Three Seniors Headline All-Ivy Honorees

After a year in which they intimidated everybody in their path, it was fitting that senior Josue Ortiz and captain Collin Zych were the only two defensive players to be selected unanimously to the All-Ivy First Team. Harvard's leader on the defensive line, Ortiz finished the season as the Ancient Eight's leader in tackles for loss and the runner-up in sacks, with 7.5 and 13.5 respectively. Zych, meanwhile, finished the season with 79 tackles to bring his career total to 224.

Joining the two of them on the first team is senior running back Gino Gordon, who last night received the Frederick Greeley Crocker Award as the team's most valuable player. Gordon was the first Crimson back since Clifton Dawson '07 to rush for over 1000 yards in a season, finishing the 2010 campaign with 1059 yards. He also graduates as Harvard's all-time leader in yards per carry with 5.3.

While the Crimson will certainly miss Gordon's productivity, it won't have to look too far to find his replacement. Sophomore Treavor Scales was named a second-team All-Ivy running back.

Joining Scales on the second team are a trio of his blockers—seniors Chris LeRoy and Brent Osborne, and junior Kevin Murphy. Also earning second-team honors were senior defensive lineman Chuks Obi, senior linebacker Nick Hasselberg, junior linebacker Alex Gedeon, and junior defensive back Matthew Hanson. Tight ends Nicolai Schwarzkopf and Kyle Juszczyk were honorable mentions.