Wittenberg University football standouts Sean Williams (Plainfield, Ind./Plainfield) and Aaron Coeling (Centerville, Ohio/Centerville) have earned postseason accolades from two different organizations recently.
Coeling, a junior offensive tackle, was Wittenberg's lone representative on the 2012 d3football.com All-North Region honor roll. Coeling earned third-team honors.
Williams, a senior placekicker who previously was named a finalist for the Fred Mitchell Award, given annually to the top player at the position in small college football, earned honorable mention All-America honors from Beyond Sports Network.
Coeling was a standout in his second year as a starter for the Tigers, who led the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) in scoring offense at 37.7 points per game and total offense at 423.0 yards per outing. Wittenberg allowed just 15 sacks in 12 games while pacing the NCAC in passing efficiency while also ranking second in rushing offense and passing offense. Coeling earned first-team all-conference honors.
Williams led the Tigers in scoring with a school-record 88 points, including a record-breaking 14 points in a 52-38 win over Heidelberg in the first round of the NCAA Division III Tournament. Williams tied the school record for field goals in each of his three seasons as the starting placekicker, converting 12 attempts in the 2010, 2011 and 2012 campaigns, in the process breaking the program and NCAC marks for career field goals (36), career field goal percentage (81.8 percent – 36 of 44) and career PAT percentage (96.5 percent - 137 of 142). He finished his career with 244 points by kicking to rank third in program history and fifth in conference history.
Williams earned second-team All-NCAC in 2012, second-team All-North Region and first-team All-NCAC in 2011 and second-team All-NCAC in 2010.
Wittenberg won a share of the NCAC title for the 11th time since joining the league in 1989 and the third time in four years with a 6-1 record in 2012. Wittenberg finished 10-2 overall after reaching the second round of the NCAA Division III Tournament, and the Tigers posted a record of 40-6 over the course of Williams' four years in the Red & White.