2012 UW-Platteville Football News
PLATTEVILLE, Wis. -- For the 13th consecutive year, the University of Wisconsin-Platteville student-athletes had a higher grade-point average than the student body as a whole. The Pioneer student-athletes compiled an 2.934 grade-point average for the 2012-13 academic year, above the general student body overall grade-point average of 2.874.
Former University of Wisconsin-Platteville football standout Ryan McWethy agreed to join the Cleveland Browns as a free-agent on Sunday.
Twenty-four hours after defensive backs were the main attraction in workouts before hundreds of scouts at the nationally televised NFL Scouting Combine, free safety Ryan McWethy of Wisconsin-Platteville began another day in relative anonymity, ultimately fixed on catching the right scout's eye.
Platteville, Wis. —UW-Platteville football team finished the season with national, regional and conference recognition with a record of 8-2 that has not been matched since 1976.
WACO, Texas - UW-Platteville senior defensive back Ryan McWethy has been named to the 2012 American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Division III All-America Team, on Tuesday morning. He is one of 11 defensive players and one of 25 players overall to be selected to the AFCA All-America Team. McWethy is the first Pioneer since Mike Hintz in 1986 to earn AFCA All-America accolades.
MINNEAPOLIS – UW-Platteville cornerback Ryan McWethy was named third team D3football.com All-West Region Team on Wednesday.
The University of Wisconsin-Platteville football garnered a program record 15 all-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference honors on Wednesday, announced by the league office.
-- The University of Wisconsin-Platteville’s Zach Litchfield earned his second Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Special Teams Player of the Week honors, announced by the league office on Tuesday.
