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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Mike Kern June 27, 2016 MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL CONFERENCE ANNOUNCES 2015-16 ACADEMIC AWARDS ST. LOUIS – Twenty-three student-athletes highlight the 2015-16 Missouri Valley Football Honor Roll, as announced by the league office today. Those 23 student-athletes 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 2015 semester) and participation in athletics a minimum of two years. The student-athlete must be within 18 hours of graduation. Also, 148 student-athletes received the league’s Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award, which re- quires a minimum GPA of 3.2 for the previous two semesters (freshmen are not eligible.) In addition, the Missouri Valley Football Conference has announced its 2015-16 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 2015), must have been a member of the football team, and must have a minimum of 12 hours of enrollment during the fall. Nearly 500 student-athletes earned Honor Roll recognition.

ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL ACADEMIC AWARD - CJ Irvin, Mark Spelman COMMISSIONER’S ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD - Mike Banks, Zach Breen, Tyler Brown, Cole Bumpas, Camden Cooper, Soniel Estime, Michael Ganzer, Ryan Gelber, Nick Griffith, Dean Helt, Bryce Holm, CJ Irvin, Jake Kolbe, Cameron Lee, Matt McCown, Andrew Mills, Donavin O'Day, Mark Spelman, Dakota Thelan, Brady Tibbits, Prestin Van Mieghem HONOR ROLL - Tevin Allen, Rocco Ammons, Reece Attard, Mike Banks, Brannon Barry, Gage Beekman, Matt Biegalski, Jeremy Bivens, Nathan Bond, Stanley Branch, Zach Breen, Mitchell Brees, Tyler Brown, Wes Brown, Cole Bumpus, Michael Clements, Seth Combs, Adam Conley, Camden Cooper, Teddy Corwin, Andrew David, William Davis, Alec Diab, Alex Donnelly, Jacob Donohoe, Soniel Estime, Joe Farmer, Michael Ganzer, Ryan Gelber, Christian Gibbs, James Graham, Nick Griffith, Samuel Halm, Kyle Harbour, Dean Helt, Bryce Holm, Blake Hooper, George Hoselton, Cameron Hunt, CJ Irvin, Nick Kielbasa, Bryce Kiser, Alec Kocour, Jake Kolbe, David Kornack, CJ Laros, Cameron Lee, Tyler Lovgren, Matt McCown, Dontae McCoy, Pat Meehan, Marc Miller, Andrew Mills, John Nicholson, Donavin O'Day, Tylor Petkovich, Adam Pittser, Roderick Polk, Paris Ratliff, Jared Rients, Alejandro Rivera, Sean Slattery, Brent Spack, Mark Spelman, Jeruel Taylor, Dakota Thelan, Brady Tibbits, Prestin Van Mieghem, Anthony Warrum, Kyle Williams, Blake Winkler

INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY COMMISSIONER’S ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD - Joshua Appel, Logan Buske, Nicholas Dachota, Isaac Harker, Eric Heidorn, Zachary Kline, Norvell McGlaun, Conrrad Nicholls, Lex Sowards, Jerry Stephen, Jameer Thurman, Connor Underwood, Kendall Walker, Tyshon Waller, Philip Wilson HONOR ROLL - Joshua Appel, Ronald Blandford, Calvin Blank, Logan Buske, Nicholas Dachota, Roland Genesy, Marcus Gray, Nakia Grier, Isaac Harker, Eric Heidorn, Jordan Jackson, Zachary Kline, Tsali Lough, Norvell McGlaun, Katrell Moss, Conrrad Nicholls, Kenyota Rollins, Broc Rutter, Andrew Sager, Luke Slupski, Lex Sowards, Jerry Stephen, Alexander Stowers, Jameer Thurman, Connor Underwood, Kendall Walker, Tyshon Waller, Philip Wilson, Wyatt Wozniak MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL ACADEMIC AWARD -- Jake Lasater COMMISSIONER’S ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD -- Robert Booker, Dylan Cole, David Godsey, Shelby Harris, Jake Lasater HONOR ROLL - Sean Bernard, Jared Beshore, Robert Booker, Chris Cacciarelli, Gus Carter, Daryl Coburn, Dylan Cole, Richard Darden, Zach Drake, John Edwards, Easton Flaugh, Erik Furmanek, David Godsey, Gerard Harker, Shelby Harris, Deion Holli- man, Skyler Hulse, Colby Isbell, McKinze James, Phoenix Johnson, Jake Lasater, Anthony Lippillo, Nick Masoner, Brad Pryor, Brad Troyer, Anthony Upchurch

NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL ACADEMIC AWARD -- Zach Vraa, COMMISSIONER’S ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD - Brad Ambrosius, Luke Bacon, , , Keenan Hoden- field, Ben LeCompte, Dan Marlette, Greg Menard, Nate Moody, Chase Morlock, Erik Olson, Matt Plank, Daniel Polansky, Brian Schaetz, Darrius Shepherd, , Tanner Volson, Zach Vraa, Carson Wentz HONOR ROLL - Luke Albers, Jack Albrecht, Brad Ambrosius, Bruce Anderson, Matt Anderson, Eric Bachmeier, Luke Bacon, Bryce Bennot, Chris Board, Andrew Bonnet, Jake Brinkman, Ty Brooks, Jaxon Brown, Isaac Cenescar, Jordan Champion, Colin Con- ner, Jack Darnell, Cole Davis, Dom Davis, Tre Dempsey, Lance Dunn, Ross Effertz, , Austin Farnlof, James Fisher, Isaiah Frandsen, Pierre Gee-Tucker, Robbie Grimsley, Khayvon Hawkins, Keenan Hodenfield, Jeff Illies, Stanley Jones, Levi Jordheim, Cole Karcz, Jeremy Kelly, Isaac Lashua, Ben LeCompte, Bo Liekhus, Garrett Malstrom, Dan Marlette, Quinten Mc- Coy, Greg Menard, Aaron Mercadel, Bryce Messner, Nate Moody, Grant Morgan, Chase Morlock, Erik Olson, Peder Olson, Cam Pedersen, Eric Perkins, Matt Plank, Daniel Polansky, Dakota Reid, Brock Robbins, Brian Schaetz, Darrius Shepherd, Braden Sikes, CJ Smith, Easton Stick, MJ Stumpf, Christian Triplett, , Jarrod Tuszka, RJ Urzendowski, Tanner Volson, Zach Vraa, Carson Wentz, Connor Wentz, Blake Williams, Zack Ziemer

UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL ACADEMIC AWARD - Isaac Ales, Robert Rathje, Jacob Rathmacher, Karter Schult COMMISSIONER’S ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD - Isaac Ales, Lee Carhart, Matt Easley, Griffin Gaeta, Savon Huggins, Mi- chael Kuntz, Nathan Paup, Robert Rathje, Jacob Rathmacher, Karter Schult, Nash Stopko, Jordan Webb, Marcus Weymiller, Jamison Whiting, Blake Willson HONOR ROLL - Jacob Adam, Isaac Ales, Hezekiah Applegate, Jesse Cardenas, Lee Carhart, Logan Cunningham, Sam Drysdale, Matt Easley, Austin Errthum, Jared Farley, Joseph Friedrich, Griffin Gaeta, Rashadeem Gray, Trevor Hanson, Barkley Hill, Clint Huemann, Savon Huggins, Jaylin James, Michael Kuntz, Colton Lueck, Cody McCoy, Elias Nissen, Adam Noethe, Taylor Otterstatter, Nathan Paup, Justin Putney, Robert Rathje, Shawn Rush Jr, Karter Schult, Reggie Schulte, Trent Simpson, Nash Stopko, Seth Thomas, Cal Twait, Jordan Webb, Marcus Weymiller, Jamison Whiting, Preston Woods, Taylor Wurth

