GOLDEN, Colo. - Colorado School of Mines' Marc
Schiechl has been selected as a Pre-Season First Team NCAA Division
II All-American by Consensus Draft
Services (CDS) for the 2009 season, as announced today by the
CDS administrative staff.
A 6'3", 250-lb. junior-to-be defensive lineman from Lakewood,
Colo. (Bear Creek High School), Schiechl earned Third Team
All-American honors from Don Hansen's Football Gazette
following the 2008 season. Schiechl also garnered Second Team
All-Super Region #3 (Don Hansen's Football Gazette), Super
Region #3 Second Team Defense (Daktronics) and National
Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame - Colorado Chapter
First Team All-Colorado accolades in 2008.
Schiechl led the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) and
finished second in the nation in sacks (13.5) last fall.
Schiechl's 13.5 sacks tied his individual single-season CSM record
that he established as a redshirt freshman in 2007, and his 21.0
tackles for a loss in 2008 were tops in the RMAC and third (tied)
in the nation. Even more, Schiechl's 21.0 tackles for a loss
established a new individual single-season CSM record, breaking his
own mark of 17.5 that he set 2007.
A First Team All-RMAC selection in 2008, Schiechl is now Mines'
all-time career leader in sacks with 27.0. Schiechl, who led
CSM with four quarterback hurries in 2008, finished fourth on the
team with 69 total tackles (34 solo). A Pre-Season Second
Team All-NCAA Division II (from Lindy's Magazine) and
Pre-Season All-RMAC selection in 2008, Schiechl was selected as the
2007 RMAC Defensive Freshman of the Year. Schiechl, who
established a new individual single-game CSM record with 4.0 sacks
on October 6th, 2007, finished third in the nation and
second in the RMAC in sacks per game (1.13) en route to earning
Second Team All-RMAC, NFF First Team All-Colorado and Second Team
All-Southwest Region honors in 2007. Schiechl was a member of
the 2007 CSM defense that led the nation (NCAA Division II) in
sacks per game (4.67) and established a new single-season CSM team
record for quarterback sacks (56). Schiechl also earned CSM's
Newcomer of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year awards in
2007.
The Orediggers went 7-2 in the RMAC this fall and secured their
seventh winning season in the past eight years (8-4 overall).
CSM's second consecutive trip to the Dixie Rotary Bowl in
2008 marked the fourth time in program history that Mines had
competed in a bowl game. The 2008 Dixie Rotary Bowl also
marked the third time in five years that Mines had advanced into
the post-season. A grand total of 10 Orediggers earned
recognition on the 2008 All-RMAC teams, including six First Team
selections. Furthermore, Mines landed 16 players on the 2008
Academic All-RMAC football teams.
The Orediggers are scheduled to begin their 2009 season on
Saturday, August 29th, hosting Washburn University in a
non-conference NCAA Division II game at 12:00 p.m. (MDT) at Brooks
Field in Golden.
For more information, please visit http://athletics.mines.edu or
contact CSM Sports Information Director Jeff Duggan at jduggan@mines.edu.
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