University of Â鶹´«Ã½ at ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ placekicker Kansei Matsuzawa made program history, becoming the first consensus All-American in Rainbow Warrior football history after earning first-team honors from the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA).
Matsuzawa has now been named to the first team by the AFCA, Associated Press (AP) and Walter Camp Football Foundation, which are among the five organizations that make up the NCAA¡¯s annual consensus All-America team. The final two teams, The Sporting News and the Football Writers Association of America, will be announced in the coming days.
Matsuzawa joins Jason Elam as the only Rainbow Warriors to earn AFCA first-team All-America honors. Earlier this season, Matsuzawa broke Elam¡¯s school record for consecutive field goals and finished the regular season 25-for-26 on field goal attempts.
He is only the second Rainbow Warrior football player to be named AP first-team All-American and the first to earn Walter Camp first-team honors.
Earlier this month, head coach Timmy Chang was named AFCA Region 5 Coach of the Year, marking the first time a Â鶹´«Ã½ coach has received the honor.
To date, Matsuzawa has earned first-team All-America recognition from four organizations, along with several second-team selections.
All-America Teams:
- AFCA ¨C First Team
- Walter Camp ¨C First Team
- Associated Press ¨C First Team
- CBS Sports ¨C First Team
- The Athletic ¨C Second Team
- Sports Illustrated ¨C Second Team
- Sports Info Solutions ¨C Second Team
- USA Today ¨C Second Team
- On3 ¨C Second Team
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