SELINSGROVE, PA - The Associated Press (AP) announced its NCAA Division III All-Americans, featuring five from the Susquehanna University football team. The most notable, perhaps, was kicker Dominic Bourgeois, who was named the AP's Division III Special Teams Player of the Year after making a school-record 20-of-20 field goals to lead the nation. He was named to the First Team alongside long snapper P.J. Pollock, who snapped all of the River Hawks' special teams plays that led Bourgeois to making 68-of-69 extra points and 69-of-70 among all River Hawks kickers. This is Bourgeois' second First Team All-American honor after being named as such by the AFCA last week. 

Defensive lineman Galen Limantour was chosen to the Second Team after compiling 13.5 sacks that ranks second all-time at Susquehanna and earning Defensive Player of the Year by the Landmark Conference and D3football.com for Region 2. Linebacker Jesse Ruisch and running back Rahshan La Mons were accorded Third Team honors, with Ruisch leading the defensive unit with 71 tackles and 44 solo tackles, while La Mons worked his way to 905 rushing yards with four 100-yard rushing games and 14 total touchdowns. 

The work of these five aided the River Hawks to their fourth straight NCAA Tournament appearance and second consecutive NCAA Quarterfinals game. Susquehanna captured the Landmark Conference title for the third straight year with a 6-0 league record and entered the postseason at 8-2 overall. They advanced to the Elite Eight via their playoff wins over Washington & Jefferson, Christopher Newport and Eastern to earn their fourth consecutive season with at least ten wins. The senior class that includes Ruisch and Pollock finish their careers as the winningest class in Susquehanna Football history with 43 victories, making NCAA's all four years. Susquehanna swept the Landmark's major awards in their all-conference rollout that featured Limantour as Defensive Player of the Year, quarterback Josh Ehrlich as Offensive Player of the Year, first-year wideout Daniel Growney as Rookie of the Year, and head coach Tom Perkovich and staff Coaching Staff of the Year.

Limantour, who had six sacks during the regular season, superseded that sack total between the team's first three playoff games, getting three sacks in each of their first and second round wins over W&J and Christopher Newport, along with 1.5 sacks against Eastern in the third round for a postseason total of 7.5 sacks and 13.5 on the year. He and Bourgeois were chosen First Team All-Region 2 by D3football.com, while Ruisch and La Mons were tabbed Third Team All-Region. Ehrlich and cornerback Xavier Maple were accorded Second Team regional honors. 

DOMINIC BOURGEOIS: AFCA First Team All-American... Fred Mitchell Award Semifinalist... All-Landmark First Team selection, six-time Landmark Specialist Week of the Week, two-time D3football.com Team of the Week at kicker... set the school record for field goals in one season at 20-of-20, well surpassing the previous mark of 12 set by three other SU kickers... went 4-for-4 in two different games, first in the season opener against Union on Sept. 6 in a 33-14 win, then again against Wilkes on Nov. 8 in a 26-3 victory... named Landmark Conference Specialist of the Week a staggering six times and D3football.com Team of the Week at kicker twice... made a pair of 42-yard field goals to set a regular-season best, first against Union and the other against Catholic... led all kickers in NCAA Division III in made field goals at end of regular season... added three more field goals during the postseason, beginning with one against Washington & Jefferson and two more against Eastern in the third round to give Susquehanna its first six points of the day, including a career-high 45 yarder on his first try... tallied his 20th and final field goal of the season against Johns Hopkins in the NCAA Quarterfinals on a 35-yarder, making him the only NCAA Division III kicker in to make 20 field goals in 2025 as of Dec. 17. 

P.J. POLLOCK: Long snapped all of Susquehanna's special teams plays, leading to a perfect 20-for-20 on the season in field goals and 69-of-70 on extra points, both school records, to account for 129 points scored on the season. 

GALEN LIMANTOUR: D3football.com Region 2 Defensive Player of the Year and All-Region First Team... Landmark Conference Defensive Player of the Year and All-Landmark First Team... appeared in 13 games, having 32 solo tackles and 23 assisted tackles for a total of 55 tackles on the season... second all-time at Susquehanna with 13.5 sacks.... collected 21.5 tackles for a loss with ten quarterback hurries... tallied two sacks in one game at Western Connecticut State on Nov. 1, helping the defense pitch a shutout in a 34-0 win... had 1.5 sacks at Christopher Newport on Sept. 27... combined for 7.5 sacks over the River Hawks' first three NCAA playoff games, including three in back-to-back games against Washington & Jefferson in the first round and Christopher Newport in the second round... added 1.5 sacks in the third-round game against Eastern to help Susquehanna post its second shutout of the season in a 29-0 victory. 

RAHSHAN LA MONS: D3football.com Third Team All-Region 2... All-Landmark First Team... racked up 905 yards on 185 carries with 14 total touchdowns (12 rushing, two receiving) despite missing the first two games due to injury... celebrated his season debut against third-ranked Johns Hopkins on Sept. 20 with a 100-yard game with 110 on 13 carries with two touchdowns... had a pair of touchdowns in three other games, running for two more against Lycoming in a 69-7 win on Oct. 11, followed by one rushing TD and one receiving against Catholic on Oct. 25 and two more scores on the ground at Moravian on Nov. 15... had two more 100-yard games for three on the year with 101 on ten carries at Juniata on Oct. 18 and 113 on 23 carries at Moravian on Nov. 15... had two touchdowns against Washington & Jefferson in the NCAA First Round game, receiving one and rushing for another as he earned his fourth 100-yard game with 121 yards on 26 carries... added another rushing touchdown in the second round game at Christopher Newport where he generated 81 rushing yards on 22 touches... scored his last touchdown of the year agaisnt Johns Hopkins in the NCAA Quarterfinals on a 23-yard run. 

JESSE RUISCH: D3football.com Third Team All-Region 2... All-Landmark First Team, Team Captain... appeared in all 14 games... led the team with 71 total tackles and 44 solo tackles and 27 assisted tackles for a career high... nine tackles for a loss, two pass breakups and one quarterback hurry... recorded one sack and one interception in the regular season finale against Moravian on Nov. 15... turned up the dial in each of Susquehanna's first three NCAA playoff games with one sack against Washington & Jefferson in the opening round, along with five tackles and one for loss with a pass breakup... totaled two tackles for loss against Christopher Newport in round two as he had four total tackles and three solo, then combined for a sack in the River Hawks' 29-0 third-round victory at Eastern, where netted seven total tackles with two solo and half a tackle for loss... finished his season with five solo tackles against Johns Hopkins in the NCAA Quarterfinals.