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Football History: Academic Awards

ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA

1970 Jon Bull, tackle
(first team)
1973 Dan Arbour, defensive end
(second team)
1981 Les Garrett, linebacker
(second team)
1994 Rich Kaiser, defensive end **
(first team)
1995 Rich Kaiser, defensive end **
(first team)
1998 Mike Hutchings, wide receiver
(first team)
2007 Anthony Gebhart, safety
(first team)
2008 Phillip Swanson, offensive guard **
(second team)
2009 Tim Hiller, quarterback
(second team)
2010 Phillip Swanson, offensive guard **
(second team)
2011 John Potter, kicker
(first team)
2016 Zach Terrell, quarterback
(first team)
** only two-time Academic All-Americans


ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT

1981 Les Garrett, LB
Matt Meares, C
1982 Mike Gary, DB
1983 Mike Gary, DB
1987 Arthell Woods, DB
1990 Sean Mulhearn, LB
1993 Rich Kaiser, DE
1994 Rich Kaiser, DE
Dean Polce, OLB
Tony Tiefenbach, DE
1995 Rich Kaiser, DE
Dean Polce, LB
1997 William Henagan, FB
Scott Niles, LB
1998 Frank Bosworth, TE
Mike Hutchings, WR
Tim Lester, QB
Scott Niles, LB
1999 Tim Lester, QB
2000 Frank Bosworth, TE
2002 Jason Feldpausch, WS
2003 Jason Feldpausch, WS
2004 Mark Hardy, WS
Tony Scheffler, TE
2005 Tony Scheffler, TE
2006 Anthony Gebhart, DB
2007 Anthony Gebhart, DB
2008 Tim Hiller, QB
2008 Phillip Swanson, OL
2009 Tim Hiller, QB
2009 Phillip Swanson, OL
2010 Phillip Swanson, OL
2011 John Potter, K
2016 Zach Terrell, QB
2017 Jon Wassink, QB
2019 Mike Caliendo, OL
2019 Jon Wassink, QB

