19 Statesmen Earn All-Conference Honors

The Hobart College Statesmen may have ended up fourth in the conference standings to end the 2017, but many individual players earned 1st and 2nd team All-LL honors.

For the second year in a row, SR QB Shane Sweeney earned the OPOTY award. Sweeney passed for over 2,400 yards and 18 TDs. FY PK Kyle Hackett earned Co-STPOTY award for leading the LL in scoring with 73 points, including a perfect 10-10 on FGs.

Overall, there were 19 Statesmen that earned All-LL honors, as announced last week:

ALL-LIBERTY LEAGUE FIRST TEAM - OFFENSE
QB- Shane Sweeney, Sr., Hobart
WR- Brandon Shed, Sr., Hobart
RB- Joe Letizia, Sr., Hobart
TE- Zach Withers, Sr., Hobart
OL- John Deveney, Jr., Hobart
OL- Alex Helm, Sr., Hobart

ALL-LIBERTY LEAGUE FIRST TEAM - DEFENSE
DL- Brandon Ball, Sr., Hobart
DB- Tom D’Antonio, Sr., Hobart

ALL-LIBERTY LEAGUE FIRST TEAM - SPECIALISTS
PK- Kyle Hackett, Fr., Hobart
P- Rio Schmidt, Sr., Hobart

ALL-LIBERTY LEAGUE SECOND TEAM - OFFENSE
RB- Dakota Harvey, Fr., Hobart

ALL-LIBERTY LEAGUE SECOND TEAM - DEFENSE
LB- Jedh Downey, So., Hobart
LB- Almamy Conde, Sr., Hobart
DB- Jayson Prince, So., Hobart

HONORABLE MENTION - OFFENSE
OL- Jack Koch, Jr., Hobart
OL- Stephen VanHoesen, Sr., Hobart

HONORABLE MENTION - DEFENSE
DL- Zackary Robak, Sr., Hobart
DB- Kai Brandford, Jr., Hobart

HONORABLE MENTION - SPECIALISTS
ATH- Tynard Barfield, Jr., Hobart

That's an impressive number of players to earn All-LL honors, and with 8 of them are coming back in 2018, there's a lot to look forward to for Hobart fans.

In addition to the above honors, six Statesmen players (which tied with RPI for most in NYS) also earned CoSIDA All District All Academic team awards. To earn a spot on the Academic All-District team, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum 3.3 cumulative grade point average, be a starter or significant reserve and be at least a sophomore academically. The Hobart players who earned this award included:

SR QB Shane Sweeney (3.47)
SR OL Alex Helm (3.60)
SR OL Stephen VanHoesen (3.46) 
SR DE Brandon Ball (3.63)
JR DB Kai Brandford (3.56)
SR P Rio Schmidt (3.52)

Congratulations to all these individual accomplishments!

Happy Thanksgiving to you and you families, both near and far away.

Thanks for reading and go 'Bart!