ST. LOUIS – Eight South Dakota State players and six from South Dakota were named to the Missouri Valley Football Conference All-Academic Team.
To be nominated, a player must be a starter or important reserve, achieve at least a 3.2 cumulative grade point average, play in at least 50 percent of his team’s regular season games, be at least a sophomore and complete at least one year at his current school.
GPA, major in parentheses
SDSU
First Team
LB Logan Backhaus (3.65, Human Biology)
OL Wes Genant (3.89, Biochemistry/Pre-Medicine)
LB Preston Tetzlaff (3.92, Business Economics)
Second Team
LB Aron Johnson (3.86, Pharmacy)
Honorable Mention
PK Cole Frahm, WR Jaxon Janke, OL Mason McCormick, DL Reece Winkelman
USD
First Team
LB Jack Cochrane (4.00, Criminal Justice/Business)
P Brady Schutt (3.87, Kinesiology & Sport Management)
WR Caleb Vander Esch (3.66, Communications)
Second Team
LS Dalton Godfrey (4.00, Kinesiology & Sport Management)
Honorable Mention
LT Alex Jensen, LB Brock Mogensen
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