All Conference Mustangs

Hempstead placed 13 players on the prestigious Mississippi Valley All Conference Teams.

First Team
Brock Haas
Matt Ehlers
Kyle Reinert
Tyler McAtee

Second Team
TJ Houselog
Ben Henderson
Kyle Wiest
Brad Duwe

Honorable Mention
Dan Riedl
Alex Brown
Chad Peppmeier
Mitch Berendes
Dillon Hefel

College Players

Currently eleven former Mustangs are playing college football. The list includes players from DI, DII, DIII, NAIA and the junior college level.

Mustangs Playing In College

1. Josh Lenz-Iowa State
2. Nate Stoffel-Central Missouri
3. Luke Smith-Ellsworth
4. Nate Fee-Grand View
5. Nate Hubanks-Grand View
6. Charlie Goetzinger-Coe College
7. Riley Anderson-Wartburg
8. Jesup Fritsch-Wartburg
9. Eric Meyer-Loras
10. Dave Farrey-U of Dubuque
11. John Hefel-U of Wisc. Platteville

Team Awards

The Mustang football awards were handed out at the Team Banquet on Sunday night. Players voted for their teammates in many different categories. Here's the results:

SCOUT TEAM AWARD
Cody Leach
Adam Kennedy
Dan Kunkel

COACHES APPRECIATION
Luke Denlinger

MR. HUSTLE
T.J. Fortmann

MOST IMPROVED
Tyler McAtee

CAPTAIN AWARD
Kyle Reinert

OFFENSIVE PLAYER AWARD
Alex Brown
Ben Henderson

DEFENSIVE PLAYER AWARD
Brock Haas

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Matt Ehlers

Thank You !!!

To run a great football team you must surround yourself with quality people. The Mustangs would like to say "Thank You" to these groups that have helped us along the way:

* Coaches Jamie Bahl, Brian Kuhle, Chuck Haas, Nate Oswald, Jeff Hoerner, Todd Gassman, Matt Jaeger, Cody Krug, Bob Timmerman, Ryan Spires, Dave Ripperger and Maury Palm.
These guys are the foundation on which the program is built.

* Trainer Megan Weber who helps not only with our physical pains, but with our emotional pains as well. She always has a great staff of student trainers as well.

* Casey Olmstead and Shelby Avenarius who do the jobs no one wants.

* Our Principal Lee Kolker and AD Tom Meissner who allow us to do our jobs.

* Wanda Wallace our great administrative assistant who bleeds green and gold.

* Bruce Anderson who is considered the best "Ball Man" in the conference.

* Mike Ehlers, Steve Kaiser and Dan Kennedy are the stat guys with all the numbers.

* The coaches wives who never complain and allow us to chase our dreams.

* Jane Melgaard who made this awesome website and takes our pictures.

* The greatest cheerleaders in Iowa who are always there for us.

* The fans who come to the games to watch us play.

* The wonderful parents who give their time and money to the program.

* To the Hempstead teachers who support our program in all ways.

Mustangs Defeated by City High

The Little Hawks(10-0) were too much for the Mustangs on this night. Hempstead(8-3) battled hard, but could not overcome a very talented City High team. It was a tremendous year for the Mustangs. Picked by most to win possibly 4 or 5 games, the team responded by grabbing 8 wins in the toughest conference in Iowa. This team believed in themselves and it showed on the field!