ST. LOUIS—South Dakota football players
Clay Fisher,
Spencer Hopkins and
Austin Simmons highlight the 2018 Missouri Valley Football Academic Awards announced recently by the league office. Those three are part of a group of athletes who earned the league's highest academic achievement by capturing the Missouri Valley Football Conference President's Council Academic Excellence Award.
The President's Council Academic Excellence Award requires a minimum 3.5 cumulative grade point average (through Fall 2018 semester) and participation in athletics a minimum of two years. The student-athlete must be within 18 hours of graduation.
Twenty-one Coyotes, including Fisher, Hopkins and Simmons, received the league's Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award, which requires a minimum GPA of 3.2 for the previous two semesters and participation in athletics a minimum of two years (freshmen are not eligible).
In addition, 55 Coyotes were named to the 2018 MVFC Honor Roll, which recognizes academic achievement of student-athletes. To qualify for the Honor Roll, a student-athlete must have recorded a minimum 3.0 grade point average for a specified term (Fall 2018), must have been a member of the football team, and must have a minimum of 12 hours of enrollment during the fall.
All South Dakota MVFC Academic Award winners are listed below:
PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL ACADEMIC AWARD
Clay Fisher,
Spencer Hopkins,
Austin Simmons
COMMISSIONER'S ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD
Jack Cochrane,
Levi Falck,
Clay Fisher,
Dalton Godfrey,
Austin Goehring,
Jacob Headlee,
Connor Herrmann,
Spencer Hopkins,
Alex Jensen,
Tyler Johnson,
Peter Klug,
Nathan Kneifl,
Dominic Long,
Mason Lorber,
Isaiah McDaniels,
Mason Scheidegger,
Joe Schlager,
Brady Schutt,
Austin Simmons,
Tyler Tsagalis,
Caleb Vander Esch
HONOR ROLL
Tanner Anderson,
Isaac Armstead,
Canaan Brooks,
Sammy Byrd,
Kody Case,
Jack Cochrane,
Alex Coker,
Trystn Ducker,
Levi Falck,
Clay Fisher,
Tyler Foote,
Spencer Gavin,
Lincoln Gibbs,
Dalton Godfrey,
Austin Goehring,
Drew Greenhaw,
Hunter Headlee,
Jacob Headlee,
Connor Herrmann,
Spencer Hopkins,
Shamar Jackson,
Cody Jennings,
Alex Jensen,
Nick Jensen,
Tyler Johnson,
Ben Klett,
Peter Klug,
Nathan Kneifl,
Nick Kramer,
Carter Kuchel,
Dominic Long,
Mason Lorber,
Ryan Mazurek,
Andy McCance,
Isaiah McDaniels,
Brock Mogensen,
Luis Peguero,
Jarrod Peterson,
Phillip Powell,
Elijah Reed,
Mason Scheidegger,
Joe Schlager,
Braden Schneider,
Brady Schutt,
Trevor Shohoney,
Austin Simmons,
Rodney Sivils Jr.,
Dakota Smith,
Jakari Starling,
Nathan Stoffel,
Conner Thiele,
Tyler Tsagalis,
Caleb Vander Esch,
Austin Wallace,
DeValon Whitcomb
