1818 Chouteau Avenue TELEPHONE (314) 444-4360 St. Louis, MO 63103 FACSIMILE (314) 444-4361 www.valley-football.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Mike Kern June 17, 2014 MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL CONFERENCE ANNOUNCES 2013-14 ACADEMIC AWARDS ST. LOUIS – Twenty-two student-athletes highlight the 2013-14 Missouri Valley Football Honor Roll, as announced by the league office today. Those 22 student-athletes earned the league’s highest academic achievement by capturing the Mis- souri 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 2013 semester) and participation in athletics a minimum of two years. The student-athlete must be within 18 hours of graduation. Also, 146 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 2013-14 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 2013), must have been a member of the football team, and must have a minimum of 12 hours of enrollment during the fall. More than 450 student-athletes earned Honor Roll recognition. ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS COUNCIL ACADEMIC AWARD - Scott Kuehn; Matt Meyers; Steve Nelson. COMMISSIONER’S ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD - Mike Banks; Will Davis; Ryan Gelber; Chris Highland; C.J. Irvin; Collin Keoshian; Scott Kuehn; Michael Liedtke; Jack Lipinsky; Kevin McGarry; Matt Meyers; John Nicholson; Adam Rebholz; Mark Spelman; Jake Wienhoff. HONOR ROLL - Rocco Ammons; Brian Athey; Nick Aussieker; Mike Banks; Jared Barnett; Gage Beekman; Anthony Boddy; Cody Cameron; Dominic Clarke; Michael Clements; Milton Colbert; Adam Conley; Will Davis; Alex Donnelly; Patrick Dougherty; Soniel Estime; Michael Ganzer; Ryan Gelber; Matt Goldsmith; Davontae Harris; Dean Helt; Chris Highland; George Hoselton; Cameron Hunt; C.J. Irvin; Collin Keoshian; Eric Kerr; Bryce Kiser; Billy Knust; Scott Kuehn; Cameron Lee; Michael Liedtke; Jack Lipinsky; Tyler Lovgren; Zack Marshall; Matt McCown; Kevin McGarry; Matt Meyers; Rodrick Moore; Steve Nelson; John Nicholson; Erik Ottosen; Adam Rodrick; Trevor Rea; Adam Rebholz; Alejandro Rivera; Corey Shandrick; Sean Slattery; Brent Spack; Mark Spelman; Colton Underwood; Jake Wienhoff; Blake Winkler; Pat Wright; Tim Wright. INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY COMMISSIONER’S ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD - Logan Buske; Sean Clancy; Brady Collins; Nick Dachota; Jess Harris, Tsali Lough; Joel Magrum; Chris O'Leary; Desean Prentice; Tanner Riley; Mark Sewall; Jerry Stephen; Alex Stowers; Jackson Tim- mons; Robert Tonyan. HONOR ROLL - Joshua Appel; Zakee Bashir; Justice Berry; Isaac Beverstock; Jamar Brown; Logan Buske; Sean Clancy; Nick Cody; Brady Collins; Greg Cuthbertson; Nick Dachota; Jess Harris; Kyani Harris; Jordan Jackson; Russell Jones; Demory Lawshe; Sampson Levingston; Tsali Lough; Joel Magrum; Conrrad Nicholls; Chris O'Leary; Mike Perish; Desean Prentice; Mark Sewall; Tyler Stafford; Jerry Stephen; Alex Stowers; Dimitri Taylor; Jameer Thurman; Jackson Timmons; Robert Tonyan; Connor Toohey; Connor Underwood; Kendall Walker; Philip Wilson. MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS COUNCIL