CLEVELAND, Ohio - The Mid-American Conference announced Friday the 2020 Football Academic All-MAC Team. A total of 190 student-athletes were named to this year’s squad.
Ball State led the MAC with a total of 26 student-athletes on the team, while Eastern Michigan and Miami followed close behind with 20 honorees each.
The Academic All-MAC honor is for a student-athlete who has excelled in athletics and academics. To qualify, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA and have participated in at least 50 percent of the contests for that particular sport.
Akron
Ryan Beckman, Fr. (R), Business Administration, 3.309
Brandon Bischof, Jr., Exercise Science/Pre-Physical Therapy, 3.206
Zach Dilauro, So. (R), Accounting, 3.698
Jerry Fitschen, Sr. (R), Sport Science/Physical Education, 3.567
Logan Hawkins, So. (R), Sport Management, 3.572
Cameron Lyons, Jr. (R), Sport Science, 4.00
Shawn Naim, Fr. (R), Biology, 3.306
Julian Richardson, So., Sport Management, 3.677
Alex Robarge, Fr. (R), Civil Engineering, 3.661
Corey Thomas, Fr. (R), Business Administration, 3.296
Bryce Wilson, So., Sport Management, 3.254
Ball State
Chris Agyemang, Grad, 3.667, MBA (grad school)
Christian Albright, Senior, 3.311, Psychological Science
Curtis Blackwell, Senior, 3.695, Business Administration
Brock Burns, R-Junior, 3.852, Communication Studies
Clayton Coll, Sophomore, 3.927, Biology
Bryce Cosby, Senior, 3.360, Telecommunications
Antwan Davis, Grad, 3.704, Athletic Coaching Education (grad school)
Jimmy Daw, R-Junior, 3.375, Business Administration
Anthony Ekpe, Grad, 3.556, MBA (grad school)
Tye Evans, R-Sophomore, 3.290, Social Work
Joseph Greenwood, Senior, 3.235, Business Administration
Hank Grenda, R-Junior, 3.330, Exercise Science
Will Jones, R-Junior, 3.351, Business Administration
Kendal Kendrick, R-Junior, 3.212, Sport Administration
Jack Knight, R-Freshman, 3.875, Accounting
Dylan Koch, R-Senior, 3.767, Information & Communication Sciences (grad school)
Brandon Martin, R-Junior, 3.221, Marketing
Cole Pearce, R-Sophomore, 3.551, Geography
Drew Plitt, R-Senior, 3.567, MBA-Finance (grad school)
Cody Rudy, R-Senior, 3.261, Family and Child (grad school)
Jack Sape, R-Sophomore, 3.361, Business Administration
Kaleb Slaven, R-Senior, 3.21, Business Administration degree (now in MBA grad program)
Nathan Snyder, Senior, 3.24 Marketing degree (now in MBA grad program)
Anthony Todd, R-Senior, 3.556, MBA (grad school)
J.T. Wahee, Grad, 3.333, Athletic Coaching Education (grad school)
Jordan Williams, R-Junior, 3.675, Accounting
Bowling Green
Darren Anders, Soph., 3.627, Pre-Exercise Science
James Carolan, Sr., 3.310, Sport Management
Derek Downs, RS Jr., 3.603, Sport Management
Brock Horne, RS Fr., 3.808, Construction Management
Matt McDonald, RS Jr., 3.204, Individualized Studies
Presley Motes, RS Sr., 3.823, Master’s in Business Administration
Jordan Murphy, RS Jr., 3.565, Construction Management and Technology
Matt Naranjo, RS Sr., 3.477, Aviation Studies
Nate Needham, RS Sr., 3.440, Aviation Studies
Jake Rogers, Soph., 3.500, Business Administration
Cameron Stage, RS Soph., 3.341, Sport Management
PaSean Wimberly, RS Fr., 3.225, Architecture
Buffalo
Evan Davis - Sophomore, 3.2 GPA, Criminology
Jake Fuzak - Senior, 3.2 GPA, Media Study
Ron Cook - Sophomore, 3.3 GPA, Communication
Rich Miller - Sophomore, 3.3 GPA, Exercise Science
Cory Gross - Sophomore, 3.3 GPA, Social Science Interdisciplinary
Eric Black - Junior, 3.4 GPA, Business Administration
Zac Lefebvre - Senior, 3.4 GPA, Social Science Interdisciplinary
Evan Finegan - Junior, 3.4 GPA, Business Administration
Mike Novitsky - Sophomore, 3.4 GPA, Communication
Bence Polgar - Redshirt-Freshman, 3.4 GPA, History
