The Youngstown State football team had four student-athletes receive the Missouri Valley Football Conference's President's Council Academic Award, the MVFC announced on Wednesday. The Penguins receiving the President's Award are QB Joe Craycraft, PK Colt McFadden, DB Patrick Minenok and TB Christian Turner.
Additionally, YSU had 65 student-athletes named to the Missouri Valley Football Conference's Honor Roll while 21 received the Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award.
A total of 37 student-athletes earned the league's highest academic achievement by capturing the Missouri Valley Football Conference President's Council Academic Excellence Award. The President's Council Academic Excellence Award requires a minimum 3.5 cumulative grade point average (through Fall 2020 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 2021.
Also, 281 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 2020-21 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 2020 or Spring 2021), must have been a member of the football team, and must have a minimum of 12 hours of enrollment during the fall. Nearly 800 student-athletes earned Honor Roll recognition.
PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL ACADEMIC AWARD - Joe Craycraft, Colt McFadden, Patrick Minenok, Christian Turner
COMMISSIONER'S ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD - Casey Baker, Dan Becker, Josh Burgett, Alec Burzynski, Jake Coates, Conor Collins, Joe Craycraft, Jake Cummings, Mitch Davidson, Vinny Gentile, Grant Gonya, Derek Hite, Griffin Hoak, Alex Howard, Chris Julian, Andres Lehrmann, Mike McAllister, Randy Smith, Christian Turner, Mark Waid, Dylan Wudke
HONOR ROLL - Seraiah Abram, D'Marco Augustin, Casey Baker, Dan Becker, Jake Benio, Ben Bentley, Adrian Brown Jr., Josh Burgett, Alec Burzynski, Matt Carlisle, C.J. Charleston, Dontae Cilenti, Jake Coates, Conor Collins, DeMarko Craig Jr., Joe Craycraft, Demeatric Crenshaw, Jake Cummings, Aboubakare Dabo, Mitch Davidson, Anthony DelleFemine, Nick DeSalvo, Ty Eddington, Aaron Ervin, Chris Fitzgerald, Vinny Gentile, Chase Glover-Rodgers, Grant Gonya, Haeden Gump, John Harper, Derek Hite, Griffin Hoak, Alex Howard, James Jackson, Troy Jakubec, Brett Johnson, Devin Johnson, Tyjon Jones, Chris Julian, Andres Lehrmann, Quincy Lenton, Raymond Logan, Keyon Martin, Mike McAllister, Colt McFadden, Sam Merryman, David Metzler, Patrick Minenok, Andrew Ogletree, Aidan Parker, Logan Pasco, Tre Radford, Gianni Rizzo, Amarian Robinson, Gage Salyers, Brandon Serrano, Randy Smith, Samuel St. Surin, Brayden Taylor, Ryan Teminsky, Christian Turner, Mark Waid, Jordan White, Jaison Williams, Dylan Wudke