ACADEMIC AWARD -- Caleb Schaffitzel; Matt Thayer; Austin Witmer. COMMISSIONER’S ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD - Andrew Beisel; Dylan Cole; Greg Coopwood; Jake Lasater; Matt Miller; Caleb Schaffitzel; Matt Swan. HONOR ROLL - James Barnes; Andrew Beisel; Patrick Blanar; Robert Booker; Chris Cacciarelli; Gus Carter; Dylan Cole; Zack Cooley; Mikael Cooper-Falls; Greg Coopwood; Tevan Ferguson; Erik Furmanek; Ashton Glaser; Shelby Harris; Hunter Hays; Ben Howard; Elgie Hurd; Adam Judnich; Jake Lasater; Josh Mattes; Matt Miller; Jeremiah Plowden; Caleb Schaffitzel; Chris Sul- lens; Austin Witmer. NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS COUNCIL ACADEMIC AWARD -- Ryan Drevlow; Andrew Grothmann; Justin Juckem; Danny Luecke. COMMISSIONER’S ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD - Zachary Baker; Joey Blackmore; Andrew Bonnet; Myles Brooks; Jedre Cyr; Ryan Drevlow; Christian Dudzik; Dylan Dunn; Kyle Emanuel; Andrew Grothmann; Jesse Hinz; Hank Jacobs; Brock Jensen; Cole Jirik; Justin Juckem; Danny Luecke; Nate Moody; Grant Olson; Brian Schaetz; Esley Thorton; Billy Turner; Zach Vraa; Carson Wentz. HONOR ROLL - Luke Albers; Justin Axelson; Zachary Baker; Joey Blackmore; Andrew Bonnet; Myles Brooks; Jedre Cyr; Tory Dal- bec; Nick DeLuca; Ryan Drevlow; Christian Dudzik; Dylan Dunn; Kyle Emanuel; James Fisher; Alex Fontaine; Isaiah Frandsen; James Gates; Trevor Gebhart; Pierre Gee-Tucker; Tyler Gefroh; Mike Goergen; Andrew Grothmann; Mike Hardie; Jesse Hinz; Keenan Hodenfield; Hank Jacobs; Brock Jensen; Cole Jirik; Justin Juckem; Adam Keller; Jeremy Kelly; Derrick Lang; Alex LaVoy; Anthony LaVoy; Ben LeCompte; Bo Liekhus; Carlton Littlejohn; Danny Luecke; Grant Maris; Derek McGinnis; Bryce Messner; Nate Moody; Chase Morlock; Andrew Nack; Sam Ojuri; Grant Olson; Eric Perkins; Brendin Pierre; Jack Plankers; Daniel Polansky; Jason Pomerenke; Brock Russell; Peter Saintal; Dan Sargeant; Brian Schaetz; Andrew Smith; Ryan Smith; Esley Thorton; Billy Turner; Zach Vraa; Cooper Wahlo; DeSean Warren; Carson Wentz; Carey Woods; Tyler Wrice. UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA PRESIDENTS ACADEMIC AWARD - Collin Albrecht; Max Busher; Jake Farley; Jordan Gacke. COMMISSIONER’S ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD - Collin Albrecht; Max Busher; Jake Farley; Jordan Gacke; Trevor Hanson; David Johnson; Daniel Kruger; Robert Rathje; Jacob Rathmacher; Blake Rottink; Jack Rummells; Karter Schult; Blake White. HONOR ROLL - Isaac Ales; Max Busher; Leroy Carhart; Logan Cunningham; Devin Daily; Casey DeHoedt; Ryan Dixon; Jake Farley; Joseph Feldpausch; Jordan Gacke; Griffin Gaeta; Markus Goff; Deiondre Hall; Trevor Hanson; Kirk Harris; Dustin Ihns; Nicho- las Jepsen; David Johnson; Travis Kinney; Daniel Kruger; Samual Kuhter; Tom McClimon; Jonathon McReynolds; Alexander Nank; Wyatt Peiffer; Robert Rathje; Jacob Rathmacher; Blake Rottink; Jack Rummells; Karter Schult; Nathan Shaw; Hayden Shea; Reginald Shulte; Jarod Syndergaard; Sam Tim; Jamison Whiting; Blake Willson. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA PRESIDENTS ACADEMIC AWARD - Kyle Cichos; Marcus Murtha; Josh Vander Maten. COMMISSIONER’S ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD - Kayl Barkley; Kyle Chicos; Ryan Hillier; Ben Kramer; Matthew Miller; Mar- cus Murtha; Josh Vander Maten. HONOR ROLL - Ryan Alger; William Armstead; Kayl Barkley; Fred Beaugard; Miles Bergner; Trevor Bouma; Sam Cooke; Riley Donovan; Spencer Fox; Jackson Gannon; Benjamin Gardner; Sean Glenn; Ryan Hillier; Adam Juhl; Ed Kennedy; Kiefer Ketel- hut; Austin Koch; Ben Kramer; Taylor Lambert; Mike Meinert; Colin Mertlik; Nick Meyer; Matthew Miller; Jet Moreland; Marcus Murtha; Aaron Ramsey; Graham Resseguie; Jordan Roberts; Andrew Schofield; Brandt Van Roekel; Josh Vander Maten; John Wessel; Tyler Wilhelm; Luke Worden. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS ACADEMIC AWARD - Brandon Hubert; Taylor Suess. COMMISSIONER’S ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD - Brandon Andrews; Jake Gentile; Shayne Gottlob; Brandon Hubert; Josh Kage; R.C. Kilgore; Blake Krings; T.J. Lally; Nick Mears; Andrew Mueller; Alex Parker; Doug Peete; J.R. Plote; Nick Purcell; Ethan Sawyer; Jason Schneider; Patrick Schuster; Bryce Siverling; Taylor Suess; Justin Syrovatka; Trevor Tiefenthaler; Winston Wright; Zach Zenner. HONOR ROLL - Brandon Andrews; Chris Balster; Austin Benson; Taylor Bloom; Jesse Bobbit; Andrew Brown; Bryan Burke; Je Ryan Butler; Jay Carlson; Christian Custer; Chase Douglas; Nick Farina; Tyler Finnes; Reggie Gandy; Jake Gentile; Shayne Gottlob; Trevor Greger; Charlie Harmon; Ezekiel Herndon; Brandon Hubert; Troy Hunhoff; Josh Kage; R.C. Kilgore; Kevin Klocek; Blake Krings; Auston LaBlance; T.J. Lally; Tanner Lambert; Connor Landberg; Caleb Lang; Cole Langer; Seth Lansman; Mason Leiseth; Kane Louscher; Bryson McCabe; Nick Mears; Nathan Meixell; Jacob Menage; Brady Mengarelli; Nate Meyer; Andrew Mueller; Mitchell Nissen; Jacob Ohnesorge; Kyle Paris; Alex Parker; Doug Peete; Matt Peitz; J.R. Plote; Nick Purcell; Matt Raymond; Ethan Sawyer; Jason Schneider; Patrick Schuster; Bryce Siverling; Joe Stephens; Taylor Suess; Justin Syro- vatka; Trevor Tiefenthaler; Joe Tjosvold; Thayer Trenhaile; Bridge Tusler; Jason Van Winkle; Jake Wieneke; Bryan Witzmann; Dominique Wright; Winston Wright; Zach Zenner. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS ACADEMIC AWARD - Austin Pucylowski. COMMISSIONER’S ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD - Chris Adams; Chase Allen; Juan Carlos Avila; Corey Boemer; Adam Fuehne; Matt Griffith; Thor Hadfield; Austin Johnson; Blake Mattson; David Meyerhoff; Kyle Newquist; Jake Notario; Austin Pucylowski; Bil- ly Reed; Boo Rodgers; Josh Skadeland; Luke Thuston; Josh Tinajero; Houston Walker; Ryan West; Tyler Williamson; Ryan Wood. HONOR ROLL - Chris Adams; Chase Allen; Juan Carlos Avila; Bryce Beschorner; Corey Boemer; Colin Bultinck; Hans Carmien; Adam Clay; Adam Fuehne; Antony Greenhow; Matt Griffith; Thor Hadfield; Charles Harris; A.J. Hill; Markese Jackson; Josh Jahnke; Cameron James; Austin Johnson; Thomas Kinney; Israel Lamprakes; Cory Lee; Devon Mathis; Blake Mattson; David Meyerhoff; Blake Miller; Nick Neidig; Kyle Newquist; Garrett Pougnet; Austin Pucylowski; Billy Reed; Josh Skadeland;