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JACKS HONORED AS FCS ADA ACADEMIC ALL-STARS
6/14/2021 3:27:00 PM | Football
CLEVELAND — South Dakota State's Wes Genant and Preston Tetzlaff are among the 54 student-athletes honored on the 2020-21 Football Championship Subdivision Athletics Directors Association's Academic All-Star Team.
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Genant, a senior offensive lineman from Parkston, earned a spot on the squad with a 3.89 grade-point average while majoring in biochemistry. Tetzlaff, a Brookings native and linebacker, was selected with a 3.92 GPA as a business economics major.
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Each of the nominees was required to have a minimum GPA of 3.20 (on a 4.00 scale) in undergraduate study and have been a starter or key player with legitimate athletics credentials. They must have reached their second year of athletics and academic standing at the nominated institution and have completed a minimum of one full academic year at the nominated institution. They also must have played at their designated position in 50 percent of their team's games.
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In addition, Tetzlaff has been included in a group of nine finalists for two $5,000 postgraduate scholarships that will be awarded later this summer. He plans to attend law school at the University of Nebraska.
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A special review committee of five FCS athletics directors was responsible for selecting the 2020-21 Academic All-Star Team and FCS ADA Postgraduate Scholarship finalists.
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SDSU has had at least one student-athlete honored on the FCS ADA Academic All-Star Team each of the last 15 seasons. Cory Koenig (2007), Ryan Berry (2008), Zach Zenner (2014) and Taryn Christion (2018) were also honored as FCS ADA Postgraduate Scholarship recipients.
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PREVIOUS FCS ADA ACADEMIC ALL-STAR TEAM SELECTIONS
2006: Parker Douglass, Cory Koenig
2007: Parker Douglass, Cory Koenig
2008: Ryan Berry, Kevin Robling
2009: Conrad Kjerstad
2010: Tyler Duffy, Kyle Minett
2011: Brad Iverson
2012: Seth Daughters, Zach Zenner
2013: Brandon Hubert, Zach Zenner
2014: Jason Schneider, Zach Zenner
2015: Nick Mears
2016: Nick Mears, Jake Wieneke
2017: Jake Wieneke
2018: Taryn Christion, Dalton Cox
2019: Evan Greeneway, Christian Rozeboom
2020-21: Wes Genant, Preston Tetzlaff
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Genant, a senior offensive lineman from Parkston, earned a spot on the squad with a 3.89 grade-point average while majoring in biochemistry. Tetzlaff, a Brookings native and linebacker, was selected with a 3.92 GPA as a business economics major.
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Each of the nominees was required to have a minimum GPA of 3.20 (on a 4.00 scale) in undergraduate study and have been a starter or key player with legitimate athletics credentials. They must have reached their second year of athletics and academic standing at the nominated institution and have completed a minimum of one full academic year at the nominated institution. They also must have played at their designated position in 50 percent of their team's games.
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In addition, Tetzlaff has been included in a group of nine finalists for two $5,000 postgraduate scholarships that will be awarded later this summer. He plans to attend law school at the University of Nebraska.
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A special review committee of five FCS athletics directors was responsible for selecting the 2020-21 Academic All-Star Team and FCS ADA Postgraduate Scholarship finalists.
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SDSU has had at least one student-athlete honored on the FCS ADA Academic All-Star Team each of the last 15 seasons. Cory Koenig (2007), Ryan Berry (2008), Zach Zenner (2014) and Taryn Christion (2018) were also honored as FCS ADA Postgraduate Scholarship recipients.
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PREVIOUS FCS ADA ACADEMIC ALL-STAR TEAM SELECTIONS
2006: Parker Douglass, Cory Koenig
2007: Parker Douglass, Cory Koenig
2008: Ryan Berry, Kevin Robling
2009: Conrad Kjerstad
2010: Tyler Duffy, Kyle Minett
2011: Brad Iverson
2012: Seth Daughters, Zach Zenner
2013: Brandon Hubert, Zach Zenner
2014: Jason Schneider, Zach Zenner
2015: Nick Mears
2016: Nick Mears, Jake Wieneke
2017: Jake Wieneke
2018: Taryn Christion, Dalton Cox
2019: Evan Greeneway, Christian Rozeboom
2020-21: Wes Genant, Preston Tetzlaff
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