Reynolds & Edwards Earn FCS ADA National Honor
1/11/2016 6:00:00 PM | Football
Wide receiver Josh Reynolds and punter Lachlan Edwards from the Sam Houston football team both have received another outstanding national athletic and academic honor.
The Bearkat pair have been named along with 50 other players to the prestigious 18th annual Football Championship Subdivision Athletics Directors Association (FCS ADA) Academic All-Star Team.
Football players for all FCS institutions are eligible for the award. Each of the nominees are required to have a minimum grade point average of 3.20 (on a 4.00 scale) in undergraduate student and have been a starter or key player with legitimate athletics credentials. Each nominee must have reached his second year of athletics and academic standing at the nominated institution and have completed a minimum of one full academic year. He must also have participated in 50 percent of the games played at his designated position.
Reynolds, a senior mass communications major from Axtell, Texas, completed his four-year career at the university with a perfect 4.0 grade point average. The wide receiver and special teams performer is one of only two honorees on the 2015 academic squad with a 4.0 GPA.
A President's List (4.0 semester) and Dean's List member each of his semesters as a Bearkat, Reynolds has lettered the last two years. He caught seven passes for 116 yards this year including a long of 41 yards.
Edwards, a senior kinesiology major from Hastings, Victoria in Australia, has compiled a career 3.55 GPA at Sam Houston.
The two-time All-Southland Conference and Academic All-League selection produced a 40.8 season average as the team's punter. He posted 12 punts of more than 50 yards and 24 punts inside the 20-yard line.
Both players were named last week to the Academic All-Southland Conference teams. Reynolds and Edwards were two of four Southland players were named to the FCS ADA Academic All-Star Team this season. The Bearkat duo was joined on the national honor squad by Incarnate Word's Padyn Giebler and Southeastern Louisiana's Joe Graves.
Sam Houston is one of only eight FCS universities to have two players selected to the FCS ADA Academic All-Star Team.
The 18th Annual FCS ADA Academic All-Star Team
|
Brian Strachan |
WR |
Brown |
Ivy League |
3.54 |
|
Matt DelMauro |
RB |
Bucknell |
Patriot |
3.76 |
|
Stephen Sippel |
OL |
Cal Poly |
Big Sky |
3.84 |
|
Ryan Granger |
K |
Coastal Carolina |
Big South |
3.83 |
|
Alex Ross |
QB |
Coastal Carolina |
Big South |
3.57 |
|
Ben Andersen |
DL |
Colgate |
Patriot |
3.65 |
|
Matt Bhaya |
DB |
Holy Cross |
Patriot |
3.55 |
|
Jake Wieczorek |
WR |
Holy Cross |
Patriot |
3.86 |
|
Jacob Flores |
OL |
Dartmouth |
Ivy |
3.47 |
|
Sam Martello |
LB |
Duquesne |
Northeast |
3.68 |
|
Jake Withnell |
TE |
E. Washington |
Big Sky |
3.91 |
|
Cooper Kupp |
WR |
E. Washington |
Big Sky |
3.54 |
|
Miles Williams |
DB |
Elon |
Colonial |
3.55 |
|
Stephen Hodge |
LB |
Fordham |
Patriot |
3.25 |
|
Cody Sorensen |
DB |
Idaho St. |
Big Sky |
3.85 |
|
Mark Spelman |
OL |
Illinois St. |
Mo. Valley |
3.65 |
|
Dominick Richards |
OL |
James Madison |
Colonial |
3.70 |
|
Collin Albershardt |
DL |
Lafayette |
Patriot |
3.52 |
|
Chima Uzowihe |
DL |
Liberty |
Big South |
3.29 |
|
Dylan Cole |
LB |
Missouri St. |
Mo. Valley |
3.67 |
|
Daren Ambush |
WR |
Monmouuth |
Big South |
3.51 |
|
Connor Thomas |
DL |
Montana St. |
Big Sky |
3.49 |
|
Carl Jones |
OL |
N.C. Central |
Mid-Eastern |
3.77 |
|
Nick Faraci |
OL |
Robert Morris |
Northeast |
3.94 |
|
Andy Smigiera |
DB |
Robert Morris |
Northeast |
3.86 |
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LACHLAN EDWARDS |
P |
SAM HOUSTON |
Southland |
3.55 |
|
JOSH REYNOLDS |
WR |
SAM HOUSTON |
Southland |
4.00 |
|
Nick Mears |
DB |
So. Dakota St. |
Mo. Valley |
4.00 |
|
Joe Graves |
OL |
Southeastern La. |
Southland |
3.88 |
|
Mark Iannotti |
QB |
Southern Ill. |
Mo. Valley |
3.89 |
|
James Cowser |
DL |
Southern Utah |
Big Sky |
4.00 |
|
Stephen Bush |
DB |
Tenn. Tech |
Ohio Valley |
3.70 |
|
Jordan Smith |
WR |
Tenn. Tech |
Ohio Valley |
3.55 |
|
Joe Crochet |
DL |
Citadel |
Southern |
3.81 |
|
Patrick Toole |
K |
Albany |
Colonial |
3.67 |
|
Chris Beaschler |
LB |
Dayton |
Pioneer |
3.68 |
|
Danny Leach |
DB |
Dayton |
Pioneer |
3.74 |
|
Derek Crittenden |
DL |
Montana |
Big Sky |
4.00 |
|
Casey DeAndrade |
DB |
New Hampshire |
Colonial |
3.35 |
|
Brian Labat |
LB |
North Dakota |
Big Sky |
3.85 |
|
Will Ratelle |
LB |
North Dakota |
Big Sky |
3.23 |
|
Jacob Rathmacher |
OL |
Northern Iowa |
Mo. Valley |
3.87 |
|
Miles Bergner |
K |
South Dakota |
Mo. Valley |
3.49 |
|
Derrick Craine |
RB |
Chattanooga |
Southern |
3.61 |
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Padyn Giebler |
LB |
Incarnate Word |
Southland |
3.82 |
|
Don Cherry |
LB |
Villanova |
Colonial |
3.36 |
|
Al Cobb |
QB |
VMI |
Southern |
3.55 |
|
Jacob Judd |
OL |
Western Illinois |
Mo Valley |
3.90 |
|
Brett Taylor |
LB |
Western Illinois |
Mo Valley |
3.65 |
|
David Marvin |
K |
Wofford |
Southern |
3.96 |
|
Anton Wahrby |
OL |
Wofford |
Southern |
3.80 |
|
Morgan Roberts |
QB |
Yale |
Ivy League |
3.56 |
