ABILENE - McMurry placed eight players on the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference's All-Conference team, highlighted by the co-Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year.
Quarterback Jess Hoel was voted co-Offensive Player of the Year and defensive lineman Kane Strohman received co-Defensive Player of the Year.
Tackle Jeremiah Hayes, tight end Tristen Hall and receiver Kristopher Martin joined Hoel on the first-team offense.
Linebacker Herman Lee and defensive backs Tim Leatherman and Noah Hatcher joined Strohman on the first team defense.
Guards Vern Angton and Zha'Destian Griffin; center Kobe Moore; receivers Thomas Chandler, Kason O'Shields and Karmelus Card; running backs Drew Hagler and Jack Ishmael; and kicker Jax Rodriguez made the honorable mention offense.
Defensive lineman Jackson Harris, Dorian LeBlanc and Markeis Williams; linebackers Zachariah Mitchell and James White; defensive backs Kimani Smith, Dylon Davis and Jaden Wilson and punter Pablo Cabello made the honorable mention defense.
"I'm very proud of our team's representation on the All-SCAC awards list," said Mcmurry head coach Jordan Neal. "We had a special group of players in our program which was led by our senior class. Our guys are very deserving, and this sets a new standard for our program moving forward."
Hoel, a sophomore quarterback from Abernathy, Texas, built on a successful first year when he led McMurry and the American Southwest Conference in nearly every passing category by doing the same this season in the SCAC, leading the conference in passing yards (2,441), touchdown passes (19), completion percentage (65.3 percent), total offensive yards (2,845) and efficiency rating (149.1). He accounted for 29 total touchdowns this season, rushing for 10 scores with 404 total yards. A three-time SCAC Offensive Player-of-the-Week who opened the season with three consecutive games with three TD passes with no interceptions, Hoel and his 2,845 yards of total offense ranks as the 15th best single-season total in conference history.
Strohman, a senior defensive lineman from Katy, Texas, and a three-year starter for the War Hawks, led his team in total tackles (53) and headed the SCAC in both sacks (8.5) and tackles for loss (17.0) – totals that both represent single-season McMurry program bests. Part of a unit that led the league in almost all defensive categories (yards allowed, points allowed, rushing yards allowed, passing yards allowed and sacks), Strohman was a two-time SCAC Defensive POTW honoree, including in Week 6 when he posted a school-record 6.5 tackles for loss, which tied for the third-most in a single game in SCAC history, in the War Hawks' 28-10 conference victory at Centenary. The senior also played 44 snaps on the offensive side of the ball at tight end as well as a member of multiple special teams' units.
