St. Louis, MO – Indiana State running back Shakir Bell and Northern Iowa linebacker L.J. Fort have been named the Missouri Valley Football Conference's offensive and defensive players of the year, respectively, on Monday.
North Dakota State's Craig Bohl was named the 'Bruce Craddock' Valley Football Coach of the Year.
2011 All-Missouri Valley Football Conference First Team
(as voted on by the head coaches and sports information directors)
Offense
QB - Kurt Hess, Youngstown State
QB - Tirrell Rennie, Northern Iowa
RB - Shakir Bell, Indiana State
RB - Jamaine Cook, Youngstown State
FB - Brock Lough, Indiana State
WR - Terriun Crump, Western Illinois
WR - Jermaine Saffold, Missouri State
TE - Alex Jones, Indiana State
OL - Bryan Boemer, Southern Illinois
OL - Paul Cornick, North Dakota State
OL - FN Lutz, Indiana State
OL - Cal McCarthy, Illinois State
OL - Jay Teply, Northern Iowa
Defense
DL - Ben Boothby, Northern Iowa
DL - Colter Boyer, North Dakota State
DL - Eric Brunner, Illinois State
DL - Ben Obaseki, Indiana State
LB - Aaron Archie, Indiana State
LB - L.J. Fort, Northern Iowa
LB - Evan Frierson, Illinois State
LB - Chad Wilson, North Dakota State
DB - Mike McElroy, Southern Illinois
DB - Alex Sewall, Indiana State
DB - Varmah Sonie, Northern Iowa
DB - Marcus Williams, North Dakota State
Special Teams
PK - Tyler Sieversten, Northern Iowa
P - Jason Schlautman, North Dakota State
RS - Steve Strother, Southern Illinois
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