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL ACADEMIC AWARD - Ben Kramer COMMISSIONER’S ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD - Nile Banks, Kayl Barkley, Miles Bergner, Sean Bredl, Brandon Godsey, Ryan Hillier, Nick Jacobs, Ethan James, Ben Kramer, Keyen Lage, Jake Leohr, Nick Meyer, Aaron Ramsey, John Wessel HONOR ROLL - Isaac Armstead, Nile Banks, Kayl Barkley, Miles Bergner, Brock Brandt, Sean Bredl, Derek Chancellor, Alex Coker, Brandon Colpitts, Braden De Boer, Clayton Fisher, Brandon Godsey, Darin Greenfield, Ryan Hillier, Spencer Hopkins, Shamar Jackson, Nick Jacobs, Ethan James, Nick Jensen, Matthew Johnson, Tyler Johnson, Adam Juhl, Viktor Kaiser, Khorey Kilgore, Benjamin Kramer, Keyen Lage, Jake Leohr, Cody Majeres, Thomas McGuire, Colin Mertlik, Nick Meyer, Nickel Meyers, Jet Mo- reland, Devon O'Farrell, Jovane Parkinson, Luis Peguero, Drew Potter, Danny Rambo, Aaron Ramsey, Ryan Saeger, Eric Saintil, Ryan Schuster, Austin Simmons, Brandon Storebo, Brandt Van Roekel, John Wessel, DeValon Whitcomb, Dale Williamson, Luke Worden, Hunter Young SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL ACADEMIC AWARD - Jay Carlson, Tyler Finnes, Shayne Gottlob, Seth Lansman, Nick Mears, JR Plote, Bryce Siverling, Travis Zimmerman COMMISSIONER’S ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD - Brandon Andrews, Chris Balster, Jesse Bobbit, Jay Carlson, Nick Farina, Tyler Finnes, Shayne Gottlob, Chase Kern, Sam Koob, Caleb Lang, Seth Lansman, Kane Louscher, Zach Lujan, Nick Mears, Brady Mengarelli, Kyle Paris, JR Plote, Landon Schultz, Patrick Schuster, Bryce Siverling, Kellen Soulek, Mitch Vejvoda, Jake Wieneke, Travis Zimmerman HONOR ROLL - Adam Anderson, Brandon Andrews, Chris Balster, Turner Blasius, Jesse Bobbit, Jordan Brichacek, JeRyan Butler, Jay Carlson, Nick Carr, Taryn Christion, Dalton Cox, Jared DeVoe, Tory Dibb, Zach Dorgan, Ryan Earith, Lance Eide, Nick Farina, Tyler Finnes, Matt Fitzgerald, Reggie Gandy, Shayne Gottlob, Evan Greeneway, Brady Hale, Jake Harms, Kallan Hart, Cody Hazelett, Ezekiel Herndon, Troy Hunhoff, Cam Jones, Chase Kern, Seth Kinneman, Sam Koob, TJ Lally, Connor Land- berg, Caleb Lang, Cole Langer, Seth Lansman, Mason Leiseth, Marquise Lewis, Tyler Lindsey, Kane Louscher, Zach Lujan, Nick Mears, Jacob Menage, Brady Mengarelli, Kyle Paris, Bo Patterson, Tom Peitz, JR Plote, Zach Robertson, Isaac Rodriguez, Alex Romenesko, Christian Rozeboom, Landon Schultz, Patrick Schuster, Luke Sellers, Bryce Siverling, Kellen Soulek, Sam Steckman, Chad Strehlow, Thayer Trenhaile, Jacob VanderHeiden, Mitch Vejvoda, Chase Vinatieri, Isaac Wallace, Tyler Weir, Will Whiton, Clark Wieneke, Jake Wieneke, Alex Wilde, Rayce Willett, Jessup Workman, Sam Zenner, Travis Zimmerman

