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Hunter Martin

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Seven First-Team Honorees Highlight Football’s 16 All-Ivy Selections

PHILADELPHIA – The most since 2010, 16 members of the University of Pennsylvania football team were named All-Ivy selections for the 2022 season, announced by the league office Tuesday afternoon after being voted on by the Ancient Eight coaches.
 
The Quakers were tied for the second-most total selections in the Ivy League and were tied with Princeton with the most first-team honorees at seven.
 
In addition, senior defensive lineman Jake Heimlicher was Penn's representative on the Academic All-Ivy team for the 2022 campaign.
 
First Team All-Ivy
Trevor Radosevich (OL)
Trey Flowers (RB)
Jake Heimlicher (DL)^
Garrett Morris (LB)
Kendren Smith (DB)
Ben Krimm (P)
Julien Stokes (RS)
 
Second Team All-Ivy
Ben Hoitink (OL)
Rory Starkey, Jr. (WR)
Jaden Key (DB)
 
Honorable Mention All-Ivy
Aidan Sayin (QB)
Joey Slackman (DL)
Micah Morris (DL)
Jonathan Melvin (LB)
Jack Fairman (LB)
Shiloh Means (DB)
 
^Denotes Academic All-Ivy selection
 
All-Ivy Notes
  • Penn's 16 All-Ivy honorees are the program's most since 2010 and its seven first-team selections are also the most since the same season when the Quakers totaled nine.
  • All seven first teamers are on the team for the first time in their careers. Radosevich, Heimlicher and Micah Morris are repeat selections with the latter two being named Honorable Mention All-Ivy in 2021. Radosevich was a second-team selection last season.
  • Punter Ben Krimm and kick returner Julien Stokes are the second and third specialists to receive first-team honors since 2009.
 
About Penn's 2022 All-Ivy Selections…
 
Trevor Radosevich (1st) – A stalwart on the offensive line and a two-time captain, Radosevich enjoyed plenty of success guarding sophomore Aidan Sayin and the running back stable during the 2022 season. Playing and starting in all 10 games, he split time between center and right tackle on a line that allowed just 15 sacks all season, tied for the fewest in the Ivy League. Radosevich lived up to his First Team Preseason All-Ivy billing by Phil Steele heading into the year after earning Second Team All-Ivy honors a year ago.
 
Trey Flowers (1st) – There was just something special about watching Flowers do his thing all season long, even missing three important Ivy League games in the middle of the campaign. He totaled 509 yards and seven touchdowns, the fourth among Ivy backs and averaged 72.7 yards per game, second-most in the league. Flowers also found himself a mainstay in the passing game, catching 24 passes for 137 yards and a touchdown, the game-winning score in the closing seconds to beat #22 Princeton in the season finale. He was named Ivy League Offensive Player of the week on November 7 after rushing 26 times for 124 yards and two touchdowns at Cornell.
 
Jake Heimlicher (1st) – The fifth-year senior defensive lineman concluded the year with one of the best seasons by a defensive player in recent Penn memory. Heimlicher ended the season with an Ivy League-leading nine sacks, the most by a Quaker since Mike Germino's 9.5 in 1999. The total was good for 10th in all of FCS football. He was part of a defensive line that allowed the fewest rushing yards per game in the Ivy League (89.4), also ranked second in the nation. The two-time Ivy Defensive Player of the Week closes his Penn career with 17.5 sacks, the sixth-most in program history. He was a Second Team Preseason All-Ivy selection by Phil Steele heading into the campaign after earning Honorable Mention honors in 2021.
 
Garrett Morris (1st) – The fifth-year senior linebacker found himself all over the football field, especially late in the season to snatch up First Team honors in his final season in the Red and Blue. Morris led the Quakers with 71 total tackles (with 37 solos), including 9.5 TFLs for 26 yards lost. He added an interception with two sacks and three pass breakups to his resume. In three of the final four games of the year, Morris tallied three straight games of 10 or more tackles including a career-high 15 at Brown. He found himself featured on the Ivy League Weekly Honor Roll three times.
 
Kendren Smith (1st) – A leader in the secondary and coming back to the field strong after missing majority of 2021 due to a season-ending injury, Smith excelled on the defensive side of the ball in 2022. He led the team with two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and an interception, which he recorded all in the same game against Columbia. Smith tallied 41 total tackles, second among defensive backs on the team with 33 solo stops and four TFLs. He also recorded a team-best tying seven pass breakups.
 
Ben Krimm (1st) – There wasn't a more valuable punter than Krimm was to the Quakers in 2022, evident by his first team selection. He led the Ivy League with an average punt yardage of 41.6 ypg, which was ranked 24th in the nation. He also had a Ivy-leading six touchbacks and 11 punts further than 50 yards, seven more than second (three players had four). Krimm had a season-long punt of 60 yards against Columbia on October 15 and racked up the second-most total yards (1,829) in the Ivy League.
 
Julien Stokes (1st) – The sophomore receiver didn't take long to get acclimated to his role as the lead kick returner after filling in for Walter Soefker while he recovered from an injury. Stokes ended up leading the Ivy League in kick return yards per game (29.6) and finished with the second-most total return yards (296). He was the only Ivy League returner to record a touchdown, a 97 yarder against Brown. On offense, Stokes registered the team's fourth-most catches at 25 for 244 yards and three TDs while rushing 13 times for 70 yards and a touchdown.
 
