YSU has big showing for MVFC Academic Awards
The Youngstown State football program was well represented on the 2022 Missouri Valley Football Conference’s Honor Roll with 79 student-athletes earning the academic accolade. Also, seven Penguins earned the President’s Council Academic Award recognizing graduates or soon-to-be graduates for their off-field success.
Fifty-one MVFC student-athletes were named to The President’s Council Academic Excellence Award requires a minimum 3.5 cumulative grade point average (through Fall 2022 semester) and participation in athletics a minimum of two years. The student-athlete must be scheduled to graduate by the end of the summer of 2023.
Also, 279 student-athletes received the league’s Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award, which requires a minimum GPA of 3.2 for the previous two semesters (freshmen are not eligible.)In addition, the Missouri Valley Football Conference has announced its 2022 Honor Roll, which recognizes academic achievement of student-athletes. To qualify for the Honor Roll, a student-athlete must have recorded a minimum 3.0 grade point average for a specified term (Fall 2022), must have been a member of the football team, and must have been enrolled full time during the fall. More than 700 student-athletes earned Honor Roll recognition.
Youngstown State award winners
PRESIDENT’S COUNCIL ACADEMIC AWARD - Jake Benio, Roman Ferry, Alex Howard, Paddy Lynch, Mike McAllister, Mike Morris, Dylan Wudke
COMMISSIONER’S ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD - Casey Baker, Jake Benio, Andrew Centofanti, Aboubakare Dabo, Mitch Davidson, Roman Ferry, Haeden Gump, Luke Hensley, Griffin Hoak, Alex Howard, Devin Johnson, Karter Kellgren, Paddy Lynch, Mike McAllister, Colt McFadden, Clay Medvec, David Metzler, Mike Morris, Aidan Parker, Logan Pasco, Amarian Robinson, Chris Sammarone, Brandan Serrano, Hunter Smith, Max Tomczak, Dante Walker, Dylan Wudke, Preston Zandier
HONOR ROLL - Brandon Alexander, Hunter Allen, D’Marco Augustin, Casey Baker, Jaylon Baylor, Jake Benio, Greg Benton, Joe Blahovec, Max Blanc, Daryan Bowling, Michael Boyd, Beau Brungard, Andrew Centofanti, Ethan Coe, Alijah Curtis, Aboubakare Dabo, Mitch Davidson, Willie Edmunds, Joey Farthing, Roman Ferry, Keon Freeman, Chase Glover-Rodgers, Joey Groeber, Haeden Gump, Cephus Harris, Luke Hensley, Griffin Hoak, Alex Howard, James Jackson, Julian Jackson, Troy Jakubec, Devin Johnson, Keimon Jones, Ryan Johnson, Dominic Julius, Dominique Julius, Donovan Keen, Shane Keenan, Karter Kellgren, Brendon Kilpatrick, Easton Korody, Andrew Lastovka, Desmeal Leigh, George Linberger, Paddy Lynch, Mike McAllister, Alex McDonald, Colt McFadden, Jaleel McLaughlin, Clay Medvec, Sam Merryman, David Metzler, Mike Morris, Aidan Parker, Logan Pasco, Amarian Robinson, Jordan Rudolph, Dra Rushton, Gage Salyers, Chris Sammarone, Jonathan Schmidt, Colt Sechrest, Brandan Serrano, Joe Sferra, Hunter Smith, Randy Smith, Nate Sulka, Max Tomczak, Sir Jerome Treadwell, Jordan Trowers, Mike Voitus, Dante Walker, Errol Walker, Michael Wells, Da’Shaun Whatley, Nate Williams, Bryce Wood, Dylan Wudke, Preston Zandier
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