HELENA, Mont. – The Frontier Conference has named 446 student-athletes from fourteen (14) conference programs as Academic All-Conference, presented by Billings Clinic and Logan Health. Valley City State has 27 student-athletes on Frontier Conference Academic All-Conference.
College of Idaho led the way with 61 recipients on the academic honor list, followed by Carroll (Mont.) with 46 student-athletes. Arizona Christian, Dakota State (S.D.), Dickinson State (N.D.), Eastern Oregon, Mayville State (N.D.), Montana State University-Northern, Montana Tech, Montana Western, Rocky Mountain (Mont.), Simpson (Calif.), Southern Oregon, and Valley City State (N.D.) also had students-athletes on the Academic All-Conference list.
To be eligible for the award, student-athletes must be at least a sophomore in standing and carry a minimum 3.25 cumulative grade point average (GPA).
Here are the 27 Vikings that made the Academic All-Conference team:
Adam Adeboye (Sr., Applied Kinesiology, Brooklyn Park, Minn); Joseph Antonutti (So., Human Services, Esko, Minn.);
Jaxon Baumgarn ( So., Exercise Science & Rehabilitative Studies, Lakota, N.D.);
Caden Belgarde (Jr., Strength & Conditioning, Belcourt, N.D.);
Walker Brondos (Jr. Music, Wilkesboro, N.C.);
Joey Cave (Sr., Applied Kinesiology, Rio Rancho, N.M.);
TaQuez Chatman (Sr., Business Administration, Bloomington, Minn.); Thomas Cox (Jr., Chemistry, El Paso, Texas); Jacob Deutsch (Jr., Business Administration, Fargo, N.D.);
Trent Finney (Sr., Sports Leadership & Management, Minneapolis, Minn.);
Gavin Gerhardt (Jr., Business Administration, Valley City, N.D.);
Matthew Jacquot (Sr., Exercise Science & Rehabilitative Studies, Cheyenne, Wyo.);
Simon-Peter Johnson (So., Biology, Sierra Vista, Ariz.);
Taylor Jones ( Jr., Mathematics Education, Gig Harbor, Wash.);
Lorenzo Luchi (So., Fisheries & Wildlife Sciences, Enumclaw, Wash.);
Carter Lyon (Jr., Sports Leadership & Management, Spearfish, S.D.); Nicholas Mears (Jr., Business Administration, Rolla, N.D.); James Miller (So., Elementary Education, Fargo, N.D.);
Jack Miller (So., Mathematics, Fargo, N.D.);
Xander Moody (So., Exercise Science & Rehabilitative Studies, Fargo, N.D.);
Brody O'Keefe (So., Human Services, Dilworth, Minn.);
Collin Peck (So., Human Services, Soldotna, Alaska);
Owen Quail (Jr., Business Administration, Clear Lake, S.D.);
Logan Rist (So., Business Administration, Minot, N.D.); Atibordin Sophansakulrat (So., Business Administration, Prosper, Texas);
Jace Stewart (So., Business Process Integration Management, Esko, Minn.);
Paul Webster (So., Business Administration, Anchorage, Alaska); Reese Wilprecht (Sr., History Education, Perham, Minn.)
Carroll opens their postseason play in the NAIA Football Championship Series (FCS), when it gets underway on Saturday afternoon. The Saints, as the No. 14 seed, host No. 17 seed St. Thomas (Fla.) in Helena with a 1 p.m. (Mountain Time) kick-off time.
No. 3 seed Montana Tech and No. 8 seed College of Idaho each received the first-round bye and will host a playoff contest on Saturday, Nov. 29, with the opponents to be announced after the first-round contests are completed.
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