Grant Ellison Selected All-America

12/16/11

Grant Ellison, QU's senior striker, tops off his record breaking season with his selection to the NCAA Division II All-America Third Team. Ellison's award comes as a reward for him scoring 16 goals while leading the Hawks to the GLVC Championship as their inspirational Co-Captain. His 16 senior-year goals pushed his career total to 45 allowing him to move up to a 7th place tie (with Mark Thomas) on the Hawks All-Time Top Scorers list. Grant's All-America selection is QU's first such honor received since Josh Worth's selection in 2004.

All in all, Hawks players since 1966 have appeared on 32 All-America teams. Carl Schwarzen, Mike Villa, John Schneider, Mario Camacho, Mark Mathis, Sam Bick, Neil Frederickson, Emilio John, Eric Delabar, Brian Belobradic, Mike Gallo, and Mark Roome, were selected once each during QU's NAIA reign, while Jim Pollihan, Tor Duner, Steve Lux, and Claes Sandstrom were all selected twice. Edmundo Camacho and Al Harte were each honored three times as All-America players.

In 1984 QU affiliated with the NCAA and played as a Division I team up until the end of 1995. During these twelve seasons, Jock Lagerstedt (1987), was the only Hawk to be awarded All-America honors.

In 1996 the Hawks became part of the GLVC Conference at the NCAA Division II level. In this time five Hawks have won selection as All-America honorees: Jay Wright and Jonathan Douglas in 1998; Matt Vollink in 2000; Josh Worth in 2004, and now Grant Ellison, a 2011 award winner. Here's hoping that there are many more to come.