Ben Hoitink (2nd) – Like Radosevich, Hoitink was also a mainstay of the Quakers' fierce offensive line, which allowed just 15 sacks to the opposition, tied for the third fewest in the Ivy League. Playing and starting in all 10 games at right guard, Hoitink was named a First Team Preseason All-Ivy selection by Phil Steele heading into the 2022 campaign.
 
Rory Starkey, Jr. (2nd) – Starkey, Jr. emerged as Sayin's lead receiver by season's end and put forth a strong campaign when it was all said and done. He led the Quakers with 56 receptions, 515 yards and four touchdowns. His reception total and TDs were tied for the third-most among Ivy League receivers this year. For his career, Starkey, Jr. totaled 119 catches for 1,549 yards (eighth-most in program history) with 14 touchdown grabs.
 
Jaden Key (2nd) – One of the team's most consistent safeties, Key had a strong senior season to pace the Quakers on the defensive end. He totaled 38 tackles (with 23 solos) and four pass breakups. In the final games of the season against #22 Princeton, Key intercepted Tiger QB Blake Stenstrom, which led to Penn's TD to make it 19-14 in the fourth quarter.
 
Aidan Sayin (HM) – What a second season it was for QB1 in 2022, as Sayin led the Quakers during their first eight-win season since 2010. He finished the year with an Ivy League-leading 253 completions and was tied for the lead with 18 touchdown passes. Sayin's 2,344 passing yards were the Ivy's second-most, averaging 234.4 yards per game. Both his 18 TD passes and 2,344 passing yards are among the top in terms of single-season program highs, ranking fifth and sixth, respectively. Against Georgetown on the road, Sayin became the first Penn player since 2010 (seventh since 1940) to account for five total touchdowns (with four passing TDs). He graced the Ivy League Weekly Honor Roll a team-high four times.
 
Joey Slackman (HM) – Slackman was a key cog in Penn's pass rush in 2022 and played a huge role in a lot of the team's takeaways in crucial moments during the season. He finished the campaign second on the team in sacks (4.5) for a loss of 26 yards, totaling 49 tackles with 27 solo stops. Slackman was named Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week on October 24 after tipping a pass that ended up being intercepted against eventual Ivy champ Yale. He finished that game with seven tackles and 1.5 sacks.
 
Micah Morris (HM) – Like Slackman, Morris also found himself in the middle of some key moments on the defensive end and those two (along with Heimlicher) helped create a formidable force up front for opponents. Morris finished the campaign with 27 total tackles, 16 of which were solos with 4.5 TFLs and 3.5 sacks. He had the second-most hurries on the team (7) and registered an interception return for a touchdown against Columbia.
 
Jonathan Melvin (HM) – A co-captain and an immense talent at linebacker, Melvin had another strong season on defense for the Quakers. He ranked third on the team with 50 tackles, including 27 solos and his nine TFLs were third on the team as well. Melvin registered three sacks with four pass breakups, two hurries and a forced fumble.
 
Jack Fairman (HM) – Fairman was a force all season long and emerged as a main option at linebacker heading into the future of Penn Football. He recorded the team's second-most total tackles (70) which also ranked eighth among Ivy defenders. His six TFLs were fifth on the team, adding three pass breakups, two hurries and an interception, which earned him a spot on the Ivy League Weekly Honor Roll on October 10 after a strong performance at Georgetown.
 
Shiloh Means (HM) – Finding himself all over the field, especially at the beginning of the season, Means is well deserving of this honor as a key contributor in the secondary. He registered 42 total tackles with 28 solo tackles and concluded the year with a team-high tying seven pass breakups.
 
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Players Mentioned

Jack Fairman

#23 Jack Fairman

LB
6' 1"
Junior
Ben Hoitink

#69 Ben Hoitink

OL
6' 4"
Senior
Jaden Key

#1 Jaden Key

DB
6' 2"
Senior
Ben Krimm

#99 Ben Krimm

P
6' 2"
Senior
Shiloh Means

#25 Shiloh Means

DB
5' 11"
Junior
Jonathan Melvin

#3 Jonathan Melvin

LB
6' 1"
Senior
Micah Morris

#98 Micah Morris

DL
6' 2"
Senior
Aidan  Sayin

#9 Aidan Sayin

QB
6' 2"
Sophomore
Joey Slackman

#97 Joey Slackman

DL
6' 4"
Junior
Kendren Smith

#4 Kendren Smith

DB
6' 1"
Senior
Walter Soefker

#33 Walter Soefker

DB
5' 10"
Junior
Julien Stokes

#13 Julien Stokes

WR
5' 7"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Jack Fairman

#23 Jack Fairman

6' 1"
Junior
LB
Ben Hoitink

#69 Ben Hoitink

6' 4"
Senior
OL
Jaden Key

#1 Jaden Key

6' 2"
Senior
DB
Ben Krimm

#99 Ben Krimm

6' 2"
Senior
P
Shiloh Means

#25 Shiloh Means

5' 11"
Junior
DB
Jonathan Melvin

#3 Jonathan Melvin

6' 1"
Senior
LB
Micah Morris

#98 Micah Morris

6' 2"
Senior
DL
Aidan  Sayin

#9 Aidan Sayin

6' 2"
Sophomore
QB
Joey Slackman

#97 Joey Slackman

6' 4"
Junior
DL
Kendren Smith

#4 Kendren Smith

6' 1"
Senior
DB
Walter Soefker

#33 Walter Soefker

5' 10"
Junior
DB
Julien Stokes

#13 Julien Stokes

5' 7"
Sophomore
WR