Sports
Michael Williams of La Grange Park named NCCAA Preseason All-American
Sophomore linebacker plays for Olivet Nazarene University.
This is a press release from Olivet Nazarene University.
La Grange Park resident Michael Williams is one of five members of the Olivet Nazarene University football team who have been named NCCAA Preseason All-Americans, announced by USA College Football on July 26. A sophomore linebacker, he is among the 88 All-Americans chosen.
Under Coach Brian Fish in 2011, Williams played in 10 games and finished with 37 tackles, two and a half tackles for loss and two sacks. He was also named a Mid-States Football Association Honorable Mention.
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Tiger football's 2012 season begins August 25 at home in Bourbonnais, Ill., against Marian University (Ind.).
Olivet Nazarene University is an accredited Christian, liberal arts university offering more than 100 areas of undergraduate and graduate study, including the Doctor of Education in ethical leadership. Olivet has one main campus in Bourbonnais, Ill. - just 50 miles south of Chicago; three sites: Rolling Meadows and Oak Brook, Ill., and Hong Kong; and more than 100 School of Graduate and Continuing Studies learning locations throughout Chicagoland and the Midwest. From Oxford to Tokyo, hundreds of Olivet students also experience the global classroom each year, whether through study abroad opportunities or worldwide mission trips.
