Brad Musso and Brian Dini named to Football Gazette All-American team

Wheaton, Ill. Two members of the CCIW co-Champion Wheaton College football team have been named to the Football Gazette Division III All-American team. Senior wide receiver Brad Musso was a Second Team selection and senior center Brian Dini earned Third Team All-American honors. Wheaton posted its third consecutive 10-win season this year with a 10-2 record, making its third straight NCAA Division III Playoff appearance and winning a share of its fourth College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) Championship in five years.

Brad Musso (PICTURED LEFT) caught a school-record 98 passes for 1,293 yards with nine touchdown catches this season. He finished the season ranked second in Division III in receptions with 8.9 catches per game and was fourth in the nation in receiving yards with 117.5 receiving yards per game.

In his four seasons with the Thunder Musso caught a school-record 255 passes for 4,287 yards, the fifth-highest career receiving yardage total in Division III history. He also holds Wheaton 's career records for all-purpose yards with 5,332 yards and the all-time mark for punt return yardage with 923 yards. He has scored 39 career touchdowns with 236 points, the third-best career scoring total in Wheaton 's 92 seasons of intercollegiate football. Musso is a four-time All-CCIW selection, earning First Team All-League honors the last three seasons.

Brian Dini (PICTURED RIGHT) has been a three-year starter at center for the Thunder. A team captain this season, he led a Wheaton offensive line that blocked for the top-ranked offense in the CCIW. The balanced Thunder offense finished the season ranked fifth in the Division III in total offense with 490.2 yards per game, just shy of the school record of 490.9 yards per game set in 1995. Dini was a key factor in Wheaton's average of 265.0 passing yards per game (ranked 23rd in Division III) and 225.2 rushing yards per game (ranked 34th in Division III). In fact, in Dini's three seasons as a starter Wheaton has finished each year ranked among the top15 in total offense among Division III football programs. In 2003 the Thunder offense averaged 455.8 yards per game, ranked 13th in Division III and Wheaton finished 2002 ranked fourth with 486.6 yards per game.

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