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GPAC Names Year’s Best

GPAC Names Year’s Best

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For the second consecutive year, Dillon Turner of Dakota Wesleyan has been named the GPAC Offensive Player-of-the-Year.
Caden McDonald of Morningside was named the GPAC Defensive Player-of-the-Year.
Steve Ryan of Morningside College was named the GPAC Coach-of-the-Year.

Morningside was the regular season conference champion for 2017 finishing 8-0 in GPAC play and 11-0 overall. The Mustangs and regular season runner-up, Northwestern, qualified for the NAIA Football Championship Series which opens on Saturday, Nov. 18, with first round action. Morningside will host Sterling (Kan.), while Northwestern will travel to take on Langston (Okla.).

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