Hamilton College quarterback Luke Kurzum '27 (Caldwell, N.J./James Caldwell HS) was voted the 2023 New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Football Rookie of the Year and the conference announced the all-NESCAC team selections on Tuesday, Nov. 28.

Tighe Hoey '25 (New Canaan, Conn./St. Paul's School [N.H.]) made the all-conference first team special teams as the punter. Mark Howrigan '24 (St. Albans, Vt./Bellows Free Academy) was placed on the all-NESCAC second team offense at tight end. The Continentals won three of their last four games.

Kurzum was voted rookie of the year by the conference's head coaches. He's the second Hamilton player selected rookie of the year for football, joining linebacker John Lawrence '10 in 2006. Kurzum completed 57.1 percent (112 of 196) of his passes for 1,176 yards with seven touchdowns in eight games.

Kurzum finished seventh in the conference with an average of 187 yards of total offense per game and was 12th in rushing with 320 yards. He also ran for three scores. In a 36-34 win over Tufts University in five overtimes, Kurzum threw for 177 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for 61 yards and another TD.

Hoey was on the all-conference team for the second time after he made the second team as a punter in 2021. He led the NESCAC with an average of 40.5 yards per punt (972 yards on 24 punts). He landed 10 of those punts inside the opponent's 20-yard line, and three punts traveled more than 50 yards. His 73-yard punt against Bowdoin College on Sept. 16 was the longest in the conference this year.

Howrigan was on the all-NESCAC team for the second time after he also made the second team at tight end last year. He finished the season with 17 catches for 181 yards in nine games. He posted season highs with five receptions and 67 yards in a 21-7 win at Bates College in his last game with the Continentals. Howrigan has 67 catches for 717 yards and two touchdowns in his 27-game career.