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL ACADEMIC AWARD - Chris Adams, Mark Iannotti, Billy Reed COMMISSIONER’S ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD - Chris Adams, Chris Adkins, Hans Carmien, Phil Frangello, Matt Griffith, Mark Iannotti, Connor Iwema, Josh Jahnke, Israel Lamprakes, Kyle Newquist, Josh Podzielinski, Billy Reed, Josh Skadeland, Bryce Wagner, Khari Waithe-Alexander HONOR ROLL - Tareq Abulebbeh, Chris Adkins, Hans Carmien, Adam Clay, Hunter Cooper, Ernest Dye, Zach Edwards, Shaq Findlater, Neil Fletcher, Phillip Frangello, Raysean Golden, Matt Griffith, Josh Haynes, Tanner Hearn, Joe Hemann, Jermaine Hughes, Mark Iannotti, Devan Ingram, Connor Iwema, Josh Jahnke, Darrell James, Austin Johnson, Israel Lamprakes, Devante Lee, Jacob Marnin, Derek Mathewson, Ryan Neal, Nicholas Neidig, Kyle Newquist, Kyle Patterson, Chris Perkins, Josh Podzielinski, Billy Reed, Reid Sealby, Josh Skadeland, ShawnTrez Spates, Brandon Stanfel, Jacob Varble, Bryce Wagner, Khari Waithe-Alexander, Cameron Walter, Nick Wolf, Michael Zeigler

WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL ACADEMIC AWARD - Taylor Hill, Eddy Holtschlag COMMISSIONER’S ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD - Jordan Detweiler, Taylor Hill, Eddy Holtschlag, Adam Hoogerwerf, Jacob Judd, Nathan Knuffman, Luke Otto, Brett Taylor, James Torgerson HONOR ROLL - Jaelon Acklin, Riggs Baxter, Spencer Beatty, Michael Bishoff, Adam Brott, Brock Broughton, Eric Carrera, Adam Conrady, Justin Corbett, Jordan Detweiler, Justin Eggers, Nathan Erickson, Gavin Everett, Justin Fitzpatrick, Brandon Gaston, Zach Glisan, Jordan Gonzales, Trev Hadachek, Taylor Hill, Eddy Holtschlag, Adam Hoogerwerf, Jacob Judd, Nicholas Kaltmay- er, Nathan Knuffman, Sean McGuire, Steve McShane, Benjamin Meyers, Elliot Montgomery, Quentin Moon, Andrew Nichols, Colin Olson, Luke Otto, Thomas Rehfeld, Ryan Ricketts, Arturo Romero, Isaiah Ross, , Luis Sharpe, Tyler Slamans, Craig Slowik, Timothy Smith, Brett Taylor, James Torgerson, CJ Weydeman, Matt Wieskamp, Dylan Wirebaugh, Nick Ziegenbein, Matt Zobrist

YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY COMMISSIONER’S ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD - Brad Good, Cole Kochman, Emmanuel Kromah, Shane Kuhn, Connor Mc- Fadden, Eric Myers, Derek Rivers, Hunter Wells, Jacob Wood, Charles Zaborsky, Steve Zaborsky HONOR ROLL - Ivan Adu-Poku, Joe Alessi, Zach Bader, Matt Bell, Shereif Bynum, Joshmere Dawson, Armand Dellovade, Ryan Emans, Cameron Fraser, Joe Gallinatti, Brad Good, Kyle Hegedus, Steven Jeffries, Zak Kennedy, Cole Kochman, Emmanuel Kromah, Shane Kuhn, Avery Larkin, Nathan Mays, Connor McFadden, Cole McKenry, Eric Myers, Michael Palumbo, Curtis Parks, Derek Rivers, Chris Ross, Dalton Rosta, Jeff Rotheram, Jon Saadey, Mark Schuler, Savon Smith, Andre Stubbs, Zack Torbert, Jody Webb, Hunter Wells, Andrew Williams, James Wilson, Jacob Wood, Lee Wright, Charles Zaborsky, Steve Zaborsky