ST. LOUIS—South Dakota football players Jack Cochrane, Austin Goehring, Brock Mogensen, Brady Schutt and Dakota Smith highlight the 2021 Missouri Valley Football Conference Academic Award winners announced Wednesday by the league office. Those five are part of a group of athletes who earned the league's highest academic achievement by capturing the MVFC 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 2021 semester) and participation in athletics a minimum of two years. The student-athlete must be scheduled to graduate by the end of the summer of 2022.
 
Twenty-two Coyotes, including the before mentioned quintet, 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, 70 Coyotes were named to the 2021 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 2021), 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
Jack Cochrane, Austin Goehring, Brock Mogensen, Brady Schutt, Dakota Smith
 
COMMISSIONER'S ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD
Carter Bell, Ethan Burson, Jack Cochrane, Jackson Coker, Ben Conrad, Clayton Denker, Josiah Ganues, Dalton Godfrey, Austin Goehring, Alex Jensen, Ben Kohls, Mason Lorber, Nathan Lubinsky, Ryan Mazurek, Brock Mogensen, Cade Parker, Mason Scheidegger, Brady Schutt, Trevor Shohoney, Dakota Smith, Cole Stenstrom, Zach Witte
 
HONOR ROLL
Carter Bell, Matteo Bonnin, Ethan Burson, Dominic Caggiano, Carson Camp, Kody Case, Jacob Cheeseman, Jack Cochrane, Jackson Coker, Ben Conrad, Joshua Crownover, Clayton Denker, Wesley Eliodor, Caden Ellingson, Isaac Erbes, Zander Flucas, JJ Galbreath, Josiah Ganues, Dalton Godfrey, Austin Goehring, Nathan Goehring, Jack Hagy, Colton Harberts, Bryce Henderson, Stephen Hillis, Blake Holden, Tre Jackson, Alex Jensen, Jonathan Joanis, Cliff Johnson, Sam Kohls, Ben Kohls, Mason Lorber, Nathan Lubinsky, Mike Mansaray, Jack Martens, Joe Mather, Ryan Mazurek, Isaiah McDaniels, Jaevon McQuitty, Matt Medill, Brock Mogensen, Eddie Ogamba, Cade Parker, Gerrit Poncius, Hunter Push, Jacob Remmert, Kian Rexroat-Potts, Micah Roane, Austin Rosetta, Jason Samec, Mason Scheidegger, Brady Schutt, Trevor Shohoney, Jason Simon-Ressler, Dakota Smith, Jordan Sommerville, Cole Stenstrom, Nathan Stoffel, Kel Stroud, Nate Thomas, Cameron Tisdale, Siler Tschirhart, Caleb Vander Esch, Kayden Verley, Austin Wallace, Brendan Webb, Creed Welch, DeValon Whitcomb, Zach Witte