NEW YORK -- For the second year in a row, a Lion is the Ivy League Rookie of the Year. Alex Gross was named the 2007 honoree, and Austin Knowlin, last year's award-winner, has been chosen first team All-Ivy League by a vote of the league's head coaches, the conference office announced. Five members of the 2007 Columbia football squad were recognized in the voting.

Austin Knowlin, who came within 12 yards of tying the school single-season record of 1000, was chosen to the first team. The sophomore wide receiver's 988 yards led the Ivy League and gives him 1541 for his career, fourth-best all-time at Columbia. His 11 touchdowns ranked him fifth in the Ivy League in scoring, and his 74 catches was second in the league behind 78 by Buddy Farnham of Brown.

Alex Gross made 80 tackles to rank among the most-ever for a first-year in the Ivy League. He led the team in that category, and was chosen the Ivy League Rookie of the Week four times; only one player in Ivy League history has earned that honor more than four times. Gross had 56 tackles in the final five games of the season, and had a team season-high 15 tackles in the final game of the fall vs. Brown. Eight of his tackles were for a loss and two were sacks.

Jon Rocholl was named second team All-Ivy League at punter. He set a new school single-season record for punting average (minimum 30 attempts) with 41.5 yards per boot. He fell just 0.1 short of tying the 20-attempt-minimum of 41.6 yards, held by former Columbia athletics director Ken Germann '43. A junior from Fort Wayne, Ind., Rocholl also broke the Columbia career field goals record with his 22nd early this season. He made eight for the season for 29 for his career, and also set the Columbia record for scoring by kicking and now has 132 career points. Rocholl had seven punts of 50-yards-or-longer, and 11 inside the opponents' 20-yard line.

Craig Hormann moved into second place on Columbia's all-time completions and passing yardage lists, and was honored with honorable mention All-Ivy League. He finished as the Ivy League's eighth-most productive passer with 6,201 yards, behind only John Witkowski '84CC on Columbia's all-time list. He was also second to Witkowski and fifth in the league in completions with 568. His 2,505 yards this season was fourth highest in school history. Hormann, a senior quarterback from Indianapolis who was one of the Lions' co-captains, threw for 12 touchdowns this season to give him 27 for his career, fifth-most on the Lions' all-time list.

Phillip Mitchell was named honorable mention All-Ivy League on the defensive line. The 6-foot-6 junior switched from defensive end to nose tackle midway through the season. At the time of the switch, he led the league in sacks with five, and he finished tied for fifth in that category. He was 24th in the league in tackles with 57. He had 13 tackles and forced a fumble against Yale.

2007 All-Ivy League Football

PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Mike McLeod, Yale (RB, Jr., New Britain, Conn.)

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Alex Gross, Columbia (LB, Fr., Kettering, Ohio)

FIRST TEAM OFFENSE
WR -- Buddy Farnham, Brown (Soph., Andover, Mass.)
WR -- Corey Mazza, Harvard (Sr., Thousand Oaks, Calif.)
WR -- Austin Knowlin, Columbia (Soph., Newington, Conn.)
TE -- Langston Johnson, Yale (Sr., Los Altos, Calif.)
OL -- Jeff Monaco, Yale (Sr., McDonald, Pa.)
OL -- Andrew Brecher, Harvard (Sr., Needham, Mass.)
OL -- Brian Brazinski, Penn (Sr., Basking Ridge, N.J.)
OL -- David Paine, Harvard (Sr., South Attleboro, Mass.)
OL -- James Williams, Harvard (Soph., Chestnut Hill, Mass.)
QB -- Chris Pizzotti, Harvard (Sr., Reading, Mass.)
RB -- Mike McLeod, Yale (Jr., New Britain, Conn.)
RB -- Joe Sandberg, Penn (Sr., Oradell, N.J.)
K -- Steve Morgan, Brown (Sr., New Albany, Ohio)

FIRST TEAM DEFENSE
DL -- Brad Bagdis, Harvard (Sr., Paxton, Mass.)
DL -- Naheem Harris, Penn (Sr., Brooklyn, N.Y.)
DL -- Matt Curtis, Harvard (Jr., Peabody, Mass.)
DL -- Brandt Hollander, Yale (Sr., Indianapolis, Ind.)
LB -- Bobby Abare, Yale (Jr., Acton, Mass.)
LB -- Glenn Dorris, Harvard (Jr., Marietta, Ga.)
LB -- Justin Cottrell, Dartmouth (Sr., Somers Point, N.J.)
LB -- Tim Boardman, Princeton (Sr., Staten Island, N.Y.)
DB -- *Steven Williams, Harvard (Sr., San Antonio, Texas)
DB -- Andrew Berry, Harvard (Jr., Bel Air, Md.)
DB -- Chris Wynn, Penn (Soph., Flemington, N.J.)
DB -- Doug Hewlett, Harvard (Sr., Wellington, Fla.)
P -- Ryan Coyle, Princeton (Jr., Princeton, N.J.)

