2016-17 Football
1-O Jean Rene WR
1-S Dimitrios Latsonas K
2-O Griffin Norberg RB
2-S CJ Elion K
3 Derrick Estell LB
4 J.J. Nunes DB
5-O Ryan Dugan WR
5-D Bryce Crook DB
6 Idode Kerobo DB
7-O Dalton Stokes QB
7-D Kye Hall LB
8 Ryan Moore WR
9 Ryan Shea WR
10 Jarrett Morgan RB
11 Christian Campbell DB
12 JD Koehler WR
13 Grant Papenfuss QB
14 Joe Mullen QB
15-O Chris Duncan QB
15-D Isaac Lane DB
16 Ryan Clarke QB
17 Brandon Riley DB
18 Mike Wheeler LB
19-O Jimmy Seewald QB
19-D Tyler Newkirk LB
20 Jamari Booker DB
21 Elias Earley WR
22 Kyle Dye DB
23 Kellan Hughes DB
24 Drew Snouffer LB
25-O Parker Fox WR
25-X Denzell Conway WR
26 Tim Foley DB
27 Brett Fox TE
28 Josmar Diaz-Martinez DB
29 Jalin LeAndre DB
30 Frank Catrine WR
31 Dylan Johnson SN
32 Cody Boxrucker RB
33 Gowan Baldwin LB
34 Jay Slone LB
35 Kyle Bender DB
36 Parker Welch SN
37 Kyle Farwick SN
38 Kyle Petroff LB
39 Jack Buckey LB
40 Michael O'Brien LB
41 Charlie Hackett DL
42 Jake Iery DL
43 John Regan LB
44 Kyle Cartales RB
45-O Kenneth Floyd RB
45-D Taylor Allen DB
46 Nolan Fortman DB
47 Matthew Messler LB
48 Brent Dickson DL
49 Nick Turner LB
50 John Horan OL
52 Johnathan Coyne LS
54 Jesse Studyvin DE
55 Connor Sperling RB
56 Tristan De La Rosa DL
57 Torrin Sallis LB
59 Tyree Thomas LB
60 Andrew Lundberg OL
61 Sean Pearce OL
63 Sean Stephens OL
64 Connor Rettig OL
65 Jack Jarnigan OL
67 Eric Rentschler OL
69 Alex Helander OL
70 Brady Sullivan OL
71 Bryce Biggs OL
72 Solomon Kamara OL
73 Tom Schofield OL
74 Brian Lang OL
75 Shannon Taliaferro OL
76 Alex Cotton OL
77 Terrance Roberts OL
78 Ronald Williams OL
80 Austin Petrie RB
81 Brannen Martin TE
82 Jayson Reckards WR
83 Chris Orlich WR
84 Mason Sutter TE
85 Ronnie Reitz WR
86 Bailey Gessinger WR
87-O Martin Petruf TE
87-D Jordan Goebel DL
88 Alex Ng K/P
89 Thomas Hassel TE
90 Brandon Doepke DL
93 James Reed DL
94 James Zajac DL
95 Murphy Osmond DL
97 Michael Penn DL
98 Jake Simpson K
99 Jakob Trumpower DL
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Dimitrios Latsonas

#1-S Dimitrios Latsonas

Pos. K
Ht. 5-11
Wt. 175
Yr. Fr.
Hometown Westmont, Ill.
High School (Prev. School) Westmont

2018 Academic All-PFL Second Team 
2017 All-PFL Honorable Mention

2018: Named to the Academic All-PFL Second Team Appeared in all 11 games and went 8-of-12 on field-goal tries… Converted 36 of his 37 PAT attempts, shattering his own record for made extra points in a single season after previously setting the school record with 35 in 2017… Averaged 55.9 yards per kick on kickoffs and booted 13 touchbacks… Made a 50-yard field goal in the team’s season finale at Stetson, outdoing his previous personal best of 44 and converting the longest field goal in the PFL in 2018. In addition, that was just the 26th made field goal of 50 yards or longer in the Division I FCS nation in 2018 and the longest field goal by a Valpo kicker since 2003… Went 2-for-2 on field-goal tries in two games – Sept. 22 vs. Truman State and Nov. 10 vs. Jacksonville… Had a perfect game against the Dolphins on Nov. 10, going 6-for-6 on PATs and 2-of-2 on field-goal tries… Member of the PFL Honor Roll... Enters his senior season with 75 career PATs, only eight away from tying and nine from breaking the career program record.

2017: Made 11 field goals, tied for the fourth most in a single season in program history… Set the program record with 35 PAT conversions… Won the PFL Special Teams Player of the Week after making three field goals in a win over rival Butler on Nov. 11… Also went 3-for-3 on field-goal tries in the season opener at scholarship foe Montana, including a 44 yarder that stood as his season long… In the game against the Grizzlies, became the first Valpo kicker to make three field goals in a game since David Hamaker on Oct. 11, 2008. Latsonas was one of two kickers nationally who went 3-for-3 on field-goal tries the first week of the season… Averaged 55.8 yards on kickoffs and racked up 10 touchbacks, the most by a Valpo kicker in over 15 years. As a team, Valpo had six touchbacks in the 2014, 2015 and 2016 seasons combined… Made seven extra points on Oct. 28 against Morehead State, tying for the program record for made PATs in a single game… Made seven extra points on Oct. 28 against Morehead State, tying for the program record for made PATs in a single game. 

2016: Went 1-for-2 on field-goal attempts and 4-for-6 on extra points in his first season as a Crusader... Became the team's primary kickoff specialist midway through the season, finishing with a team-high 35 kickoffs for an average of 57.2 yards per kickoff... Made his college place kicking debut on Oct. 15 at Stetson, filling in for the injured Jake Simpson on short notice, and went 3-for-3 on PATs... Notched his first-career made field goal on Oct. 22 at San Diego, putting one through the uprights from 31 yards out... Member of PFL Academic Honor Roll. 

Prep: Played for the Sentinels ... also competed in track and field ... a two-time All-Conference honoree on the track.

Personal: Son of Betty Latsonas ... major is physical education.