COMPLETE ALL-FRONTIER TEAMS

ASHLAND – Led by four first-team selections, the Southern Oregon University football team put six players on the All-Frontier Conference list that was released Monday by the FC office.

Four seniors – return specialist Stokes Botelho, receivers Bryce Goggin and Christian Graney, and linebacker Jake Regino – landed the first-team honors. Junior defensive back DeShawn Craig and sophomore offensive lineman Hunter Geissler represented the Raiders on the second team. Senior linebacker Murphy McDowell was their Champions of Character recipient.

Botelho, a senior from Laie, Hawaii, who earned All-Frontier second-team honors as a cornerback in 2021, did a little bit of everything for the Raiders. He led the conference in kick-return yardage with 550, averaging 23.9 per attempt and going for a 95-yard score against College of Idaho on Sept. 17. He started every game at defensive back, recording 30 tackles and an interception. And he was the team's primary kicker by the end of the season, going 4-of-4 on extra points and connecting on a 33-yard field goal.

Goggin hit the first team for the second year in a row. In 10 games, the 6-foot-3 Eugene native totaled 43 receptions for 551 yards and four touchdowns, giving him 12 TDs since the start of 2021. He was at his best by the end of the year, averaging 90 yards per game on 20 combined receptions in SOU's final three outings.

Graney, a product of Sanger, Calif., was SOU's receptions leader with 48 total for 695 yards and five TDs. For the third consecutive season, he ranked top-three in receptions among all Frontier players. He also etched his name in Raider history with a single-game record of 267 reception yards on 10 catches against Montana Western. With 168 career receptions, he finished at No. 3 on SOU's all-time list.

Regino dominated defensively with a Frontier-best 113 tackles, becoming the first Raider to lead the conference in that category since 2014. His average of 11.3 per game ranked fifth in the NAIA, and he was seventh in the circuit with 9 ½ for losses. The Sacramento product reached double figures in tackles eight times and had a season-high 16 at Carroll (Mont.) on Sept. 24.

Craig, a DB from Placentia, Calif., amasses 23 tackles and had a team-high six pass break-ups. Geissler, a left tackle from Hailey, Idaho, led a Raider offensive line that helped produce 4.5 yards per rush and allowed its quarterbacks to be sacked just 12 times.

Montana Western quarterback Jon Jund was named the FC Offensive Player of the Year for the second time and Carroll's Garrett Kocab took top defensive honors.