Twenty-Five Spartans Earn Academic All-Big Ten Honors
12/11/2019 11:44:00 AM | Football
EAST LANSING, Mich. – Twenty-five Michigan State football players were named to the 2019 Academic All-Big Ten Team, the conference office announced on Wednesday.
To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten selection, students must be on a varsity team, as verified by being on the official squad list; have been enrolled full-time at the institution for a minimum of 12 months; and carry a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or higher.
Michigan State's list of honorees includes 17 multi-year selections. Jake Hartbarger and Brandon Sowards made school history by becoming the first Spartan players to earn Academic All-Big Ten honors five times; both Hartbarger and Sowards received a sixth-year of eligibility from the NCAA for the 2019 season after battling injuries. In addition, Cole Chewins, a two-time Academic All-American, is just the 30th Spartan in program history to garner Academic All-Big Ten accolades on four occasions.
AJ Arcuri, Reid Burton, Luke Campbell, Matt Coghlin, David Dowell and Dante Razzano are on the academic all-conference team for the third year in a row, while Cole Hahn, C.J. Hayes, Jack Henrichs, Dominique Long, Jack Mandryk, Brent Mossburg, Noah Sargent and DeAri Todd made the honor roll for the second straight season.
In 13 seasons under head coach Mark Dantonio, student-athletes have been named Academic All-Big Ten 220 times, including the third year in a row with 25 honorees or more (school-record 31 in 2018; 27 in 2017).
2019 ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN (FOOTBALL)
Player (Times Selected) Major
AJ Arcuri (3) Packaging
Reid Burton (3) English
Luke Campbell (3) Kinesiology
Cole Chewins (4) Finance (Master's)
Matt Coghlin (3) Finance
David Dowell (3) Kinesiology (Master's)
Michael Dowell (1) Business
Parks Gissinger (1) Business
Cole Hahn (2) Kinesiology
Jake Hartbarger (5) Marketing Research (Master's)
C.J. Hayes (2) Communication
Jack Henrichs (2) Actuarial Science
David Kruse (1) Animal Science
Dominique Long (2) Mechanical Engineering
Jack Mandryk (2) Business
Eli McLean (1) Business
Brent Mossburg (2) Business
Terry O'Connor (1) Kinesiology
Dante Razzano (3) Supply Chain Management
Max Rosenthal (1) Advertising Management
Noah Sargent (2) Economics
Matt Seybert (1) Advertising Management
Zach Slade (1) Kinesiology
Brandon Sowards (5) Human Resources (Master's)
DeAri Todd (2) Kinesiology
To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten selection, students must be on a varsity team, as verified by being on the official squad list; have been enrolled full-time at the institution for a minimum of 12 months; and carry a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or higher.
Michigan State's list of honorees includes 17 multi-year selections. Jake Hartbarger and Brandon Sowards made school history by becoming the first Spartan players to earn Academic All-Big Ten honors five times; both Hartbarger and Sowards received a sixth-year of eligibility from the NCAA for the 2019 season after battling injuries. In addition, Cole Chewins, a two-time Academic All-American, is just the 30th Spartan in program history to garner Academic All-Big Ten accolades on four occasions.
AJ Arcuri, Reid Burton, Luke Campbell, Matt Coghlin, David Dowell and Dante Razzano are on the academic all-conference team for the third year in a row, while Cole Hahn, C.J. Hayes, Jack Henrichs, Dominique Long, Jack Mandryk, Brent Mossburg, Noah Sargent and DeAri Todd made the honor roll for the second straight season.
In 13 seasons under head coach Mark Dantonio, student-athletes have been named Academic All-Big Ten 220 times, including the third year in a row with 25 honorees or more (school-record 31 in 2018; 27 in 2017).
2019 ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN (FOOTBALL)
Player (Times Selected) Major
AJ Arcuri (3) Packaging
Reid Burton (3) English
Luke Campbell (3) Kinesiology
Cole Chewins (4) Finance (Master's)
Matt Coghlin (3) Finance
David Dowell (3) Kinesiology (Master's)
Michael Dowell (1) Business
Parks Gissinger (1) Business
Cole Hahn (2) Kinesiology
Jake Hartbarger (5) Marketing Research (Master's)
C.J. Hayes (2) Communication
Jack Henrichs (2) Actuarial Science
David Kruse (1) Animal Science
Dominique Long (2) Mechanical Engineering
Jack Mandryk (2) Business
Eli McLean (1) Business
Brent Mossburg (2) Business
Terry O'Connor (1) Kinesiology
Dante Razzano (3) Supply Chain Management
Max Rosenthal (1) Advertising Management
Noah Sargent (2) Economics
Matt Seybert (1) Advertising Management
Zach Slade (1) Kinesiology
Brandon Sowards (5) Human Resources (Master's)
DeAri Todd (2) Kinesiology
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