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Grove City's Cody Gustafson Leads 2021 Academic All-America® NCAA Division III Football Team
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Cody Gustafson
AUSTIN, Texas – Senior wide receiver
Cody Gustafson of Grove City College headlines the 2021 Academic All-America® Division III football teams, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
A native of Newburg, Pennsylvania, Gustafson is a mathematics major with a 3.93 GPA. He played all 11 games for the Wolverines and ended the 2021 season with 97 receptions for 1,420 yards and 14 touchdowns. Gustafson was named the Presidents' Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year for the second straight season this fall and is a four-time All-PAC first-team selection.
Gustafson was a semifinalist for the Gagliardi Trophy, which is awarded to the most outstanding player in Division III, and has also been named CoSIDA Academic All-America® in track and field. He leads all active NCAA players with 5,305 career receiving yards and his 341 career receptions are second.
The Academic All-America® Division III Football teams have 17 repeat performers, including three-time honorees Gustafson, defensive lineman
Lou Duh (Worcester Polytechnic Institute) and linebacker
Ben Wong (North Central College). Wong was a first-team honoree each of the past three seasons, while Duh and Gustafson repeated their first-team honor from last season and were second-team selections in 2019.
Defensive back
Ross Andersson (Johns Hopkins University), linebacker
Ian Barr (Westminster College), offensive lineman
Nathan Basinger (MIT), defensive back
Jake Beesley (North Central College), defensive back
Travis Brown (Carleton College), linebacker
Sean Doran (Washington & Jefferson College), offensive lineman
Kyle Gannon (University of Wisconsin-Whitewater), wide receiver
Ryan Hubley (Johns Hopkins University), offensive lineman
Tyler Johnson (Saint John’s University), defensive lineman
Alex Keith (Washington & Jefferson College), defensive back
Macauley Kilbane (Johns Hopkins University), defensive back
Sean Knight (Carnegie Mellon University), defensive lineman
Sante Parker Jr. (University of Mary Hardin-Baylor) and defensive back
Andrew Whitaker (Washington University in St. Louis) repeated their honor from the 2020-21 CoSIDA Academic All-America® teams.
Twenty-six of the 51 members of the 2021 Academic All-America® Division III Football teams have at least a 3.90 GPA, with nine student-athletes maintaining a perfect 4.00 GPA. The 26 members of the first team combine for a 3.86 GPA.
The Division III Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division III national governance structure to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2021-22 Division III Academic All-America® teams program.
2021 Academic All-America® Football Teams – NCAA Division III
| FIRST TEAM |
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| Pos. |
Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| QB |
Luke Anthony |
Wheaton College (Illinois) |
Sr. |
3.91 |
Business / Economics |
| RB |
Nicholas D'Ambrose |
University of Chicago |
Sr. |
3.69 |
Neuroscience & Chemistry |
| RB |
Giovanni Weeks |
Wheaton College (Illinois) |
Jr. |
3.67 |
Business / Economics |
| WR |
Ben Dwyer |
MIT |
Gr. |
4.00 |
Computer Science & Neuroscience |
| WR |
Cody Gustafson (4) |
Grove City College |
Sr. |
3.93 |
Mathematics |
| TE |
Anthony Senerchia |
Benedictine University |
Sr. |
3.59 |
Finance & Accounting |
| OL |
Nathan Basinger (1) |
MIT |
Sr. |
3.92 |
Mechanical Engineering |
| OL |
Kyle Gannon (2) |
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater |
Sr. |
3.80 |
General Management |
| OL |
Alan Gorny |
Johns Hopkins University |
Sr. |
3.87 |
Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| OL |
Tyler Johnson (2) |
Saint John's University (Minn.) |
Sr. |
3.98 |
Mathematics |
| OL |
John (JR) Woods |
Johns Hopkins University |
Jr. |
4.00 |
Economics |
| K |
Lake Barrett |
The College of Wooster |
Jr. |
3.98 |
Biology / Education |
| DL |
Lou Duh (4) |
Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
Gr. |
3.92 |
Mechanical Engineering (UG) / Mechanical Eng. (G) |
| DL |
Sante Parker Jr. (2) |
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor |
