WICHITA, Kan. – On Tuesday morning, the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) announced the All-KCAC Football honorees for the 2022 campaign. Southwestern College was well represented, with five First-Team honorees, four Second-Team winners, and 12 student-athletes who earned Honorable Mention plaudits. 

The Builders' First-Team offense honorees were WR Josh Edson, TE Layke Hoffman and OL Earon Garcia. They had DL Shane Rodriguez and LB Josh Carter on the First-Team defense, as well. Hoffman was voted as a First Team player unanimously.

RB Martez Jones II was named to the offensive Second Team, along with OL Grayson Snider. They were joined on the Second Team by DB Riley Havird and K Gabriel Medrano.

Southwestern's Honorable Mention list included QB Brad Cagle, RB Jaqulis Coleman, WR Ziyon Kenner, WR Matthew Holthusen, DL Jakharious Smith, DL Darren Hicks Jr., DL Tylor Morehead, LB Drew Smith, DB Taveon Williamson, DB Travon Crockett, Medrano as a punter and Jones II as a kick returner.

Medrano was named the conference's Special Teams Player of the Year, excelling in both the punting and kicking games. Medrano had 34 punts for 1,243 yards (a 36.6-yard average), with ten of those punts downed inside the 20-yard line. When it came to kicking, Medrano went 10-16 on field goals (63%; third in the conference), with a long field goal of 45 yards (tied for fifth in the conference), and converted 97% of his extra points (34-35). Medrano ranked second in the conference in scoring with 64 points.

Listed below is the full compilation of the winners for each of the All-KCAC teams:

FIRST TEAM OFFENSE

(U) designates a Unanimous First Team honoree.

FIRST TEAM DEFENSE

(U) designates a Unanimous First Team honoree.

FIRST TEAM SPECIAL TEAMS

SECOND TEAM OFFENSE

SECOND TEAM DEFENSE

SECOND TEAM SPECIAL TEAMS

HONORABLE MENTION OFFENSE

HONORABLE MENTION DEFENSE

HONORABLE MENTION SPECIAL TEAMS