ST. LOUIS—South Dakota football players
Connor Herrmann,
Mason Lorber,
Mason Scheidegger and
Caleb Vander Esch highlight the 2019 Missouri Valley Football Academic Awards announced recently by the league office. Those four 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 the Fall 2019 semester) and participation in athletics a minimum of two years. The student-athlete must be within 18 hours of graduation.
Nineteen Coyotes, including the before mentioned quartet, 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, 48 Coyotes were named to the 2019 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 2019), 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
Connor Herrmann,
Mason Lorber,
Mason Scheidegger,
Caleb Vander Esch
COMMISSIONER'S ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD
Sammy Byrd,
Jack Cochrane,
Jackson Coker,
Dalton Godfrey,
Austin Goehring,
Drew Greenhaw,
Hunter Headlee,
Jacob Headlee,
Connor Herrmann,
Alex Jensen, Tyler Johnson, Peter Klug,
Nathan Kneifl,
Nick Kramer,
Mason Scheidegger,
Brady Schutt,
Dakota Smith,
Conner Thiele,
Caleb Vander Esch
HONOR ROLL
Carter Bell,
Sammy Byrd,
Bryan Clements,
Jack Cochrane,
Jackson Coker,
Ben Conrad,
Hayden Ekern,
Robert Ford III,
Nick Gaes,
Dalton Godfrey,
Austin Goehring,
Darin Greenfield,
Drew Greenhaw,
Colton Harberts,
Hunter Headlee,
Jacob Headlee,
Connor Herrmann,
Stephen Hillis,
Alex Jensen,
Cliff Johnson, Tyler Johnson,
Ben Klett, Peter Klug,
Nathan Kneifl,
Nick Kramer,
Joey Lombard,
Mason Lorber,
Joe Mather,
Jake Matthew,
Brock Mogensen,
Jakob Parks,
Luis Peguero,
Austin Peters,
Kian Rexroat-Potts,
Jake Richardson, Samuel Ruetz,
Jason Samec,
Mason Scheidegger,
Braden Schneider,
Brady Schutt,
Trevor Shohoney,
Jason Simon-Ressler,
Dakota Smith,
Jakari Starling,
Travis Theis,
Conner Thiele,
Caleb Vander Esch,
Austin Wallace
