SAINT LOUIS, Mo. – A total of 65 Drake University football student-athletes have been named to the Pioneer Football League Academic Honor Roll, the league announced.
Drake's 65 honorees were the third most in the PFL behind Dayton (79) and Butler (75). In all, the league saw more than 550 student-athletes recognized on its honor roll for the fourth consecutive year.
Following Dayton, Butler and Drake in total of honorees was Marist (52), Jacksonville (48), Davidson (47), Campbell (43), Morehead State (43), Stetson (43), Valparaiso, (41) and San Diego (40).
PFL athletic directors and coaches established the honor roll as a way to recognize the league's outstanding student-athletes. The academic honor roll consists of student-athletes who participated in football at member institutions during the fall semester and posted a 3.0 grade-point average or higher during the semester while enrolled full-time in accordance with NCAA rules.
Drake has had over 60 honorees each of the last five years with 66 last season, 68 in 2014, 66 in 2013, 62 in 2012 and 61 in 2011.
Below are Drake's 2016 PFL Academic Honor Roll Selections
Dustin Anthony, Fr., Actuarial Science
Ximi Asani, Sr., Information Systems/Marketing
Jacob Bacon, Fr., Actuarial Science
Blake Beauchamp, 5Sr., Marketing
Jack Borvan, Fr., Pre-Athletic Training
Alex Bray, Fr., Business Studies
Brandon Bullock, Jr., Finance/Marketing
Devin Cates, So., Kinesiology
Alex Ciszewski, So., Management Marketing
Jacob Clay, Fr., Business Studies
Nathan Clayberg, Jr., Accounting/Finance
Andrew Clifford, Sr., Management/Marketing
Colby Crawford, Sr., Health Sciences: Clinical & Applied
Zach DeLeon, Jr., Accounting/Finance
Austin Dismond, Jr., Marketing
Danny Donley, So., International Business Marketing
Rory Driscoll, 5Sr., Health Sciences: Clinical & Applied [Biology]
Colby Dunn, Sr., Pharmacy
Brady Eckert, So., Physics/Astronomy
Fred Epting, Jr., Marketing
Tanner Evans, Sr., Finance/Politics
Chris Evans, Fr., Psychology
Keegan Gallery, Sr., International Business Marketing
Kyle Garcia, Sr., Management/Marketing
Jacob Hardy, Fr., Health Sciences
Sam Hefner, So., Finance Marketing
Zach Jakalski, Jr., Marketing/Information Systems
Victor Jergens, Fr., Finance
Jeremy Kahen, Sr., Management/Marketing
Isaiah Kent-Schneider, So., Environmental Science/Secondary Teacher Education
Seth Krueger, Fr., Kinesiology
Joshua Lee, Sr., Computer Science [Data Analytics] [Mathematics]
Ryan Lemke, Sr., Health Sciences: Clinical & Applied
Sean Lynch, Jr., Politics
Michael Maize, Sr., Elementary Teacher Education
Ian Malaby, Fr., Kinesiology/Biology
Mack Marrin, Sr., Law, Politics & Society [Rhetoric Media & Social Change]
Ben Mawdsley, Fr., Chemistry/Anthropology/Sociology
Mitchell McFarlane, Fr., Actuarial Science
Aaron Melton, 5Sr., Information Systems/Marketing
Grant Menard, Sr., Law, Politics & Society/Marketing
Alex Minton, So., Biology
Jacob Mury, So., Finance [Biology]
Cole Neary, Jr., Biology
Kyrell Newell, Sr., Accounting/Finance
Connor Ostrander, Jr., Finance/Accounting
Tony Petta, Sr., Health Sciences: Clinical & Applied
Tom Pugh, Fr., Entrepreneurial Management
Riley Rahuba, Fr., International Business
Peter Read, Jr., Health Sciences: Clinical & Applied
Brock Reichardt, Jr., Biochemistry/Molecular Biology
Kieran Severa, Jr., Health Sciences: Clinical & Applied
Collin Seymour, Fr., Environmental Science
Grant Snow, Jr., Finance
AJ Spitz, Jr., Rhetoric Media & Social Change
Cody Stepanek, 5Sr., Marketing
Tyler Terveer, Jr., Accounting/Marketing
Cody Thibault, 5Sr., Marketing
Tyler Updegraff, Jr., Marketing [Graphic Design]
Terry Wallen, Jr., Finance
Will Warner, Fr., Actuarial Science
Payson Wick, Sr., Entrepreneurial Management/Marketing
Conley Wilkins, Sr., Entrepreneurial Management/Management
Andrew Yarwood, Sr., Management/Marketing
Zach Zlabis, 5Sr., Information Systems/Marketing
