CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - The American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) announced the 2024 A-R-C Football All-Conference team on Friday afternoon. The University of Dubuque had nine football student-athletes awarded with postseason conference honors.

Za'Cameron Brice (Arlington, Texas / Lamar) earned his first career A-R-C All-Conference First Team Offense selection after an outstanding season, surpassing 1,000 receiving yards in a single season for the first time in his career after collecting 1,078 yards on 87 catches and 14 touchdowns. Brice had the triple crown for receivers in the A-R-C, leading the conference in receptions (87), yards (1.078), and touchdowns (14). His longest catch was 56 yards and averaged 107.8 yards per game. Jamari Jenkins (Evanston, Ill. / Evanston Township) also was named to the A-R-C All-Conference First Team Offense after finishing seventh in the conference in receiving, but was the top tight end in the league with 63 catches for 618 yards and the second most touchdowns in the league with 11. Jenkins earns back-to-back first team selections as a tight end. 

Earning A-R-C Second Team Defense was the duo of Quintrell Gary (Chicago, Ill. / Evanston Township) and Alex Rashid (Lodi, Wis. / Lodi) for the Spartans defense. Gary is earning his first conference postseason award of his career after a 2024 season where he had 7.0 tackles for loss and 44 total yards lost on those tackles. Gary also tied for the fifth most sacks in the league with 4.5 and had two fumble recoveries and one forced fumble in 10 games played. Rashid finished his second season with the Spartans with 37 total tackles, two interceptions, five pass breakups, and forced a fumble. Rashid tied for seventh in the conference among defensive backs for total pass breakups and interceptions with seven. Wes Spitzmiller (St. Charles, Mo. / Pattonville) played in all 10 games this season for the Spartans to earn his third straight A-R-C Second Team Offense postseason honor. 

Earning A-R-C Honorable Mention this season was Blake Heffron (Gilbert, Ariz. / Chandler), Joey Rhomberg (Mount Vernon, Iowa / Mount Vernon), Channing Williams (Dallas, Texas / Richardson), and Dalton Wood (Spring Grove, Ill. / Richmond-Burton). As a return specialist, Heffron returned 10 punts this season for 89 yards. He also returned 15 kickoffs for a total of 312 yards, averaging 20.80 yards per attempt. Rhomberg played an outstanding first-year for the Spartans, playing in nine games this season going 158-239 (66.11%) for 1,650 yards and throwing for 22 touchdowns (19 touchdowns in three games). 

Williams was awarded his first career postseason honor after recording 58 total tackles, five tackles for loss and three interceptions, with two of them he returned for touchdowns. Williams finished tied for the second most interceptions in the conference and was the only defensive player to record multiple pick-sixs this season. Wood finished out his career with his third conference postseason honor after a season that featured 58 total tackles along with a tackle for loss, two interceptions, seven pass breakups, and a fumble recovery. One of his interceptions, Wood returned to the end-zone in the win over the Loras College Duhawks. 

The Spartans closed out the season last Saturday with a win over the Buena Vista University Beavers and finished the season 5-5 overall record and 5-3 in the A-R-C.