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Dain Walter selected to fourth NCAA Division III All-America Team; earns Walter Camp honors
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Dain Walter, a senior offensive lineman at UW-La Crosse is a New Glarus graduate and was recently named to four NCAA Division III All-American teams, including being just one of six offensive lineman selected for the Walter Camp All-America Team. / UW-La Crosse photo

LA CROSSE — University of Wisconsin-La Crosse senior offensive lineman Dain Walter of New Glarus has been selected to the 2025 Walter Camp National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III All-America Team, the organization announced Tuesday, Dec. 23. 

It is Walter’s fourth All-America honor this season, being named to the 2025 D3football.com and American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) All-America First Team and to the Associated Press (AP) All-America Second Team. 

He is one of six offensive linemen selected for the Walter Camp All-America Team.

Considered the “Father of American Football,” Walter Camp introduced the play from scrimmage, set plays, the numerical assessment of goals and tries and the restriction of play to eleven men per side in 1880.  Nine years later, Mr. Camp, then the Yale University head coach, selected the first-ever college football All-America team.

The Walter Camp Football Foundation — a New Haven-based all-volunteer group — was founded in 1967 to perpetuate the ideals of Camp and to continue the tradition of selecting annually an All-America team. The Foundation is a member of the National College Football Awards Association (NCFAA). Founded in 1997, the NCFAA includes college football’s most prestigious awards and its 25 awards have honored more than 950 recipients dating back to 1935.

Named to the 2025 All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) First Team, Walter also earned D3football.com All-Region 6 First Team accolades. 

Walter started all 11 games this season at left tackle while not allowing a quarterback sack. He helped UWL average 29.5 points per game in 2025. The Eagles averaged 386.1 yards per game, including 136.5 rushing and 249.6 passing.  

The Eagles are second in the WIAC in fourth-down conversions (60.0%), third in total offense (386.1), passing yards (249.6), first downs (230) and third-down conversions (46.7%) and fourth in scoring (29.5). 

UWL finished 8-3 overall and 5-2 in the WIAC in 2025 under head coach Matt Janus. The Eagles, making their fifth consecutive national championship berth, advanced to the NCAA Division III Third Round. After receiving a first round bye, UWL earned a 9-7 victory at 15th-ranked Hope College (Mich.) on November 29 before falling, 35-27, at top-ranked North Central College (Ill.) in the third round on December 6.

UWL was ranked 13th on the final D3football.com Top 25 Poll and 16th on the final AFCA Top 25 Poll of the regular season.