CLEVELAND, oh (KELO.com) — South Dakota State University seniors Evan Greeneway and Christian Rozeboom have been named to the 2019 Football Championship Subdivision Athletics Directors Association Academic All-Star Team for their efforts both on the field and in the classroom.
A Yankton native, Greeneway was honored with a 3.73 undergraduate grade-point average as a civil engineering major. A two-year starter at left tackle, he is currently enrolled in graduate school.
Rozeboom, originally from Sioux Center, Iowa, earned a spot on the 53-player squad with a 3.29 GPA while majoring in animal science. He finished his career as the Jackrabbits’ career leader in tackles with 475, including a team-best 111 stops in 2019.
Nominees were required to have a minimum GPA of 3.2 in undergraduate study and have been a starter or key player with legitimate athletics credentials. They also must be in their at least their second year of athletics and academic standing and have participated in at least 50 percent of the games at their designated position. Schools were limited to two nominees.
SDSU has had at least one student-athlete honored on the FCS ADA Academic All-Star Team each of the last 14 seasons. Cory Koenig (2007), Ryan Berry (2008), Zach Zenner (2014) and Taryn Christion (2018) were also honored as FCS ADA Postgraduate Scholarship recipients.
PREVIOUS FCS ADA ACADEMIC ALL-STAR TEAM SELECTIONS2006: Parker Douglass, Cory Koenig2007: Parker Douglass, Cory Koenig2008: Ryan Berry, Kevin Robling2009: Conrad Kjerstad2010: Tyler Duffy, Kyle Minett2011: Brad Iverson2012: Seth Daughters, Zach Zenner2013: Brandon Hubert, Zach Zenner2014: Jason Schneider, Zach Zenner2015: Nick Mears2016: Nick Mears, Jake Wieneke2017: Jake Wieneke2018: Taryn Christion, Dalton Cox2019: Evan Greeneway, Christian Rozeboom
