FREELAND — The Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association has announced its 2014 All-MIAA football team.

Trine quarterback Taylor Masiewicz, who led the MIAA in total offense with 288 yards per game passing and rushing in conference play, has been named Offensive Most Valuable Player in the vote conducted by the conference’s coaches.

Olivet defensive lineman Ryan Armstrong, who led the MIAA in tackles for loss with 16.5 and tied for first in sacks with 8.5 against conference opponents, was named Defensive Most Valuable Player.

Alma offensive lineman Blake Padget was named the recipient of the Pete Schmidt Memorial Scholar-Athlete Award, presented in honor of the late Albion football coach who led the Britons to an MIAA record-tying nine championships from 1983-96 and an NCAA Division III national championship in 1994.

Here is the 2014 All-MIAA football team:

Offensive Most Valuable Player

Taylor Masiewicz, Trine

(junior from Belmont/Rockford HS)

 

Defensive Most Valuable Player

Ryan Armstrong, Olivet

(senior from Rives Junction/Leslie HS)

 

Pete Schmidt Award

Blake Padget, Alma

(senior from Westland/Livonia Churchill HS)

 

All-MIAA First Team Offense

QB – Taylor Masiewicz, Trine* (junior from Belmont/Rockford HS)

RB – Emmanuel Stewart, Adrian* (freshman from St. Petersburg, Fla./Gibbs HS)

RB – Mike Czarnecki, Albion* (junior from Trenton/Trenton HS)

WR – Nathan Hartline, Adrian* (senior from Cassopolis/Cassopolis HS)

WR – Taylor Brynaert, Hope* (senior from Washington/Romeo HS)

WR – Alex Dietrich, Kalamazoo* (senior from Gobles/Lawton HS)

TE – Zac Hess, Trine* (senior from Eagle/Grand Ledge HS)

OL –John Rock, Adrian** (senior from Portland/Portland HS)

OL – Chris Wilson, Albion* (junior from Troy/Auburn Hills Avondale HS)

OL – Joe Droppers, Hope*** (senior from Kalamazoo/Portage Northern HS)

OL – Jacob Cramer, Olivet* (junior from Gobles/Gobles HS)

OL – Dalton Raper, Trine* (junior from Richmond, Ind./Richmond HS)

 

All-MIAA First Team Defense

DL – Terry Calagon, Alma* (junior from Jackson/East Jackson HS)

DL – Stephen Gerger, Hope* (senior from Laingsburg/Laingsburg HS)

DL – Ryan Armstrong, Olivet* (senior from Rives Junction/Leslie HS)

DL – Ryan Hogan, Trine* (senior from Vine Grove, Ky./Meade County HS)

LB – Juwan King, Adrian* (senior from Hollywood, Fla./Archbishop McCarthy HS)

LB – Sam Young, Alma** (senior from Lowell/Lowell HS)

LB – Cody Lindemulder, Hope** (senior from Mulliken/Lake Odessa Lakewood HS)

LB – Connor Rzeznik, Kalamazoo* (senior from Walled Lake/Walled Lake Central HS)

DB – Charles Fleck, Adrian** (senior from Lake Orion/Lake Orion HS)

DB – Ellis Ewing, Adrian** (senior from Detroit/Martin Luther King HS)

DB – Chris Jakubik, Albion* (senior from Grand Blanc/Grand Blanc HS)

DB – Kirby Crook, Hope* (senior from Beech Grove, Ind./Beech Grove HS)

 

All-MIAA First Team Special Teams

K – Joel Lopshire, Trine* (senior from Angola, Ind./Angola HS)

P – Dean DeVries, Hope*** (junior from Grand Rapids/Grandville HS)

RS – Brandon Zervas, Hope* (senior from Spring Lake/Spring Lake HS)

* Denotes number of all-conference picks.