SECOND TEAM OFFENSE
WR -- Bobby Sewall, Brown (Soph., Portsmouth, R.I.)
WR -- Paul Raymond, Brown (Sr., Miami, Fla.)
WR -- Brian Evans, Dartmouth (Sr., Fairfield, Texas)
TE -- Colin Cloherty, Brown (Jr., Bethesda, Md.)
OL -- Paul Jasinowski, Brown (Soph., Washington, D.C.)
OL -- Steve Valenta, Cornell (Jr., Orland Park, Ill.)
OL -- James Tull, Brown (Sr., Cincinnati, Ohio)
OL -- Taylor Layman, Dartmouth (Sr., Brentwood, Tenn.)
OL -- Darius Dale, Yale (Jr., Seattle, Wash.)
QB -- Michael Dougherty, Brown (Jr., Davie, Fla.)
RB -- Cheng Ho, Harvard (Soph., Augusta, Ga.)
RB -- Rob Toresco, Princeton (Sr., Flemington, N.J.)
RB -- Joe Fucillo, Yale (Sr., Rockville, Md.)
K -- Alan Kimball, Yale (Sr., Olathe, Kan.)

SECOND TEAM DEFENSE
DL -- Jim Develin, Brown (Soph., Gilbertsville, Pa.)
DL -- Jared Hamilton, Yale (Sr., Alpine, Utah)
DL -- Kai Brown, Brown (Sr., Bellevue, Wash.)
DL -- Peter Ajayi, Harvard (Jr., Brooklyn, N.Y.)
LB -- Eric Schultz, Harvard (Jr., Alpharetta, Ga.)
LB -- Joe Anastasio, Penn (Sr., Camp Hill, Pa.)
LB -- Jay Colabella, Penn (Jr., West Harrison, N.Y.)
LB -- Brady Hart, Yale (Jr., State College, Pa.)
DB -- Tim Bax, Cornell (Jr., Chicago, Ill.)
DB -- John Hopkins, Harvard (Sr., The Woodlands, Texas)
DB -- John Pircon, Dartmouth (Sr., Whitefish Bay, Wis.)
DB -- Steve Santoro, Yale (Jr., Airmont, N.Y.)
P -- Jon Rocholl, Columbia (Jr., Fort Wayne, Ind.)

HONORABLE MENTION OFFENSE
WR -- Matt Luft, Harvard (Soph., Thousands Oaks, Calif.)
WR -- Zac Canty, Cornell (Jr., Naperville, Ill.)
WR -- Braden Lepisto, Penn (Sr., Agoura Hills, Calif.)
WR -- Brendan Circle, Princeton (Sr., Villa Park, Calif.)
TE -- Jason Miller, Harvard (Jr., Zionsville, Ind.)
OL -- Ben Goeke, Dartmouth (Sr., Chevy Chase, Md.)
OL -- Ted Sonnenberg, Cornell (Sr., Holgate, Ohio)
OL -- Chris Kovalcik, Penn (Jr., Westwood, Mass.)
OL -- A.J. Tracey, Brown (Sr., Midwest City, Okla.)
OL -- Ty Davis, Yale (Jr., Fresno, Calif.)
OL -- Brian McGuire, Cornell (Sr., Princeton Junction, N.J.)
QB -- Craig Hormann, Columbia (Sr., Indianapolis, Ind.)
RB -- Nick Cisler, Penn (Sr., Grand Rapids, Mich.)
RB -- Noah Van Niel, Harvard (Sr., Newton, Mass.)

HONORABLE MENTION DEFENSE
DL -- Tom Stone, Penn (Sr., Harrisburg, Pa.)
DL -- Kirk Porter, Yale (Sr., Silver Spring, Md.)
DL -- Pete Buchignani, Princeton (Jr., Bloomington, Ill.)
DL -- Chuks Obi, Harvard (Soph., Tracy, Calif.)
DL -- Phillip Mitchell, Columbia (Jr., Knoxville, Tenn.)
DL -- Cullen Gilchrist, Dartmouth (Sr., Dartmouth, Mass.)
DL -- Carl Ehrlich, Harvard (Jr., Bethesda, Md.)
DL -- Matt Koch, Princeton (Jr., Ponte Verde, Fla.)
LB -- Doug Lempa, Cornell (Sr., Point Pleasant Beach, N.J.)
LB -- Frank Nuzzo, Brown (Jr., Everett, Mass.)
LB -- Jon May, Brown (Jr., Naples, Fla.)
LB -- Graham Rihn, Cornell (Jr., Allison Park, Pa.)
DB -- Pat Kimener, Penn (Sr., Grayslake, Ill.)
DB -- Darrell Harrison, Brown (Jr., New York, N.Y.)
DB -- Nick Solakian, Yale (Sr., Santa Barbara, Calif.)
DB -- Paul Rice, Yale (Soph., Cleveland Heights, Ohio)
DB -- Tyson Maugle, Penn (Jr., Duncansville, Pa.)
P -- Steve Morgan, Brown (Sr., New Albany, Ohio)
P -- Tom Mante, Yale (Soph., Westford, Mass.)