Current University of Minnesota Duluth offensive line coach Garth Heikkinen is among 50 individuals selected to the D2.Football.com All-Decade Team, earning a spot on the 25-member first team.

Heikkinen, a graduate of Duluth Central High School, put an exclamation point on his remarkable collegiate career in 2012 by winning the the Gene Upshaw National Division II Lineman of the Year Award (a UMD program first). In January 2013, he also became just the second Bulldog ever to play in the East-West Shrine Game, joining future New England Patriot and Green Bay Packer offensive lineman Dave Viaene (1988) in that exclusive group.  As a senior co-captain, Heikkinen was chosen to a then-Bulldog record six different All-American teams -- Associated Press (Little All-American first team), American Football Coaches Association (first team), d2football.com (first team), Daktronics (first team), Don Hansen (first team) and Beyond Sports College Network (second team) All-American teams after starting a program-best 54 consecutive games over  four seasons. UMD's first four-time All-Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference honoree (North Division first team in 2010-12 and honorable mention in 2009), he also anchored an offensive line that paved the way for the third highest-scoring offense in NCAA II football (a school-record 46.5  points per game). In 2011, Heikkinen attained All-American status from five different groups including the AFCA (first team), D2Football.com (first team), Daktronics (first team), Associated Press (Little All-American second team), and Beyond Sports College Network (honorable mention).  Since Heikkinen took over a starting role in the 2009 opener, the Bulldogs went 47-7, captured one NCAA II national championship (2010), four overall NSIC titles, qualified for the NCAA II playoffs four times, and cracked the top 15 in every AFCA II weekly poll. He was voted UMD's Outstanding Male Senior Athlete for 2012-13 and took part in the Minnesota Vikings' 2013 Rookie Training Camp.

To be eligible for the D2Football.com All-Decade Team, a student-athlete must have played during any season from 2010-2019 but must have completed his eligibility prior to the 2020 season. He must also have been named a D2Football.com All-American in that time period. The D2Football.com All-Decade Team was chosen by the staff of D2Football.com with input from coaches across the country.