FB: Mountaineers Named CSC Academic All-District Honorees for Football

Joseph Donnie Scott, better known as “JD”
January 7, 2025
Infant Russell Wade Dowell
January 8, 2025
Joseph Donnie Scott, better known as “JD”
January 7, 2025
Infant Russell Wade Dowell
January 8, 2025
FB: Mountaineers Named CSC Academic All-District Honorees for Football

Jan. 7, 2025

 

Contact: Joey Jones (jo*****@ap******.edu)

 

Lead writer: Bret Strelow (st******@ap******.edu)

 

ONLINE: https://appstatesports.com/news/2025/1/7/football-mountaineers-named-academic-all-district-honorees.aspx

 

BOONE, N.C. — Five members of the 2024 App State football team have been named Academic All-District selections by the College Sports Communicators organization, with one advancing as a finalist to be a candidate for CSC Academic All-America recognition.
 
Tight end Eli Wilson and linebacker Kyle Arnholt repeated as members of the NCAA Division I Academic All-District team while being joined this year by running back Anderson Castle, tight end Max Drag and offensive lineman Thomas Shrader.
 
Wilson, meanwhile, has been named an Academic All-America finalist. He earned an undergraduate degree from App State with a 3.61 GPA and had a 3.85 GPA as a graduate student in business administration during the fall semester.
 
Wilson received All-Sun Belt recognition in each of his final two seasons and had 12 career touchdown receptions to tie for the third-highest total among App State tight ends in program history.
 
During the fall semester, Arnholt was carrying a 3.62 GPA as a history major, while Drag had a 3.51 GPA as a construction management major. Castle earned his undergraduate degree at App State and carried a 3.61 GPA during the fall semester as a graduate student in business administration. Shrader also had a 3.61 GPA as a graduate student in business administration.
 
First-team, second-team and third-team Academic All-America honorees will be announced Jan. 28.

 

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