WACO, Texas - Two Atlantic Central Football Conference standouts were honored on Wednesday by being named to the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) All-American Team.  Wesley College's Larry Beavers and Salisbury University's Jarrell Chandler earned spots on the honor squad after standout 2008 seasons.

Beavers became the eighth player in Wesley College school history to earn a place on the team by earning a spot on the 2008 squad as an all-purpose player.

It also marks the fourth straight season a Wesley College player has been named to the squad. 

Beavers (Annapolis, Md./Annapolis) adds another honor to go along with his second consecutive ACFC Special Teams Player of the Year honor and a spot on the D3football.com All-South Region First Team after a run through the record books in 2008.  The speedster now holds the NCAA Division III career marks for kick return touchdowns 10 and total runbacks for touchdowns 13. 

This year, Beavers returned a kick and a punt for touchdowns against the Apprentice School, consecutive kickoffs at Webber International, and a punt at Lake Erie College. His 98-yard kickoff return against Mary Hardin-Baylor set a school record for longest return and established the new Division III record with as his fifth kickoff return score of the year.  He led Division III in kick return average at 39.5 and averaged over 29 yards per punt return.

Beavers also started at receiver for the Wolverines, leading the team with 598 yards and tying for the team lead with 30 receptions and six touchdowns.

Beavers ended his career with 2,366 receiving yards, second all-time at Wesley. He finished his career seventh all-time with 126 career receptions.

With 41 career touchdowns between receiving, kick and punt returns, Beavers is the all-time leader in ACFC history in touchdowns scored.  His 5,373 all-purpose yards are also a conference record.

Beavers follows Bryan Robinson (2007) and two-time team member Mario Harris (2006, 2005) to extend Wesley's current streak to four straight years with a player honored.  Previously, former Wolverines Jason Visconti (2001), Sean McCullin (1999), Nate Casella (1997) and Demetrius Stevenson (1996) earned places on the AFCA All-America Team.

Salisbury University senior defensive end Jarrell Chandler became the 13th All-American in program history as he was named to the 2008 Division III All-American first team by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) on Wednesday. His distinction marks the ninth AFCA All-American first team selection in Sea Gull football history and the first since Byron Westrbrook was honored in '06.

Chandler was one of 11 members named to the Division III All-American defensive team.  He is one of three defensive linemen on the first team as he joins Wabash's Jared Lange and California Lutheran's Jacob Calderon. Chandler and Wesley's Larry Beavers (All-Purpose Specialist) were the only two members selected to the first team from the Atlantic Central Football Conference (ACFC).

Chandler had an outstanding year for the Sea Gulls. The 2008 All-South Region first team selection ranks fourth in the nation for tackles for loss average per game (2.15) and 15th in the nation for sacks per game (0.95). The Salisbury, Md., product is ranked sixth in the ACFC in tackles (64) and tackles per game (6.40). While being honored to the 2008 All-ACFC first team, he was tied for first in sacks (9.5). Chandler also leads the ACFC in tackles for loss average per game and is second in tackle for loss yards (90).

The AFCA has selected an All-America team since 1945 and currently selects teams in all five of its divisions. What makes these teams so special is that they are the only ones chosen exclusively by the men who know the players the best - the coaches themselves. The AFCA currently selects only a first team.

2008 AFCA Division III Coaches' All-America Team  
Offense
Pos. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. School Coach Hometown (High School)
WR  Mychal Carrillo 5-8 188 Sr. Hardin-Simmons Jimmie Keeling Sweetwater, Texas (Sweetwater)
WR  Jack Phelen 5-11 180 Sr. Hartwick Mark Carr Slingerlands, N.Y. (Guilderland)
TE  Brian Weverbergh 6-1 230 Sr. Ithaca Mike Welch Westport, Conn. (Staples)
OL  Sean James 6-3 305 Sr. Cortland St. Dan MacNeill Pelham, N.Y. (Pelham Memorial)
OL  Blaine Westemeyer 6-5 280 Jr. Augustana (Ill.) Jim Barnes Overland Park, Kan. (Blue Valley NW)
OL  Josh Ostrue 6-4 285 Jr. St. Thomas (Minn.) Glenn Caruso South St. Paul, Minn. (South St. Paul)
OL  John Szawlowski 6-2 270 Sr. Williams Mike Whalen Hatfield, Mass. (Northampton)
OL  Yancy Edwards 6-2 295 Sr. Kenyon Ted Stanley Wesley Chapel, Fla. (Charter School [Del.])
QB  Bobby Swallow* 6-2 210 Sr. Wash. & Jeff. Mike Sirianni Salem, Ohio (West Branch)
RB  Nate Kmic 5-9 193 Sr. Mount Union Larry Kehres Delta, Ohio (Delta)
RB  Tunde Ogun 6-0 218 Jr. Christopher Newport Matt Kelchner Richmond, Va. (Douglas Freeman)  

Defense
Pos Name Ht. Wt. Cl. School Coach Hometown (High School)
DL  Jarrell Chandler 6-3 240 Sr. Salisbury Sherman Wood Salisbury, Md. (Wicomico)
DL  Jared Lange 6-1 238 Sr. Wabash Erik Raeburn Terre  Haute, Ind. (North)
DL  Jacob Calderon 6-0 235 Sr. Calif. Lutheran Ben McEnroe Thousand Oaks, Calif. (South Hills)
LB  Jace Rindahl 6-3 230 Sr. Wis.-Whitewater Lance Leipold Cambridge, Wis. (Cambridge)
LB  Eric Henri 6-1 220 Sr. UMHB Pete Fredenburg Lake Dallas, Texas (Lake Dallas)
LB  Matt Wenger 5-11 220 Jr. North Central John Thorne Davis, Ill. (Dakota)
LB  Brad Steinmetz 6-0 224 Jr. Thomas More Jim Hilvert West Harrison, Ind. (East Central)
DB  Pete Ittersagen* 5-10 190 Sr. Wheaton Mike Swider Wheaton, Ill. (North)
DB  Drew Ziller 6-0 203 Sr. Carleton Kurt Ramler Byron, Minn. (Rochester Lourdes)
DB  Bobby Bott 6-1 190 Jr. Case Western Greg Debeljak Grafton, Ohio (Midview)
DB  Carlo Melaragno 5-9 190 Sr. John Carroll Regis Scafe Highland Heights, Ohio (NDCL)  

Specialists
Pos Name Ht. Wt. Cl. School Coach Hometown (High School)
P  T.J. Grzesikowski 6-4 293 So. Ferrum Dave Davis Seminole, Fla. (Seminole)
PK  Scott Birkhofer 6-2 185 Sr. Linfield Joe Smith Boring, Ore. (Portland Christian)
AP  Larry Beavers 5-11 178 Sr. Wesley Mike Drass Annapolis, Md. (Annapolis)

Story assistance by Wesley College SID Geoff Goyne and Salisbury University SID Sam Atkinson