7 CANADIANS NAMED TO 1ST TEAM IFAF WC ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
The International Federation of American Football (IFAF) named the All-Tournament first and second teams for the 2011 IFAF Senior World Championship of American Football.
The United States led the way with 11 first team selections and five players named to the second team, followed by Canada with seven first teamers and two second. USA star NATE KMIC, who terrorized defenses as both a rushing and receiving weapon was named tournament MVP. MEL TJEERDSMA of the United States was named Head Coach of the tournament.
Mexico had five total all-stars and Japan four, while in the second all-tournament team Germany had five selections, France four and Austria three.
First team all-tournament selections:
|
Pos.
|
Country
|
No.
|
Name
|
|
OL
|
MEX
|
70
|
Malos Santiago
|
|
OL
|
USA
|
77
|
Dane Wardenburg
|
|
OL
|
USA
|
75
|
Nick Rossi
|
|
OL
|
CAN
|
61
|
Matt Norman
|
|
OL
|
CAN
|
66
|
Zachary Pollari
|
|
RB
|
CAN
|
33
|
Matt Walter
|
|
RB
|
USA
|
28
|
Henry Harris
|
|
RB/WR
|
USA
|
1
|
Nate Kmic
|
|
WR
|
CAN
|
84
|
Shamawd Chambers
|
|
WR
|
JPN
|
11
|
Naoki Maeda
|
|
QB
|
USA
|
7
|
Cody Hawkins
|
|
K
|
MEX
|
19
|
Jose Carlos Maltos
|
|
DL
|
USA
|
91
|
Charles Bay
|
|
DL
|
USA
|
99
|
Daniel Calvin
|
|
DL
|
CAN
|
90
|
Adriano Belli
|
|
LB
|
USA
|
44
|
Zach Watkins
|
|
LB
|
CAN
|
54
|
Anthony Maggiacomo
|
|
LB
|
MEX
|
56
|
Manuel Padilla
|
|
LB
|
USA
|
23
|
Osayi Osunde
|
|
DB
|
CAN
|
20
|
Sammy Okpro
|
|
DB
|
USA
|
12
|
DeWayne Lewis
|
|
DB
|
USA
|
27
|
Jeff Franklin
|
|
DB
|
JPN
|
21
|
Koki Kato
|
Second team all-tournament selections:
|
Pos.
|
Country
|
No.
|
Name
|
|
OL
|
AUT
|
79
|
Valentin Gruber
|
|
OL
|
USA
|
65
|
Josh Koeppel
|
|
OL
|
GER
|
50
|
Nick Wieland
|
|
OL
|
USA
|
67
|
Alex Alvarez
|
|
OL
|
GER
|
64
|
Sascha Sauer
|
|
RB
|
FRA
|
22
|
Dimitri Kiernan
|
|
RB
|
MEX
|
23
|
Jonathan Barrera
|
|
RB/WR
|
GER
|
84
|
Niklas Römer
|
|
WR
|
AUT
|
1
|
Jakob Dieplinger
|
|
WR
|
FRA
|
18
|
Jeremy Rabot
|
|
QB
|
CAN
|
3
|
Michael Faulds
|
|
K
|
JPN
|
15
|
Daisuke Aoki
|
|
DL
|
FRA
|
45
|
Giovanni Nanguy
|
|
DL
|
JPN
|
43
|
Yasuo Wakisaka
|
|
DL
|
USA
|
98
|
Tyler Roach
|
|
LB
|
USA
|
43
|
Terrence Jackson
|
|
LB
|
MEX
|
5
|
Jorge Valdez
|
|
LB
|
GER
|
13
|
Jasson Scott
|
|
LB
|
AUT
|
58
|
Florian Hueter
|
|
DB
|
USA
|
22
|
Stefan Virgil
|
|
DB
|
CAN
|
21
|
Troy Adams
|
|
DB
|
GER
|
7
|
Leonard Greene
|
|
DB
|
FRA
|
3
|
Arnaud Vidaller
|
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