Three Trinity Football Players Selected For All-Region Team

San Antonio - Three Trinity University Tiger football players have been elected to the 2009 D3football.com All-South Region Team.

 First-year kicker Garrett Biel and first-year punter Kyle Trella made the First Team, and senior center Josh Hooten was a Third Team selection.

The 5-foot-8, 165-pound Biel, from Clayton, Calif. (De La Salle), led the NCAA Division III in field goals made, connecting on 17 of 19. The longest field goal by Biel was 48 yards. He also booted 31 of 33 extra points. Biel was earlier selected for the All-Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference First Team.  His 17 field goals is also a new school record for a single season, and he also broke the record for most field goals in one game this year, making four field goals against Rhodes College.

Trella, from Chandler, Ariz. (Chandler), was previously named All-SCAC First Team, in addition to receiving honors as the SCAC Football Newcomer of the Year. The 6-foot, 165-pound Trella led the nation in punting average, during the regular season, averaging 44.0 yards per punt. Trella broke a 46-year-old school Trinity record with his 48.8 yards per punt average against Sewanee, and now holds four of the top 10 averages in Tigers' single-game history (minimum of five punts). He landed over 33 percent (16) of his punts inside the 20-yard line.

The 6-foot, 270-pound Hooten, from Robinson, Texas (Robinson), also made the All-SCAC Team, for the second straight year. Hooten anchored an offensive line which helped produce 3,592 yards of total offense, and 29.6 points per game.

Trinity, led by 20th-year head coach Steve Mohr, completed the season with a 7-3 record. The Tigers went 4-2 in the SCAC, and tied for third place.