St. Paul, Minn. - Eight Southwest Minnesota State football players were honored by the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference on Monday as the conference released its all-conference teams.  The announcement came from the NSIC office.

Safety Tyler Reed was named first team All-NSIC for the second consecutive year.  Quarterback Josh Shudlick, running back Zach Wysong, linebacker Michael Liggins and kicker Scott Talcott all earned second team All-NSIC.  Wide receiver Blake Wilson, offensive tackle Bill Noethlich and cornerback Lionel Lamarre were each named honorable mention All-NSIC.

Reed, a 6-foot-3, 212-pound senior from Ottumwa, Iowa, led SMSU with 82 tackles, including 2.5 for loss, with four pass breakups and one interception.  He also forced a team-high three fumbles and blocked a kick.

Before the season, Reed was named Preseason South Division Defensive Player of the Year.  A year ago, he was named first team All-NSIC and first team all-region by Daktronics and Football Gazette.  He has also been named Academic All-NSIC two times and will earn those honors for a third time this year.

He finishes his career at Southwest ranked fourth in total tackles with 303 and second in solo tackles with 173.  He also had six career interceptions, returned for 149 yards.

Shudlick, a 6-foot-4, 223-pound senior from Tomah, Wis., finished his career as one of the best quarterbacks in NSIC and SMSU history.  For the year, he passed for 3,149 yards, completing 296-of-477 passes for 30 touchdowns and 15 interceptions.  He also rushed for a touchdown.  Shudlick set the SMSU single season record for completion percentage, completing 62.7 percent of his passes this year.  His total of 3,149 yards was the third-most in a single season at Southwest and the most since Shawn Dupris in 1993.  His 30 touchdown passes were also the third-most.  His 296 completions were second behind Jeff Loots' total of 313 in 1987 and his 477 attempts were also second behind Loots.  He eclipsed the 300-yard passing mark six times during the season.

In conference games only, Shudlick led the NSIC in passing yards per game with 308.2 and total offense at 299.2 yards per game.  He was also fourth in passing efficiency at 136.7.  His totals for passing yards (3,082), total offense (2,992), total offense plays (498) and touchdowns (30) all set or tied single season NSIC?records.

For his career, Shudlick set SMSU career records for pass attempts (1,310)?and completions (769).  He ranked second in total passing yards (8,723), completion percentage (58.7) and total offense (8,445).  His 59 career touchdown passes were third.  Shudlick set the single game record for completions with 40 earlier this season against Augustana.

Wysong, a 5-foot-10, 187-pound junior from Hills, Minn., became just the fourth player in school history to rush for over 1,000 yards, totaling 1,016 on the season after a 225-yard performance in SMSU's final game of the year against Minnesota State Moorhead.  His 1,016 yards were the second-most in a single season, behind Shad Peckenpaugh, who rushed for 1,172 in 1985.  Wysong reached his total on 234 carries, the fourth-most in a single season, while reaching the endzone nine times, tied for the fourth-most in a single season at Southwest.

Also a threat in the passing game, Wysong caught a team-high 64 balls for 470 yards and one touchdown.  He led the Mustangs with 1,497 all-purpose yards.

Wysong led the NSIC in conference games in all-purpose yards at 135.4 per game and ranked third in receptions per game with 6.3.  He was also fifth in rushing at 87.1 yards per game.

Wysong will enter his senior season third all-time in school history in rushing yards with 2,270, just 282 yards behind Rich Froemling's (1971-74) record of 2,552.  He also has 20 career rushing touchdowns, nine behind Robert Lipsey's (1987-90) record of 29.  He ranks fifth in school history in all-purpose yards with 3,565 yards and sixth in total touchdowns scored with 27.  He currently holds the record for rushing yards per game at 70.9.

Liggins, a 6-foot-3, 252-pound senior from St. Louis, Mo., had an excellent final season at outside linebacker.  He finished third on the team with 50 tackles and was second with 7.0 tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks, while adding one interception and one pass breakup.

After transfering in from Rock Valley (Ill.) College as a junior, Liggins finished his two-year career at Southwest with 85 tackles, 11.5 tackles for loss and 4.5 sacks.

Talcott, a 5-foot-11, 183-pound senior from Sioux Falls, S.D., has now been named second team All-NSIC for three consecutive seasons.  This season, he connected on 7-of-14 field goal attempts and 38-of-39 PAT attempts for 59 points.  He drilled a season-long 45-yard field goal against Winona State, when he was named NSIC Player of the Week after also connecting on another field goal.

He tied for third in the NSIC in conference games in field goals made with seven.

Talcott graduates as one of the best kickers in school history.  He ranks first in PAT?kick percentage (98.9), making 86-of-87 extra point tries in his career.  He also is first in career field goal attempts with 53 and second in field goals made with 28.  In 2006, Talcott set the single season SMSU record for field goals made with 11.

Wilson, a 5-foot-10, 177-pound junior, put together a stellar season catching the ball, leading the team with 720 receiving yards on 61 catches.  His 720 yards was the most since Ray Denson had 884 receiving yards in 2005.  Wilson also tied for the team-lead with nine touchdown receptions, the most for an SMSU receiver since Denson had nine in 2003.  He quickly became Shudlick's favorite target and had a number of key receptions during the season, including the game-winning touchdown with less than four minutes left to cap a come-from-behind rally in a win against Winona State.

A special teams standout as well, Wilson also led the team in punt returns, returning 15 punts for 117 yards, an average of 7.8 yards per return.  He also returned 17 kickoffs for 277 yards.

Wilson ranked fifth in the NSIC in conference games in receiving yards per game (68.0) and receptions per game (5.9), seventh in punt return average at 5.9 and eighth in scoring for non-kickers with 56 points.

Noethlich, a 6-foot-7, 305-pound junior from Doland, S.D., helped Wysong become SMSU's fourth 1,000-yard rusher in school history, while protecting Shudlick's blind side in his record setting season.  Mustang quarterbacks were sacked just 27 times in 486 passing attempts, an average of 18 attempts between sacks.

Noethlich, who was named second team All-NSIC last season, has also helped Wysong become SMSU's second leading rusher all-time as he is just 282 yards away from the school record.  Noethlich has started all 33 games of his career.

Lamarre, a 5-foot-9, 172-pound junior from Dolton, Ill., was impressive in his first season in a Mustang uniform.    A transfer from Harper (Ill.) College, Lamarre led SMSU with three interceptions and eight pass breakups.  He also made 32 tackles, including one for loss, and had a forced fumble and a fumble recovery.

With a 22-8 win over Minnesota State Moorhead on this past Saturday, Nov. 8, the Mustangs finished the season at 6-5, their first winning season since 1999.  Southwest also finished 6-4 in the NSIC, good for sixth place out of 14 teams, and 3-3 in the South Division, fourth place out of seven teams.