The GLIAC offices announced the 2010 All-GLIAC Football team last Wednesday, includ­ing 10 Bulldog foot­ball players.

Players are cho­sen for the All-GLAIC Team by votes given by the league’s head coaches.

Senior line­backer Matt Ryan was the first Bulldog appointed to the All-GLIAC team, being cho­sen for the first team.

“He was a cap­tain elected by his team­mates, and led us in tack­les for two straight years and made bug plays at crit­i­cal times in games,” said Ferris defen­sive coor­di­na­tor Duane Wilson. “He stayed healthy and started 22 straight games and per­formed at a very high level. His recog­ni­tion is based on other coaches vot­ing for him.”

This is Ryan’s sec­ond con­sec­u­tive sea­son on the All-GLIAC team, as he was named to the sec­ond team last year. He was ranked third this year in Division II in tack­les, tal­ly­ing 11.6 tack­les per game. Ryan had 56 solo hits along with 72 assists.

Second-team picks for the Bulldogs were junior cen­ter Jake Hancock, senior defen­sive tackle Jacob Moreno, and sopho­more defen­sive end Jordan Morgan. Moreno tied for fourth in the league for sacks and was the third lead­ing tack­ler for the Bulldogs with 61. Morgan was third in the league in total sacks and tied for tenth in tackles.

Other hon­or­able men­tions picked for the All-GLIAC team were senior offen­sive line­man Scott Shattuck, senior safety Chad Wilson, junior receiver Mike Ryan, junior cor­ner­back William Miles, junior quar­ter­back Tom Schneider, and sopho­more defen­sive end Brad Iskow.

“It feels good,” said Ryan. “It’s an honor to be rec­og­nized by the GLIAC. This past sea­son is a good stepping-stone for us. We did some good things offen­sively and defen­sively. There’s a lot of room for improve­ment though.”

Ferris ended its sea­son with a 5–6 over­all record and broke even in the con­fer­ence at 5–5.

“It showed that we have made improve­ments from a year ago and that other coaches rec­og­nize our tal­ent,” said Wilson. “In the last five games we could have been 4–1 instead of 0–5 if we would have made a few more plays, which shows that we are get­ting back to being com­pet­i­tive every week. Hopefully it helps in recruit­ing and build sup­port from our fans and alumni,” said Wilson. n