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Warhawks Tabbed for Preseason Honors
6/7/2011
Warhawk football, the defending National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III national champions,
top the preseason rankings in two national polls. The Sporting News Top 25 and Lindy’s Sports Division
III Top 25 each have UW-Whitewater as number one picks for the 2011 season. Warhawks Levell
Coppage, Logan Allemand and Greg Arnold each earned spots on the Sporting News Division III
Preseason All-America Team and Coppage added Lindy’s Sports 2011 All-DIII Team honors.
UW-W has advanced to the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl, the Division III national championship game, six
consecutive years -- winning three of the last four. Whitewater has the longest active winning streak
in NCAA football in any division, with 30 consecutive wins. UW-Whitewater will be looking for its seventh
consecutive Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title in 2011.
Running back Levell Coppage (Oak Park, IL/Oak Park) was named to Sporting News’ Division III All-
American and Lindy’s Sports 2011 All-Division III Offensive Teams. Coppage rushed for 2,107 yards,
averaging 6.3 yards per carry in 2010. He scored 25 touchdowns, adding to his school and WIAC
records for career touchdowns, now at 81. Coppage earned MVP honors with his performance at the
Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl after breaking the bowl record with 299 rushing yards. Coppage is a three-time
First Team All-American and was named conference MVP the last two seasons.
Logan Allemand (Kenosha/Tremper) will be UW-W’s most experienced offensive lineman in
2011. Allemand contributed to the top ranked scoring and rushing offense in the WIAC in 2010. The
Warhawks scored an average of 40.2 per game, rushed for an average of 271.7 yards per game with total
offense averaging 470.9 yards per game. Last year Whitewater ranked among the top ten in NCAA
Division III in rushing offense and total offense.
Greg Arnold (Big Bend/Mukwonago) was a part of a defensive team that topped WIAC rankings in scoring
defense, allowing 11.8 points per game, rushing defense with 46.6 yards per game, and total defense
with 249.2 yards per game. Whitewater’s total defense ranked thirteenth in the NCAA DIII in
2010. Arnold totaled 78 tackles with two interceptions for 65 yards in his junior year.
The Warhawks will begin 2011 season on the road against UW-La Crosse Saturday, September 3 at
6:00. Whitewater’s first home game is scheduled for Saturday, September 17 at noon against
Campbellsville University.
Olson Picked for U.S. Squad
2011 NEWS RELEASES
6/15/2011
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater linebacker Lane Olson (Racine/Horlick) has been chosen to represent
the United States as a member of the national team at the International Federation of American Football
Senior World Championship July 8-16 in Austria.
As of June 30, 2011…Olson has decided not to pursue the opportunity to play with the USA squad to
instead vie for a roster spot on a UFL team.
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