ACADEMIC ALL-MAC
Marty Barski, DB, 1965
Dennis Bridges, OT, 1965-67
Marty Barski, DB, 1966-67
Glenn Cherup, DE, 1966-67
Paul Minnis, OT, 1967
Keith Volk, OG/DE, 1967-68-69
Jon Bull, OT, 1968-70
Jim Pritchett, OT, 1968
Al Bush, Jr., C, 1968-69
Edd Snyder, DB, 1968
Lee Thompson, DE, 1969
Steve Swineheart, DB, 1970
Bob Gavinski, DE, 1971-72
Larry Ulmer, OG, 1971-72
Pete Aseritis, DT, 1971
Dale Wendell, DB, 1971
Larry Cates, HB, 1972
Dan Arbour, DE, 1972-73
Jack Reinelt, OG, 1974
Mark Lundell, DE, 1974
Tom Baetens, DT, 1974
Dave Corning, LB, 1975-76
Dave Gapinski, DHB, 1975
Jay Mumford, DHB, 1975
Tom Henry, TE, 1979
Alton Laupp, K, 1979
John Fielder, TE, 1980-81
Les Garrett, LB, 1980-81
Matt Meares, C, 1981-82
Mike Gary, DB, 1981-82-83
Keith Byard, DB, 1985
Chad Hopkins, RB, 1986
John Creek, K, 1986-87-88
Trevor Bilicke, LB, 1986
Dan Cunningham, DB, 1986
Jamie Hence, WR, 1988
Sean Mulhearn, LB, 1988-89-90
Jeff Lujan, LB, 1992
Dave Cutlip, DE, 1992
Rich Kaiser, DE, 1993-94-95
Derek Lott, FB, 1993
Dean Polce, OLB, 1993-94-95
Andrew Schorfhaar, QB, 1993-94
Tony Tiefenbach, DE, 1993-94
Stewart Masi, OG, 1994
Joe Lewandowski, OT, 1996-97
Bill Chopp, OLB, 1997-98
Tim Lester, QB, 1997-98
Scott Niles, LB, 1997-98
Mike Hutchings, WR, 1998
Jason Cavanaugh, OT, 1998
Jared Pike, OLB, 1998
William Henagan, FB, 1998
Mark Dragoo, P, 1998
Frank Bosworth, TE, 1998
Jason Feldpausch, WS, 2002-03
Jake Gasaway, C, 2002
Jon Drach, QB, 2003
Kyle Ras, OG, 2003
Mark Hardy, WS, 2004
Nate Meyer, K, 2004
Tony Scheffler, TE, 2004-05
Brett Stewart, FS, 2004
Anthony Gebhart, DB, 2006-07
Nate Meyer, K, 2006
Dominic Moran, OL, 2006
Dustin Duclo, LB, 2007
Tim Hiller, QB, 2007-08-09
Phillip Swanson, 2007-08-09-10
Ben Armer, 2009-10-11
John Potter, 2009-10-11
Alex Carder, 2010
Mitch Zajac, 2011
Justin Currie, 2012, 2014
Chris Prom, 2012
Kyle Lark, 2013
Lucas Cherocci, 2014-16
David Curle, 2014-16
Justin Currie, 2014 $
Jon Hoffing, 2014
Taylor Moton, 2014-16
Alec Moulton, 2014-15
J. Schroeder, 2014-15 $
Trevor Sweeney, 2014-16 $
Zach Terrell, 2014-16 $
Lucas Bezerra, 2015-16 $
Kasey Carson, 2015-16
Kristof Ifkovits, 2015-16
Derrick Mitchell, 2015-16 $
Zach Novoselsky, 2015-16
Kasey Carson, 2016 $
Alex Grace, 2016
Austin Guido, 2016
Luke Juriga, 2016
John Keenoy, 2016 $
Odell Miller, 2016
Giovanni Ricci, 2016
Justin Tranquill, 2016 $
Lucas Bezerra, 2017 $
Mark Brooks, 2017
Mike Caliendo, 2017 $
Stefan Claiborne, 2017
Jaret Curtis, 2017
Ra’Sean Davie, 2017
Mitch Heimbuch, 2017
Luke Juriga, 2017 $
Spencer Kanz, 2017
John Keenoy, 2017 $
Nick Matich, 2017
Odell Miller, 2017
Derrick Mitchell, 2017
Zach Novoselsky, 2017
Giovanni Ricci, 2017
Jon Wassink, 2017 $
Tyron Arnett, 2018
Jamauri Bogan, 2018
Brett Borske, 2018
Mike Caliendo, 2018 $
Stefan Claiborne, 2018
Dylan Deatherage, 2018
Wesley French, 2018
Jaylen Hall, 2018
Ralph Holley, 2018
Luke Juriga, 2018 $
Spencer Kanz, 2018
John Keenoy, 2018 $
Odell Miller, 2018
Tanner Motz, 2018
Zach Novoselsky, 2018
Giovanni Ricci, 2018
Luke Sanders, 2018
Harrison Taylor, 2018
Justin Tranquill, 2018 $
Jon Wassink, 2018 $
Brett Borske, 2019 
Mark Brooks, 2019-2020
Mike Caliendo, 2019-2020
Stefan Claiborne, 2019
Cam Cooper, 2019-2020
Dylan Deatherage, 2019
Alex Grace, 2019
Luke Juriga, 2019 $
Spencer Kanz, 2019
Will McCabe, 2019
Jake Moertl, 2019-2020
Tanner Motz, 2019-2020
Alex Mussat, 2019
Giovanni Ricci, 2019 $
Harrison Taylor, 2019-2020
Justin Tranquill, 2019
Jon Wassink, 2019 $
Boone Bonnema, 2020
Wade Buckman, 2020
Wesley, French, 2020
Thiago Kapps, 2020
Jaxson Kincaaide, 2020
Luke Sanders, 2020
Anthony Torres, 2020
Addison West, 2020


Note: The MAC All-Academic Team was discontinued in 1999 and replaced with the MAC Honor Roll in 2000-01, which recognized letterwinners with cumulative grade-point averages above 3.00.  In 2001, players on the Honor Roll with a 3.25 GPA and 50 percent participation in competition were named to the All-MAC Academic Team.  Those WMU players were Adam Anderson, Jon Drach, Blair Eklund, Jason Feldpausch and Jake Gasaway.  For the 2002 season, the MAC returned to selecting traditional all-academic teams as those listed above.

$ In 2014 the rules were changed to let anyone eligible (3.2 GPA, participation in 50% of contests) to be named Academic All-MAC. From there, players were voted on earning the higher honor of being named a MAC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete.