION PROCEDURES

4.2.1 A coach may nominate no more than 25 players from his team only.
4.2.2 A player must have played in at least 66% of his team’s games in order to be nominated.
4.2.3 A player must have played at least 30% of his total games played at a particular position in order to be nominated for that position.
4.2.4 A coach shall rank his players from 1 through 11 on the nomination form. 4.2.5 From his team only, a coach may nominate one player each in the categories of: Athlete (Offense), Athlete (Defense) and Freshman of the Year.

4.3. VOTING PROCEDURES

4.3.1 A coach may not vote for his own players or himself.
4.3.2 A coach must cast votes equal to the total number of players selected on the first and second teams (29).
4.3.3 A coach must rank his votes at each position selected.
4.3.4 A ballot must be completed fully in order to be counted.

4.4 MISCELLANEOUS

4.4.1 The All-Conference Team shall be released during the week following the final mandated Conference game / PSAC Championship Game.
4.4.2 The selection process will be conducted by the Conference Communications Director in accordance with the PSAC policy.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Stats certainly look up to par. The teams at the top of the division (Rock, Cal, IUP) are given more weight typically. Edinboro struggled, it's as simple as that most likely.

As you said, stats don't tell the whole story sometimes.

Correct. The best CBs in the league typically have the least stats. Nobody throws near them. Stats don't tell the whole story.

[CoachMalpica]

Correct. The best CBs in the league typically have the least stats. Nobody throws near them. Stats don't tell the whole story.

Well he isnt a DB I understand that logic but on DLINE a TFL and Sack is what it is....trust me he was avoided and doubled quite a bit otherwise his tackles would have been even higher.any d lineman with over 40 tackles in a season is elite usually the schemes are made for them to eat blocks and let the LBs get the tackles.

[CoachMalpica]

Stats certainly look up to par. The teams at the top of the division (Rock, Cal, IUP) are given more weight typically. Edinboro struggled, it's as simple as that most likely.

As you said, stats don't tell the whole story sometimes.

Well they beat IUP, lost to Slippery Rock by 5 points came down to end of game and Cal game they were neck and neck the whole game and he had 7 tackles 3 TFLs and a sack against CAL....this is one thing that is actually an individual award shame that team losing a few heartbreakers affects a pplayers performance...the Fact that another player Wilfredo Diaz leads all college all classifications in the COUNTRY with 150 tackles and he wasnt defensive player of the year is hilarious...at least he was 1st team all psac they got that right

[Fightingscot82]

Well they beat IUP, lost to Slippery Rock by 5 points came down to end of game and Cal game they were neck and neck the whole game and he had 7 tackles 3 TFLs and a sack against CAL....this is one thing that is actually an individual award shame that team losing a few heartbreakers affects a pplayers performance...the Fact that another player Wilfredo Diaz leads all college all classifications in the COUNTRY with 150 tackles and he wasnt defensive player of the year is hilarious...at least he was 1st team all psac they got that right

I agree with you on Diaz. Almost every week I'd watch him make plays and tell myself he's probably going to be PSAC West DPOY. Todd Hill (Slippery Rock) is a fine player but I'm not sure how that happened. His best stat was 4th in the PSAC West for sacks. He tied for tops in the west for solo TFL but didn't even register in the top 200 for total tackles nationally. Happy for him but I agree this should have been Diaz's award.

Some things that probably hurt Diaz is that he is tied for 14th in the west for total TFL and had just 1.5 sacks, but I blame the latter on Edinboro not seeming to blitz much this year.

[Ram040506]

I agree with you on Diaz. Almost every week I'd watch him make plays and tell myself he's probably going to be PSAC West DPOY. Todd Hill (Slippery Rock) is a fine player but I'm not sure how that happened. His best stat was 4th in the PSAC West for sacks. He tied for tops in the west for solo TFL but didn't even register in the top 200 for total tackles nationally. Happy for him but I agree this should have been Diaz's award.

Some things that probably hurt Diaz is that he is tied for 14th in the west for total TFL and had just 1.5 sacks, but I blame the latter on Edinboro not seeming to blitz much this year.

Blame the fact that they are 3-8. 11th in the conference in PPG allowed, 8th in total yardage allowed. Total tackles, IMO is a stat that is inflated or deflated depending on the stat keeper. There are a lot of guys on the teams that don't do as well with huge tackle totals. I'm not trying to imply that this Diaz guy isn't worthy, just offering another vantage point here. On paper, the other coaches voting see the leading tackle guy on a 3-8 defense.

The real reason he probably didn't win is because he wasn't enough of a difference in your losses to Clarion, Millersville and Gannon. Those teams are terrible with a total record of 7-25 between them.

[Fightingscot82]

Blame the fact that they are 3-8. 11th in the conference in PPG allowed, 8th in total yardage allowed. Total tackles, IMO is a stat that is inflated or deflated depending on the stat keeper. There are a lot of guys on the teams that don't do as well with huge tackle totals. I'm not trying to imply that this Diaz guy isn't worthy, just offering another vantage point here. On paper, the other coaches voting see the leading tackle guy on a 3-8 defense.

The real reason he probably didn't win is because he wasn't enough of a difference in your losses to Clarion, Millersville and Gannon. Those teams are terrible with a total record of 7-25 between them.

Fair points. The guy was also defensive POW three times.

[Futurelooksbright]

I agree with Rams0405, you can't lose that many games and then expect to get everyone on 1st or 2nd team! It's tough, coach fight for their players but if Cal, Or Slippery Rock have a guy, well they will get it!! A lot of deserving guys didn't get noticed, o well!

[ShoNuff]

I am trying to figure out how IUP had 2 DBs making All West Conference team.....