FB's Ubbelohde named All-West Region

December 9, 2005
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LB Andrew Ubbelohde was named first-team All-West Region by d3Football.com. The teams, selected in balloting by West Region sports information directors and D3football.com staff, were chosen from 147 nominations by Division III member schools. It is the first time this team has been chosen by D3football.com. A total of 75 players were chosen. D3football.com is in its seventh season covering Division III football on the Internet.

Ubbelohde is one of 46 Division III players invite to compete in this month's Aztec Bowl in Mexico with a team of Division III all-stars.He broke the UST single-game and season records for tackles this season. He made first-team All-MIAC for the third year in a row -- one of just four conference players to achieve that in 2003, 2004 and 2005. He also made second-team CoSIDA Academic All-America with his 3.81 gpa in Criminal Justice. He ended the regular season third in the nation in tackles per game with 14.9; had a school-record 21 tackles vs. St. John's in his final college game; broke a UST season tackles record with 133 in nine games; and closed his career with 318 tackles, second-most in Tommie history. In 24 starts since 2003, he had 307 tackles, 10 sacks, two interceptions, two forced fumbles and one recovered fumble. He was named MIAC Defensive Player of the Week three times in his career.