SAINT LOUIS, Mo. – A total of 66 Drake University football student-athletes have been named to the Pioneer Football League Academic Honor Roll, the league announced Friday, Feb. 5.
Drake's 66 honorees were the third most in the PFL behind Dayton's 81 and Butler's 80 selections. In all, a league-record 610 PFL student-athletes earned the honor.
Following Dayton, Butler and Drake in total number of honorees was Davidson (58), Stetson (55), Campbell (47), Valparaiso (47), San Diego (46), Jacksonville (44), Marist (43) and Morehead State (43).
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 four years with a program record 68 last season, 66 in 2013, 62 in 2012 and 61 in 2011.
Below are Drake's 2015 PFL Academic Honor Roll SelectionsBlake Beauchamp, Marketing
Camden Bohnert, Marketing
Brandon Bullock, Finance/Marketing
Michael Cardamone, Pharmacy
Devin Cates, Kinesiology
Jared Chance, Law, Politics & Society
Cooper Christiano, Accounting
Nathan Clayberg, Accounting/Finance
Andrew Clifford, Management/Marketing
Taylor Coleman, Finance
Zachary DeLeon, Accounting
Austin Dismond, Marketing
Devon Dodds, Entrepreneurial Management/Marketing
Daniel Donley, Undeclared
Steven Doran, Undeclared
Rory Driscoll, Health Sciences: Clinical & Applied
Colby Dunn, Pharmacy
Brad Duwe, Health Sciences: Clinical & Applied
Brady Eckert, Physics/Astronomy
Tanner Evans., Finance/Politics
Keegan Gallery, International Business Marketing
Neko Graf, Health Sciences: Clinical & Applied
Sufyan Hamouda, Environmental Science
Al Hern, Marketing
Phil Hespen, Sociology
Eric Hoefler, Finance
Aaron Johnson, Law, Politics & Society
Jeremy Kahen, Management/Marketing
Isaiah Kent-Schneider, Environmental Science
Alex Kramer, Broadcast News
Josh Lee, Computer Science
Sean Lynch, Politics
Mack Marrin, Law, Politics & Society
Mason Massei, Marketing
John McMahon, Marketing
Aaron Melton, Information Systems/Marketing
Grant Menard, Law, Politics & Society/Marketing
Jacob Mury, Biology
Cole Neary, Biology
Kyrell Newell, Business & Public Administration
Ben Norgaard, Accounting
Luke Oja, Environmental Science
Connor Ostrander, Finance/Accounting
Tony Petta, Health Sciences: Clinical & Applied
Bryan Pisklo, Finance/Economics
Peter Read, Health Sciences: Clinical & Applied
Brock Reichardt, Biochemistry/Molecular Biology
Andy Rice, Marketing/Management
Michael Roane, Entrepreneurial Management/Marketing
John Sells, Business Studies/Digital Media Production
Kieran Severa, Health Sciences: Clinical & Applied
Jordan Siebert, Mathematics
Lee Snell, Marketing
Grant Snow, Business Studies
Rocco Stefanini, Finance
Tyler Terveer, Accounting/Management
Cody Thibault, Marketing
Tyler Updegraff, Business Studies
Michael Vankat, Accounting/Finance
Terry Wallen, Finance
Al Wegener, Chemistry
Payson Wick, Entrepreneurial Management/Marketing
Conley Wilkins, Entrepreneurial Management/Management
Andrew Yarwood, Management/Marketing
Zach Zlabis, Information Systems/Marketing
Caz Zyks, Management