Southeast's McCrum named to Fred Mitchell Award Watch List

Southeast Missouri State kicker Ryan McCrum was named to the 2015 Fred Mitchell Award Watch List.

He's one of 41 kickers selected to the list, which consists of 12 from the Football Championship Subdivision, 11 from Division II, 12 from Division III, five from the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics and one from the National Junior College Athletic Association.

"These placekickers are impressive on the football field and off the field representing their schools, their football teams, their conferences, their communities, their families and themselves," Fred Mitchell Award selection committee chairman Chris Kearney said in a press release. "We look forward to following their accomplishments during the next few months."

McCrum, who was a first-team All-Ohio Valley Conference selection and was named a third-team All-American by The Sports Network, was one of 10 finalists for the award last season.

As a sophomore he made 18 of 23 field goals, which broke Southeast's single-season record for field goals made and was tops in the conference. Four of his field goals were 50 or more yards. McCrum, who received a full scholarship during the team's banquet at the end of the year, made 42 consecutive PATs before missing his final attempt of the season.

He was one of four Redhawks who were named preseason all-conference at the OVC football media day on July 20. Southeast was predicted to finish sixth in the conference standings in the preseason poll.

The Redhawks begin their season at Missouri on Sept. 5. Kickoff is set for 3 p.m.

Fred Mitchell Award Watch List

Michael Baron, Bentley University, Division II

Miles Bergner, South Dakota, FCS

Jonah Bowman, Colgate University, FCS

Mitch Bredberg, Ferris State, Division II

Andrew Brees, Minnesota Duluth, Division II

Brad Cornish, Sacramento State, FCS

Steve Crenshaw, Hendrix College, Division III

Josh Depp, Georgetown College, NAIA

Jonathan Gonzales, Portland State, FCS

Paul Graham, Wayne State, Division II

Alex Hallwachs, Washington University St. Louis, Division III

Seth Hiddink, Central Oklahoma, Division II

Conner Hollabaugh, West Texas A&M, Division II

Tyler Hunt, Guilford College, Division III

Reed James, Southwest Mississippi Community College, NJCAA

Alexi Johnson, Saint John's (Minnesota), Division III

Michael Kelley, Illinois Wesleyan, Division III

Shane Kelly, Mount St. Joseph, Division III

Nathan Knuffman, Western Illinois, FCS

Avery Llewellyn, Colorado School of Mines, Division II

John Lunsford, Liberty University, FCS

Abdul Mahdi, Saint Xavier University, NAIA

Ryan McCrum, Southeast Missouri State, FCS

Wes Medeiros, Norwich University, Division III

Adam Meirose, Concordia University, NAIA

Michael Metter, Linfield College, Division III

Alex Noboa, Brevard College, Division II

Ryan O'Hara, Widener University, Division III

Houston Ray, Henderson State, Division II

Henrique Ribeiro, Chattanooga, FCS

Isaac Robinson, Frostburg State, Division III

Aldrick Rosas, Southern Oregon, NAIA

Michael Schmadeke, Northern Iowa, FCS

Trevor Smith, Davidson, FCS

Daniel Sobolewski, Albright College, Division III

Jesse Vervelde, Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Division III

Brent Wahle, Ohio Dominican, Division II

Lucas Wainman, Augustana College (SD), Division II

William Will, Dayton, FCS

Caleb Winter, Southeastern University (FL), NAIA

Peter Yoder, Richmond, FCS