INDIANAPOLIS – The Great Lakes Valley Conference released its year-end football awards Thursday, with Greyhounds garnering a number of accolades. In addition to UIndy's 20 All-GLVC nods, sophomore running back Al McKeller was voted the GLVC Offensive Player of the Year by the league's coaches, while fellow-running back and return man Toriano Clinton was dubbed the Freshman of the Year.
 
McKeller became the fifth Greyhound in seven years to be named the conference's top offensive threat, joining the likes of Jake Purichia (2017), Reece Horn (2014), Klay Fiechter (2013) and Mar'Quone Edmonds (2012).
 
A graduate of local Lawrence North High School, McKeller topped the league with 1,093 rushing yards and 12 rushing touchdowns. He was twice named GLVC Offensive Player of the Week this year on the way to becoming just the fourth-ever Greyhound with back-to-back 1,000-yard-rushing seasons.
 
Meanwhile, Clinton was dubbed the GLVC's top freshman one year after McKeller garnered the same honor. The Calumet, Ill., native currently leads all of Division II in kickoff return average (41.6 ypr) and is only one of three DII players with three kick return TDs on the season.
 
Also an All-GLVC Second Team honoree at running back, Clinton has racked up 763 rushing yards on the season, averaging 8.0 yards per carry, while scoring 13 total TDs.
 
McKeller was the lone Greyhound to earn unanimous support as an All-GLVC First Team selection. Ten other Greyhounds were named to the first team, including offensive linemen Clay Hadley and Dan McHale, wide receiver Malik Higgins, tight end/h-back Joseph Sarabia, d-linemen Lucas Rice and Jacob Schmatz, linebackers Cole Sigmund and Joe Lambright, and defensive backs Robert Williams and Blake Luker.
 
Hadley, Higgins, McKeller, Rice, Schmatz and Sigmund each picked up their second all-conference first team recognition.
 
Other UIndy award winners included second teamers Tarnjeet Singh (OL), Mitch Rougraff (OL), Erik Hart (DL) and Rondell Weathers (DL); as well as All-GLVC Honorable Mention honorees Skylar Lacy (OL), Alex Parsons (LB), Jake Purichia (QB) and Aaron Matio (WR). See below for the complete list of All-GLVC honorees.
 

