MGCCC’S Williams & Brauchle earn 2012 NJCAA All-American honors

MGCCC’S Dhaquille Williams (Left) and Stephen Brauchle (39) are 2012 NJCAA All-Americans.

Add freshman wide receiver Dhaquille Williams and freshman kicker Stephen Brauchle to the list of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College players named NJCAA All-Americans.

The 2012 NJCAA First Team features Williams, a freshman from Laplace, LA, who caught 67 passes (4th in the nation) for 1,295 yards (2nd in the Nation) and 17 touchdowns (2nd in the nation) in 2012. The 6-3, 190 pounder averaged 19.3 yards per catch and scored a TD in every game but one during 2012. It’s the eighth year in a row that a Bulldog has earned NJCAA First Team honors.

Brauchle, a 5-11, 185 pound freshman from Gulfport, garnered NJCAA Honorable Mention All-American honors after connecting on 7 out of 9 field goals and 50 out of 54 extra points in 2012.

The Bulldogs went 9-2 in 2012, made it to their 6th straight MACJC title game, and finished the season No. 6 in the final NJCAA poll.