Three Wheaton football players earn All-American honors

Wheaton,

Ill. - Three members of the Wheaton College Football team have earned

All-American honors, by three recently announced All-American teams. Wheaton

posted a school-record 12-1 season, a second consecutive CCIW Championship,

and an appearance in the Quarterfinals of the NCAA Division III playoffs.

Offensive linemen James Hoxworth (Bridgeport, Neb./Bridgeport) and

Chris Dubos (Sumner, Wash./Sumner) join tailback Dan Price (Monument,

Colo./Lewis-Palmer) in earning All-American honors.

Hoxworth (PICTURED LEFT), a senior at Wheaton, was a First Team

selection at left guard on three All-American squads, earning a nod on the

American Football

Coaches Association (AFCA), D3Football.com

and Football

Gazette teams. As a junior last season Hoxworth was a Second

Team selection for the 2002 Football Gazette All-America Team and was on the

2003

D3Football.com and Football

Gazette Preseason All-American teams. As a member of the AFCA Division

III All-America Team Hoxworth was awarded a berth on the United States Team

at the Aztec Bowl, held on Dec. 13 in Cancun, Mexico. The 6' 3", 300-pound

lineman is a two-time All-College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW)

selection.

Dubos

(PICTURED RIGHT), a senior, was selected as a Second Team honoree to the Football

Gazette Division III All-American Team. The 6' 5" right tackle is

a two-time All-CCIW pick, earning First Team honors this season. Dubos and

Hoxworth were key members of a Thunder offensive line that blocked for the

top offense in the CCIW, the past two seasons.

Price (PICTURED LEFT) earned a Second Team selection at running

back to the D3Football.com

All-American Team. Price, a two-time First Team All-CCIW selection,

led the Thunder with a school-record 1,262 rushing yards this season. The

senior carried the ball 250 times this years, averaging 5.0 yards per carry

with 11 touchdown runs. He ran for 2,207 yards with 30 touchdowns in his career

at Wheaton, putting him in eighth place on the school's all-time rushing yards

list.