Fort Hays State University had five players named to the Don Hansen All-America Team for the 2015 season on Tuesday. The five selections marks a new school record in the program’s NCAA Division II era for number of All-America selections in one season. Among the selections is current Salina Liberty linebacker Brock Long. He earned third-team honors at linebacker.

Fort Hays State went 8-4 in 2015, tying the school record for wins in a season, and earned a bid to the Mineral Water Bowl, the program’s first postseason game since 1996.

Brock Long is the only one of the five selections with multiple All-America selections in 2015, including first-team honors from two organizations. Long had one of the greatest all-around seasons at linebacker for FHSU. He set a new school record for tackles in a season with 171. It passed the former mark of 164 set by Alex Whitehill in 2011. Aside from the tackles, he finished with 21.5 tackles for loss, 10 sacks, and four forced fumbles.

Long signed with the Liberty in early January and is expected to see a lot of playing time during the 2016 season.

The Salina Liberty kickoff their inaugural regular season on Saturday, March 5th when they host the Wichita Force at 7:05 p.m at the Salina Bicentennial Center.