The Great Lakes Valley Conference announced the GLVC All-Conference selections for football on Tuesday morning. The All-Conference awards are nominated and voted on by league coaches, who are not permitted to vote for their own players, per GLVC Bylaws.
 
UIndy led the league with 22 All-Conference honorees and 14 on the First Team, followed by Missouri S&T (19), Truman State University and Quincy University (15), Southwest Baptist and McKendree University (12), Upper Iowa University (10), and William Jewell College (seven). 
 
Peacocks on the first team were Mante Morrow, Eddie Burgess and John Butsch. Second team honorees were Tyler Neilson, Willy Camacho and Zacarius Murray. Honorable mention went to Darryl Overstreet Jr., Baxter Bohr, Ben Kamara and Traegen Kramer. 

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FIRST TEAM
 
Mante Morrow appeared in all 11 games this season as a wide receiver, recording a team-high 58 receptions for 827 yards (first in the GLVC), an average of 14.3 yards per reception. He caught seven touchdowns on the year, including a season-high of two against Concordia-St. Paul. He recorded a season-high of 151 receiving yards in the last game of the season versus Quincy. 
 
Eddie Burgess appeared in all 11 games this season as a tight end. He caught 43 passes for a total of 616 yards, his longest catch being 58 yards. Burgess tallied a team-high of eight touchdowns, which also led on the GLVC leaderboard. The sophomore showed his versatility on the field this year as he completed a 12-yard pass on a fake punt versus Quincy. 
 
John Butsch appeared in all 11 games this season as a linebacker. He led the Peacocks with 76 tackles (58 solo). Butsch added 12.5 tackles for loss and led the GLVC in sacks with 3.5.  The redshirt-junior nabbed two interceptions, deflected four passes and blocked a kick against William Jewell. He recorded his season-high of tackles in a game against St. Ambrose with 11 and season-high of tackles for loss against McKendree with 3.5. 

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SECOND TEAM

Tyler Nielsen is a part of the offensive line for the Peacocks. He appeared in ten games this season while being a part of a unit that blocked for 2,674 passing yards and a total of 1,135 rushing yards, the highest marks during his Upper Iowa tenure. 
 
Willy Camacho was an offensive utility player that appeared in all 11 games. He caught 39 passes for a total 393 yards and two touchdowns. Camacho rushed for 148 yards and two touchdowns with 15 carries this season, averaging 9.9 yards per rush. His longest reception was 49 yards and his longest rush was 75 yards. The junior recorded his season-high 88 rushing yards, two rushing touchdowns, eight receptions, 97 receiving yards and one receiving touchdown against St. Ambrose earlier this season. He returned 17 kickoffs for 368 yards, the longest being 40 yards. Camacho returned seven punts for 63 yards with the longest return of 14 yards.
 
Zacarius Murray appeared in 11 games as a defensive back and recorded 39 tackles (28 solo), including two tackles for loss. Some of his season highlights include intercepting a pass for a 28-yard return against Michigan Tech, deflecting three passes against Missouri S&T and recorded his season-high of eight tackles against William Jewell. 

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HONORABLE MENTION
 
Darryl Overstreet Jr. appeared in all 11 games as quarterback. He completed a team-high 166 of 278 passes (60.0%) for 1,926 yards. Overstreet Jr. launched a team-high 14 touchdowns and recorded his longest pass of 72 yards. The sophomore rushed for 49 yards and three touchdowns. His season-highs included 310 passing yards and three touchdown passes against St. Ambrose in the second game of the season. 
 
Baxter Bohr was a part of the defensive line for the Peacocks, appearing in nine games this season. He recorded 14 tackles (10 solo), including six tackles for loss and three sacks. Other additional highlights for the junior include him blocking a kick against Missouri S&T and forcing a fumble against McKendree. 
 
Ben Kamara appeared in all 11 games this season, recording 35 tackles (25 solo) and one tackle for loss. He intercepted a pass against Missouri S&T and deflected a total of five passes this season in the defensive back position. 
 
Traegen Kramer appeared in ten games as a punter for the Peacocks. He averaged 37.2 yards per punt on 41 attempts. The junior punted for 1,525 yards and recorded ten punts inside the 20-yard line. His longest punt of the season went for 63 yards. Kramer was named GLVC Player of the Week after his performance versus Quincy where he punted five times for 205 yards with three punts landing inside the 20-yard line and two punts landing inside the ten-yard line.
 
Marcus Orr was selected as the James R. Spalding Sportsmanship award winner. These individuals must also be in good academic standing and have demonstrated good citizenship outside of the sports-competition setting. The honorees are now eligible to become one of their school's two Spalding Sportsmanship Award winners, which will be announced at the end of the academic year.
 

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SEASON RECAP 
 
The Upper Iowa football program saw the most wins in a season since 2018 after going 3-8. They made their debut in the Great Lakes Valley Conference and defeated Southwest Baptist 35-13 for their only conference win. The Peacocks downed Missouri S&T, a fellow GLVC affiliate, earlier in the year 38-26 in a non-conference matchup. 
 
UIU had several teams on the ropes this season, but they could not quite convert. They led 24-7 to start the second half against Michigan Tech, but ended up falling in a 34-31 decision. The Peacocks were defeating McKendree at home as they held a 20-10 lead to open the third quarter, but dropped that contest in OT 41-34. They held a ranked football program in Truman State to only 14 points, as the Peacocks recorded seven of their own and only lost by one touchdown (14-7).