School-Record 33 Spartans Named to Football Academic All-Big Ten Team

12/10/2020 2:40:00 PM | Football

EAST LANSING, Mich. – A program-record 33 Michigan State football players were named to the 2020 Academic All-Big Ten Team, the conference office announced on Thursday.

To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten selection, students must be on a varsity team, be 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 16 multi-year selections. Four Spartans – AJ Arcuri, Reid Burton, Luke Campbell and Matt Coghlin – were named to the Academic All-Big Ten team for the fourth time, joining a group of just 34 Spartans in program history to earn that distinction.

Cole Hahn, C.J. Hayes, Jack Henrichs, Dominique Long, Jack Mandryk and DeAri Todd are on the academic all-conference team for the third year in a row, while Blake Bueter, Michael Dowell, Parks Gissinger, David Kruse, Eli McLean and Terry O'Connor made the honor roll for the second time.

The previous school record was 31 Academic All-Big Ten selections, set in 2018.

2020 Michigan State Football Academic All-Big Ten Team
Player, Times Selected, Major, Hometown
AJ Arcuri (4), Packaging, Powell, OH
Adam Berghorst (1), Business, Zeeland, MI
Evan Brunning (1), Hospitality Business, Oxford, MI
Blake Bueter (2), Packaging, Howell, MI
Reid Burton (4), English, East Lansing, MI
Luke Campbell (4), Kinesiology, Lewis Center, OH
Matt Coghlin (4), Finance, Cincinnati, OH
Michael Dowell (2), Business, North Ridgeville, OH
J.D. Duplain (1), Business, Strongville, OH
Michael Fletcher (1), Business, Flint, MI
Parks Gissinger (2), Business, Los Angeles, CA
Cole Hahn (3), Jr., Kinesiology, West Des Moines, IA
Maverick Hansen (1), Business, Farmington Hills, MI
C.J. Hayes (3), Communication, Bowling Green, KY
Jack Henrichs (3), Actuarial Science, Mequon, WI
Damon Kaylor (1), AgriBusiness Management, Huntington, IN
Chase Kline (1), Apparel and Textile Design, Chardon, OH
David Kruse (2), Construction Management, Lowell, MI
Dominique Long (3), Mechanical Engineering, Westerville, OH
Jack Mandryk (3), Finance, Hudsonville, MI
Cade McDonald (1), Business, Naperville, IL
Eli McLean (2), Business, Clarkston, MI
Tre'Von Morgan (1), Communication, Massillon, OH
Evan Morris (1), Social Science, Education Elsie, MI
Terry O'Connor (2), Kinesiology, Traverse City, MI
James Ohonba (1), Criminal Justice, Stockbridge, GA
Jude Pedrozo (1), Mechanical Engineering, Westerville, OH
Nick Samac (1), Communication, Mentor, OH
Jack Saylor (1), Criminal Justice, Rochester, MI
Payton Thorne (1), Communication, Naperville, IL
DeAri Todd (3), Kinesiology, Lorain, OH
Dan VanOpstall (1), Economics, Jenison, MI
Torrell Williams (1), Business, Detroit, MI