GLVC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR:  Al McKeller, So., RB, Indianapolis
GLVC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR:  Cody Leonard, Sr., LB, Quincy
GLVC SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE YEAR:  Lawrence Woods, So., KR/PR, Truman
GLVC FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Toriano Clinton, RB, Indianapolis
GLVC COACH OF THE YEAR:  Tyler Fenwick, Missouri S&T
FIRST TEAM	SECOND TEAM
Clay Hadley, So., OL, UINDY	Austin Huls, So., OL, MCK
Dan McHale, Jr., OL, UINDY	Justin Rosendahl, Jr., OL, QU
Austin Holmes, Sr., OL, S&T	Tarnjeet Singh, Fr., OL, UINDY
Cole Foster, Sr., OL, MCK	Mitch Rougraff, Gr., OL, UINDY
Nicholas Verbeck, Sr., OL, TSU	Ryan Becker, Sr., OL, SBU
Josh Elam, Jr., OL, S&T	Jake Kapustka, Jr., OL, WJC
Tyler Swart, Sr., QB, S&T	Reece Metcalf, Sr., QB, MCK
Al McKeller, So., RB, UINDY #	Toriano Clinton, Fr., RB, UINDY
Preston Thompson, Sr., RB, MCK	Kimbo Ferguson, Jr., RB, LU
Jordan Salima, Jr., RB, TSU	De'shawn Jones, Jr., RB, S&T
Braxton Graham, Sr., WR, S&T#	Blake Tibbs, Sr., WR, LU
Malik Higgins, Sr., WR, UINDY	Josh Brown, So., WR, S&T
Jalyn Williams, Sr., WR, MCK	Josh Revay, Sr., WR, MCK
Logan Armontrout, Jr., WR, S&T	Justin Vaughn, Sr., WR, S&T
Joseph Sarabia, So., TE, UINDY	Zach Bobos, Sr., TE, MCK
Bailey "Bulla" Graft, Sr., O-UT, WJC	Jacob Morris, So., O-UT, TSU
Lucas Rice, Sr., DL, UINDY	*Deshawn Tone, Jr., DL, SBU
Tershawn Wharton, Jr., DL, S&T	Erik Hart, Sr., DL, UINDY*
Jacob Schmatz, Jr., DL, UINDY	Jake Floyd, Jr., DL, TSU*
Sam Reeves, Jr., DL, TSU	Rondell Weathers, Jr., DL, UINDY*
Joe Boettcher, Jr., DL, S&T	Isaiah Gray, Sr., DL, LU*
Cody Leonard, Sr., LB, QU#	Jack Kutey, Jr., DL, WJC*
Cole Sigmund, Sr., LB, UINDY	Tyler Curts, Sr., LB, SBU
Landon Compton, Sr., LB, S&T	Ricco Gipson, Jr., Jr., LB, MCK
Bo Brooks, Sr., LB, S&T	Bryan Edwards, Sr., LB, TSU
Joe Lambright, Jr., LB, UINDY	Antonio Wabanimkee, Jr., LB, WJC
Roderick Chapman, Sr., DB, S&T#	Edwin Durassaint, Sr., LB, LU
Robert Williams, Sr., DB, UINDY	Donte' Colum, Jr., DB, WJC
Jordan Siegel, Jr., DB, TSU	Hasan Muhammad-Rogers, Jr., DB, LU
Ryan Kirkendall, Jr., DB, S&T	Blake Benoist, Jr., DB, MCK
Blake Luker, Gr., DB, UINDY	Keenan Stegall, Jr., DB, QU
Lawrence Woods, So., D-UT, TSU#	Travis Myerson, Jr., DB, TSU
Josh Lazaro, So., K, MCK	Caleb Shipley, So., D-UT, MCK
Jonathan Banowetz, Jr., P, S&T	Ben Styron, Jr., K, S&T
Lawrence Woods, So., PR/KR, TSU	Monte Wolke, Jr., P, MCK/
	Braxton Graham, Sr., PR/KR, S&T
# unanimous selection
	*extra member due to a tie
HONORABLE MENTION	SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD NOMINEES
Skylar Lacy, Gr., OL, UINDY	Jake Purichia, UINDY
Alex Parsons, Jr., LB, UINDY	Edwin Durassaint, LU
Jake Purichia, Sr., QB, UINDY	Jalyn Williams, MCK
Aaron Matio, So., WR, UINDY	Landon Compton, S&T
Wolky Belancourt, Sr., P, LU	Clayton Cole, QU
Jamal Brown, Sr., OL, LU	Dylan Mountain, SBU
Chavon Gross, Jr., DB, LU	Jaden Barr, TSU
Amani Nelson, Sr., LB, LU	Thaddeus Glenn, WJC
Victor Williams, Sr., LB, LU
Matt Cole, Jr., KR/PR, MCK	SPORTSMANSHIP TEAM WINNER
Jace Franklin, So., RB, MCK	Truman
Jake King, Sr., OL, MCK
Steven Leadlove, So., O-UT, MCK
Brandon Purnell, So., DL, MCK
Isaiah Ward, So., DL, MCK
Mike Smith, Jr., DL, MCK
Chandler Anderson, Sr., DL, S&T
Austin Griffin, Jr., TE, S&T
Justin Onwugbufor, So., DB, S&T
Ben Straatmann, Fr., LB, S&T
Josh Thornton, Jr., OL, S&T
Jacques Jean Baptiste, Fr., DL, QU
Clayton Cole, Sr., LB, QU
DT Christiansen, Jr., DB, QU
Devon Hickman, Sr., OL, QU
Theo Hopkins, Sr., RB, QU
Bryce Johnson, Jr., DL, QU
Kris Sutton, Sr., DL, QU
Brayden Byrd, Sr., OL, SBU
Asa Carter, Jr., DB, SBU
Eric Knight, Fr., RB, SBU
Kevin Momah, Jr., DL, SBU
C.J. Brown, Sr., TE, TSU
Zach Nadle, Fr., DB, TSU
Brock Rohler, Sr., P, TSU
Andy Satulla, Sr., RB, TSU
Josh Scheiderer, Fr., K, TSU
Jacob VanDoren, Fr., OL, TSU
Dalton Dye, So., P, WJC
Major Walker, Jr., DL, WJC