Released on = December 22, 2005, 10:56 pm

Press Release Author = Don Hansen\'s National Weekly Football Gazette

Industry = Small Business

Press Release Summary = A pair of finalists for the 2005 Harlon Hill Trophy -
quarterback Dalton Bell of West Texas A&M University and tailback Germaine Race of
Pittsburg State University - highlight a talented 2005 All-Southwest Region Team
selected by Don Hansen\'s Football Gazette.

Press Release Body = WESTMONT, IL - A pair of finalists for the 2005 Harlon Hill
Trophy - quarterback Dalton Bell of West Texas A&M University and tailback Germaine
Race of Pittsburg State University - highlight a talented 2005 All-Southwest Region
Team selected by Don Hansen\'s Football Gazette.

This marks the fourth year Football Gazette has selected NCAA Division II All-Region
teams. The national publication has selected NCAA Division II All-America teams
since 1988.

The first-team and second-team All-Region selections advance to a national ballot
from which the 2005 NCAA Division II Football Gazette All-America team will be
selected in early January.

Bell, a junior from Canyon, Texas, passed for 3,799 yards and 30 touchdowns in
leading the Buffaloes to a 10-2 overall record and an NCAA-II playoff berth. Bell,
who finished seventh in the Hill Trophy voting, directed a WTAMU offense that led
NCAA-II in passing (363.8 ypg). He ranked third nationally in total offense (349.2
ypg).

Race, a junior from Warrensburg, Mo., rushed the ball 239 times for 1,846 yards and
33 touchdowns. Race, who finished fourth in the Hill Trophy voting, tied the NCAA-II
single-season rushing touchdown record despite being hampered by hamstring injuries
in PSU\'s final five games. Despite the injuries, Race ranked second in Division II
in scoring (15.2 ppg) and ninth in rushing (142.0 ypg), helping the Gorillas post a
10-4 record and reach the NCAA-II quarterfinals.

National runner-up Northwest Missouri State University and Southwest Region finalist
Pittsburg State University led the way with nine selections apiece on the All-Region
squads.

A total of 84 players earned some form of Football Gazette All-Southwest Region
honors. Players from 24 of the 36 football-playing schools in the Southwest Region
earned All-Southwest Region accolades.

FOR MORE INFORMATION please contact Football Gazette Southwest Region Chair Dan
Wilkes, Sports Information Director at Pittsburg State University, at 620-235-4147
(dwilkes@pittstate.edu). The Football Gazette website is located at
http://www.donhansen.com.



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