Sr. |
3.96 |
Computer Science |
| DL |
Luke Schuermann |
Johns Hopkins University |
So. |
3.95 |
Mechanical Engineering |
| DL |
Michael Wozniak |
Saint John's University (Minn.) |
Jr. |
3.87 |
Accounting / Economics |
| LB |
Paul Calvetti |
MIT |
Sr. |
3.92 |
Computer Science & Electrical Engineering |
| LB |
Nick Pankow |
Baldwin Wallace University |
Sr. |
4.00 |
Business Analytics |
| LB |
Ryan Schwartz |
Wheaton College (Illinois) |
Sr. |
3.82 |
Business / Economics |
| LB |
Ben Wong (3) |
North Central College |
Gr. |
4.00 |
Neuroscience / MBA |
| DB |
Ross Andersson (2) |
Johns Hopkins University |
Sr. |
3.88 |
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering |
| DB |
Jake Beesley (1) |
North Central College |
Sr. |
3.66 |
Finance / Accounting |
| DB |
Macauley Kilbane (1) |
Johns Hopkins University |
Gr. |
3.47 |
Economics (UG) / Finance-Financial Econometrics (UG) |
| DB |
Sean Knight (1) |
Carnegie Mellon University |
Sr. |
3.68 |
Civil Engineering |
| P |
Cody Harral |
Hardin-Simmons University |
Jr. |
4.00 |
Biology |
| ST |
Brett Tuttle |
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology |
Sr. |
3.88 |
Biomedical Engineering |
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| SECOND TEAM |
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| Pos. |
Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| QB |
Blaine Hawkins |
Central College |
Sr. |
3.58 |
Economics / Business management |
| RB |
Daniel Romano |
Hope College |
Jr. |
3.97 |
Biomedical & Bioelectrical Engineering |
| RB |
Henry Trost |
Saint John's University (Minn.) |
Sr. |
3.87 |
Global Business Leadership |
| WR |
Jeff Herbers |
Central College |
Jr. |
3.95 |
Actuarial science |
| WR |
Ryan Hubley (1) |
Johns Hopkins University |
Gr. |
3.74 |
Computer Sci. / Applied Math (UG) / Financial Math. (G) |
| TE |
Emmett Turner |
Johns Hopkins University |
Sr. |
3.63 |
Mechanical Engineering |
| OL |
Alex Bongers |
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse |
Sr. |
3.98 |
Biology |
| OL |
Zac Bowman |
DePauw University |
Sr. |
3.77 |
Biochemistry |
| OL |
Anthony DerManulian |
Lake Forest College |
Sr. |
3.87 |
Finance / Data Science |
| OL |
Kevin Lightfoot |
Hardin-Simmons University |
Jr. |
4.00 |
Computer Science |
| OL |
Ryan Nall |
MIT |
Sr. |
3.92 |
Mechanical Engineering |
| OL |
Jake Rocco |
Westminster College |
Gr. |
4.00 |
K-12 Principal |
| K |
Jamie Pogue |
Hardin-Simmons University |
Sr. |
4.00 |
History Education |
| DL |
Chris Bedell |
Johns Hopkins University |
Sr. |
3.83 |
Neuroscience |
| DL |
Alex Keith (2) |
Washington & Jefferson College |
Jr. |
3.73 |
Biology |
| DL |
Nicholas Petruzziello |
University of Rochester |
Sr. |
3.95 |
Economics |
| DL |
Bricker Thiel |
John Carroll University |
Jr. |
3.93 |
Economics |
| LB |
Ian Barr (2) |
Westminster College |
Sr. |
3.90 |
Biology |
| LB |
Sean Doran (2) |
Washington & Jefferson College |
Sr. |
3.75 |
Accounting |
| DB |
Travis Brown (2) |
Carleton College |
Sr. |
3.59 |
Statistics |
| DB |
Caleb Egbert |
Wheaton College (Ill.) |
Sr. |
3.45 |
Business / Economics |
| DB |
Ryan McGregor |
Carleton College |
Sr. |
3.66 |
Economics |
| DB |
Andrew Whitaker (1) |
Washington University in St. Louis |
Gr. |
3.65 |
Biomedical Engineering |
| P |
Kameron Lee |
Capital University |
Sr. |
3.93 |
Criminology & Psychology |
| ST |
Andrew Ihle |
Randolph-Macon College |
Sr. |
4.00 |
Accounting |
Academic All-America® of the Year: Cody Gustafson, Grove City College
(1) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division III 1st team selection in 2020-21
(2) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division III 2nd team selection in 2020-21
(3) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division III 1st team selection in 2020-21 & 1st team selection in 2019
(4) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division III 1st team selection in 2020-21 & 2nd team selection in 2019
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Jeff Schwartz, Retired, North Dakota State University | CoSIDA Academic All-America® Co-Director for Publicity
Schwartzy2@yahoo.com | (701) 793-0538
Ryan Klinkner, Saint John’s University (Minn.) | Academic All-America® Coordinator of Publicity
rklinkner@csbsju.edu | (320) 363-3127