Calvin Bueltel -- first-team all-HCAC

TERRE HAUTE, IND. - Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology placed 11 players on the all-Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference football team, in results released today by the league office.

Seven members of the Fightin' Engineers claimed first-team all-league honors, including one Rose-Hulman player that earned two all-conference awards.  Sophomore Reed Eason (St. Louis, Mo./ Parkway North) was named first-team all-league at tight end and second-team all-conference as a punter.

Members of the first-team all-conference squad included junior running back Calvin Bueltel (Huntingburg/Southridge); Eason at tight end; sophomore linebacker Scott Eaton (Fishers/Hamilton Southeastern); senior defensive end Paul Spreen (Williams/Bedford Lawrence); senior offensive tackle Nick Zee-Cheng (Fort Wayne/Homestead); senior kick returner Tim Schrock (Avon); and senior specialist Bryan Wong (Warsaw/Tippecanoe Valley).

Reed Eason -- first-team all-HCAC

Rose-Hulman also placed four members on the second-team all-league squad.  Eason at punter; junior quarterback Derek Eitel (Marshall, Ill.); freshman offensive tackle Jeff Ketchum (Cincinnati, Ohio/Sycamore); and junior safety Kyle Stevens (Santa Cruz, Calif./Harbor).

In addition, three Engineers captured honorable mention all-league accolades.  Sophomore Robby Alumbaugh (Mooresville), freshman Brad D'Agnillo (Louisville, Ky./Christian Academy) and junior Pat Duncan (Terre Haute/South).

Bueltel led the conference in rushing yards with 1,096 and added 12 touchdowns and 5.3 yards per carry in his first year as a full-time starter.  The chemical engineering major rushed for more than 100 yards in each of Rose-Hulman's first five conference games, including a career-high 168-yard effort in a victory at Mount St. Joseph.

Scott Eaton -- first-team all-HCAC

Eason paced the Engineers in receiving with 37 catches for 433 yards and five touchdowns.  The mechanical engineering major has hauled in 84 receptions for 968 yards and 10 touchdowns in two seasons as a starter to hold every career receiving record for an Engineer tight end.

Eaton emerged as a standout linebacker in his first season as a starter.  The mechanical engineering major ranked second on the team with 70 tackles, despite missing 10 quarters due to injury.  His 40 solo tackles ranked third on the team, and he led the Engineers with a pair of fumble recoveries.

Spreen led the HCAC with 16 tackles-for-loss and paced the squad with 78 tackles in 2008.  The mechanical engineering major was a versatile defensive end and linebacker as a senior, and completes his career in the all-time top five with 55 tackles-for-loss and 19.5 sacks.  Spreen also tallied 277 tackles as a Fightin' Engineer.

Tim Schrock -- first-team all-HCAC

Zee-Cheng had previously earned two honorable mention all-league accolades before capturing first-team all-conference honors this year.  The biomedical engineering major started at left tackle for the first time this season to anchor a line that amassed 3,389 yards of total offense with 37 touchdowns in 10 games.

Schrock earned his place on the first-team all-league squad as a kick returner.  He holds the career school record for career kickoff return average at 26.3 yards per return.  The chemical engineering major stands third in school history with 1,052 kick return yards despite ranking ninth with 40 returns.  He also rushed for 1,183 yards and gained 537 receiving yards for an all-purpose career total of 2,782 yards at Rose-Hulman.

Wong claimed the newly created first-team specialist slot.  The mechanical engineering major gained time in six games at running back, before starting at linebacker for the season's last four games.  He rushed for 1,267 yards and 14 touchdowns at Rose-Hulman, while amassing 39 tackles this season and 67 in his career as a special teams player and defensive unit member.

Paul Spreen -- first-team all-HCAC

Eitel completed 55% of his passes for 1,564 yards and 12 touchdowns this season.  The mechanical engineering major finished 131-227 through the air to increase his totals to 4,784 passing yards and 28 passing touchdowns to rank third in each category on the career list.

Ketchum jumped into the starting lineup as a freshman at the right tackle position.  The mechanical engineering major started all 10 games and played nearly every play of the season for the Fightin' Engineer offense.

Stevens started all 10 games and tied for second on the team with 70 tackles.  The mechanical engineering major led the team with four interceptions, including snags in the last two minutes of regulations to secure victories over Manchester and Earlham.  Stevens ranks second on the current squad with 146 career tackles.

Bryan Wong -- first-team all-HCAC

Nick Zee-Cheng 1st-team all-HCAC

Alumbaugh made his first season as a starter in the secondary count with 34 solo tackles, four pass breakups and one interceptions.  D'Agnillo made an impact as a freshman with 53 tackles, five pass breakups and two forced fumbles.  Duncan rounded out the honorable mention all-league awards with 50 tackles on the defensive line and led the Engineers with four sacks.   

Rose-Hulman finished the season with a 7-3 record and a second-place finish in the HCAC standings at 5-2.  The Engineers opened the season with seven wins in their first eight games for the first time in 21 years and closed with the best conference finish since 1988.