Tyrone Hill - Senior, 3.5 GPA, Social Science Interdisciplinary
Dominic Johnson - Senior, 3.6 GPA, Educational Studies
Jovany Ruiz - Senior, 3.7 GPA, Public Health
Alex McNulty - Sophomore, 3.7 GPA, Biology and Physics
Dom Polizzi - Redshirt-Freshman, 3.8 GPA, History
Jack Klenk - Senior, 3.8 GPA, Communication
Central Michigan
Hunter Buczkowski, Senior, 3.26, Physical Education
Luke Elzinga, Redshirt Freshman, 3.32, Undeclared
Tyden Ferris, Sophomore, 3.27, Marketing
Cade Klimczak, Redshirt Freshman, 3.56, Mechanical Engineering
Oakley Lavallii, Senior, 3.42, Entrepreneurship
Mark Patritto, Junior, 3.33, Business Administration
Bernhard Raimann, Junior, 3.84, Actuarial Science
Derek Smith, Senior, 3.25, Sociology
Robi Stuart, Senior, 3.85, Neuroscience
Eastern Michigan
Mike VanHoeven, Senior, 4.00, Master’s student in Exercise Physiology
Chad Ryland, Junior, 3.79, Supply Chain Management
Tanner Knue, Sophomore , 3.72, Computer Science Applied
Jake Donnellon, Senior, 3.65, Master’s student in Exercise Science
Dylan Drummond, Junior, 3.64, Finance
Matthew Buschman, Sophomore, 3.62, Finance
Joey Hiser, Junior, 3.58, Communication
Will Racely, Sophomore, 3.58, Marketing
Thomas Odukoya, Senior, 3.57, Master’s in Sport Management
Alex Merritt, Redshirt freshman, 3.55, Exploratory
Darius Boone Jr., Redshirt freshman, 3.55, Communication
Broderick Jordan, Redshirt freshman, 3.52, Accounting
Carter Stagner, Junior, 3.49, Criminology and Criminal Justice
Lucas Tesznar, Redshirt freshman, 3.45, Finance
Alex Howie, Sophomore, 3.35, Supply Chain Management
Grant Trueman, Senior, 3.35, Sport Management
Marcellus Johnson, Sophomore, 3.32, Construction Management
Tariq Speights, Junior, 3.29, General Business
Steven Bird, Sophomore, 3.23, Biology
Korey Hernandez, Senior, 3.20, Economics
Kent State
Keshunn Abram Sr. 3.21, Accounting
Dean Clark, Soph. 3.70, Business Management
Dustin Crum, Sr 3.43, Aerospace Engineering
Adam Dutka, Sr 3.38, Education
Kesean Gamble, Sr. 3.24, Criminology
Daniel Johnson, R-So, 3.39, Sociology
AJ Musolino, R-Jr, 3.37, Marketing
Matt Trickett, Jr. 3.89, Accounting
Isaac Vance, R-Jr, 3.6, Sports Administration
Xavier Williams, Jr, 3 33, Digital Sciences
Miami
Griffin Baumoel, Jr., 3.5, Political Science
Brendan Beattie, R-Fr., 3.34, Business Analytics
Henry Beckett, R-Fr., 3.97, Pre-med
Mike Brown, Sr., 3.36, Sports Leadership and Management
Kameron Butler, Jr., 3.38, Sports Leadership and Management
Bennett Clark, R-So., 3.33, Marketing
Tommy Doyle, Sr., 3.26, Business
Austin Ertl, So., 3.53, Marketing
Rusty Feth, So., 3.2, Sports Leadership and Management
Brett Gabbert, So, 3.52, Sports Leadership and Management
Ben Jackson, R-Fr., 3.3. Sports Leadership and Management
Zach Kahn, Sr., 3.62, Accounting
AJ Mayer, R-So., 3.45, Kinesiology
Ryan McWood, Sr., 3.3 Kinesiology
Adam Mehelic, R-Jr., 3.22, Sports Leadership and Management
Ryan Newton, R-Jr., 3.32, Education
David Redding, R-Jr., 3.28, Mechanical Engineering
Austin Robinson, So., 3.59, Sports Leadership and Management
Matthew Salopek, R-Fr., 3.55, Engineering
Sterling Weatherford, R-Jr., 3.3, Mechanical Engineering
Northern Illinois
Erik Abrell, Senior, 3.71, Finance
Miles Baggett, Senior, 3.66, Sport Management
Daniel Crawford, Senior, 3.20, Enterprise Software
Leif Engstrand, RS Freshman, 3.78, History
Matt Ference, Senior, 3.58, Marketing // Currently in MBA Program
Nathan Harman, Sophomore, 3.31, Business Administration
J.J. Lippe, RS Freshman, 3.80, Leadership and Management
Jyran Mitchell, Sophomore, 3.32, Business Management
Benn Olson, Senior, 3.68, Engineering Management
Brayden Patton, Senior, 4.0, Sport Management (M.S.)
