WACO, Texas- UW-Oshkosh football's Clayton Schwalbe (Waukesha/Waukesha North) collected All-America second team honors from the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) on Wednesday (Dec. 10), becoming the seventh player in program history and the second in two years to be recognized by the national coaches association.
 
Schwalbe is the sixth student-athlete to earn first team accolades from the AFCA since 2012 and the second tight end.
 
A three-time All-WIAC First Team member, Schwalbe caught 18 passes for 213 yards and three touchdowns this season, averaging 11.83 yards per reception. He caught three passes for 53 yards at UW-Stout on October 11 before recording two catches for 65 yards including a 57-yard touchdown in the second offensive play of the Titans' 41-15 win over UW-Stevens Point at home on November 8. After catching a 48-yard touchdown and running for a 1-yard score at Linfield University (Ore.) on September 6, Schwalbe was named to the D3football.com Team of the Week for the second time in his career.
 
UW-Oshkosh's previous AFCA All-America selections include John Schirger (Grafton/Living Word Lutheran) (2024 First Team), Mike Olsen (2021 First Team), Reese Dziedzic (2016 Second Team), Joe Sommers (2015 First Team), Garrett Porter (2013 First Team), and Nate Wara (2012 First Team).
 
The Titans finished the 2025 campaign with a 5-5 record, including a 3-4 mark in league play to finish fifth in the WIAC standings. Oshkosh has not posted a losing record since going 4-6 in 2010.
 
The AFCA's Division III All-America Selection Committee is made up of head coaches representing each conference from each of the AFCA's seven districts, one of whom serves as a district chairman, along with another head coach who serves as the chairman of the selection committee. The coaches in each district are responsible for ranking the top players in their respective districts prior to a conference call between the district chairmen and the committee chairman on which the team is chosen.