Linebacker Adam Bock of South Dakota State highlights a list of 46 student-athletes named today to the 2024 all-Missouri Valley Football Conference Scholar-Athlete Team.  Bock was voted MVFC Scholar-Athlete of the Year by league sports information directors. He carries a 3.85 grade point averaging while pursuing a Masters of Engineering degree.  He earned an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering (3.83 GPA).

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Nominees must be starters or important reserves; must have participated in at least 50 percent of his team's games and carry a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.50 (on a 4.0 scale). Nominees in graduate school must have a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or better both as an undergrad AND in graduate school.

Additionally, nominees must have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at his institution and must have completed at least one calendar year at his institution. True freshmen, red-shirt freshmen and ineligible athletic transfers are not eligible. Graduate students who are competing at a different institution than the one from which they earned their undergraduate degree are eligible even if they are in their first semester at the graduate institution. League sports information directors voted on the team.

 

FIRST TEAM
Student-Athlete, School	Yr.	GPA*	Major
DB Maddix Blackwell, Indiana State	R-Jr.	3.99	Intelligence Analysis
LB Adam Bock, South Dakota State	Gr.	3.85	Engineering
QB Beau Brungard, Youngstown State	So.	3.95	Business Administration
OL Chase Evans, Southern Illinois	Gr.	4.00	Business Administration
QB Mark Gronowski, South Dakota St.	Gr.	4.00	Engineering Management
LB Devin Johnson, Youngstown State	Sr.	4.00	Professional Communications
S Sam Jung, North Dakota State	Sr.	4.00	Civil Engineering
LB Logan Kopp, North Dakota State	Jr.	3.74	Mechanical Engineering
WR Bryce Lance, North Dakota State	Jr.	3.78	Marketing
LB Garret Ollendieck, Indiana State	Sr.	3.91	Finance
OL David Metzler, Youngstown State	Sr.	3.95	Pre-Med
QB Simon Romfo, North Dakota	Jr.	3.94	Finance
WR Griffin Wilde, South Dakota State	So.	3.90	Business Economics
S Tavier Williams, Missouri State	Sr.	3.97	Clinical Mental Health Counseling
SECOND TEAM
TE/DL Derek Anderson, UNI	R-Jr.	4.00	Psychological Studies
WR Ethan Chambers, Indiana State	R-Jr.	3.97	Psychology
DT Jarod DePriest, South Dakota State	Gr.	3.66	Economics
DB Clayton Denker, South Dakota	R-Jr.	4.00	Kinesiology & Sport Management
C Ryan Gudaitis, Illinois State	Sr.	3.70	Accountancy
LB Bryce Johnson, South Dakota State	So.	3.91	Human Biology / Pre-Med
DL Grady Kentch, North Dakota	Jr.	4.00	Mathematics
PK Andrew Lastovka, Youngstown St.	So.	3.94	Marketing
DT Eli Mostaert, North Dakota State	Gr.	3.92	Business Administration
DS Kaydon Olivia, South Dakota St.	Jr.	3.96	Sport & Recreation Mgmt./Interdisceplinary Studies
OL Caleb Olson, North Dakota	So.	3.97	Kinesiology
LS David Neuberger, North Dakota	Jr.	4.00	Kinesiology
FB/TE Jaden Norby, North Dakota	Gr.	4.00	Business Administration
QB Tommy Rittenhouse, Illinois State	Jr.	3.60	Management
DE Levi Vanden Bos, South Dakota St.	Jr.	3.96	Agricultural Systems Technology
LB Luke Weerts, North Dakota State	Gr.	3.94	Business Administration
*Graduate GPAs listed for qualifying student-athletes

HONORABLE MENTION:  Indiana State:  DL Braxton Sampson; DL Jack Sherman.  Missouri State:  TE Lance Mason.  North Dakota:  OL Carter Gorder; LB Malachi McNeal; DL Craig Orlando; P Luke Silvernale; FB/TE Mason South.  North Dakota State:  DT Jaxon Duttenhefer; OC Trent Fraley; DT Will Mostaert; FB Truman Werremeyer.  UNI:  DB Jonathan Cabral-Martin.  South Dakota:  OL Joe Cotton; PK Will Leyland.  Southern Illinois:  WR Allen Middleton