Kyle Pugh, Senior, 3.8, Sport Management (M.S.)
Nick Rattin, Sophomore, 3.55, Finance
Liam Soraghan, Junior, 3.23, Mechanical Engineering
Tristen Tewes, RS Freshman, 3.93, Environmental Studies
Maximillian Thrower, Senior, 4.0, Sport Management (M.S.)
Mohamed Toure, RS Freshman, 3.35, Undecided
Logan Zschernitz, Sophomore, 3.71, Mechanical Engineering
Ohio
Jonathan Barna, R-Jr., 3.887, Accounting
Austin Conrad, R-Sr., 3.553, Business Analytics
Kurt Danneker, R-So., 3.26, Business Analytics
Griffin Davies, R-Fr., 3.617, Finance
Jared Dorsa, R-Sr., 3.355, Exercise Physiology
Bryce Houston, R-So., 3.469, International Business
Kyle Kelly, R-Fr., 3.405, Business Pre-Law
Brett Kitrell, Sr., 3.796, Marketing,
Bryce Ramer, R-So., 3.29, Accounting
Kurtis Rourke, R-Fr., 3.643, Communication Studies
Nick Sink, R-Sr., 3.263, Finance
Parker Titsworth, R-Fr., 3.506, Management & Strategic Leadership
Luke Vannest, R-Fr., 3.354, Mechanical Engineering
Tristian Vandenberg, R-Fr., 3.666, Business Pre-Law
Anthony Whitney, R-So., 3.226, Communication Studies
Alex Wolff, R-Sr., 3.714, Coaching Education
Toledo
Tycen Anderson, Sr., 3.345, Professional Sales
Nate Bauer, So., 3.443, Marketing
Parker Bisek, R-Fr., 3.695, Exercise Science
Carter Bradley, So., 3.405, Interdisciplinary Studies
Thomas Cluckey, So., 3.315, Mechanical Engineering
Luke Doerger, Sr., 3.371, Mechanical Engineering
Bailey Flint, Sr., 3.890, Currently pursuing an MLS with a focus in theater
Zachary Ford, So., 3.266, Marketing
Vitaliy Gurman, Sr., 3.503, Master's in recreation and leisure studies
Bryce Harris, Sr., 3.765, Master‘s in school counseling.
Tyler Long, So., 3.628, Computer Engineering Technology
Danzel McKinley-Lewis, Sr., 3.444, Master of Business Administration
Sean Mills, Sr., 4.000, Master of Business Administration
Jerjuan Newton, R-Fr., 3.218, Exploratory Studies
Josh Recker, R-Fr., 3.941, Mechanical Engineering
Drew Rosi, Sr., 3.753, Management
Nick Rosi, So., 3.380, Health Care Administration
Western Michigan
Wade Buckman, Sr., 4.00, Business Administration (Master’s)
Anthony Torres, So., 3.98, Accountancy
Michael Caliendo, Sr., 3.92, Biological Sciences (Master’s)
Harrison Taylor, Jr., 3.92, Sales & Business Marketing
Luke Sanders, Sr., 3.88, Sales & Business Marketing
Jake Moertl, Jr., 3.83, Accountancy
Tanner Motz, Jr., 3.81, Geography
Jaxson Kincaide, Gr., 3.80, Sport Management (Master’s)
Dylan Deatherage, Jr., 3.78, Biomedical Sciences
Boone Bonnema, So., 3.76, Pre-finance
Mark Brooks, Sr., 3.72, Integrated Supply Management
Wesley French, Sr., 3.65, Business Administration (Master’s)
Thiago Kapps, Sr., 3.46, Management
Addison West, Fr., 3.32, Sport Management
Cam Cooper, Jr., 3.31, Pre-Sales & Business Marketing
Eric Wenzel, So., 3.84, Pre-Accountancy