Football | 1/4/2024 10:01:00 AM

January 4, 2024-Emporia State had 49 players named to the MIAA Football Academic Honor Roll this season with four Hornets earning MIAA Scholar Athlete honors and one earning the Academic Excellence Award.
 
All-American receiver Tyler Kahmann, MIAA Special Teams Player of the Year punter Ross Brundgardt, defensive lineman Rafe Goucher, and S-Back Tommy Zimmerman were named MIAA Scholar-Athletes.
 
Receiver Ethan Schultze earned the MIAA Academic Excellence Award with a 4.00 GPA in physics.
 
An MIAA Academic Excellence Award recipient must have a grade point average used by the institution for purposes of NCAA academic certification of 4.00 or better at the certifying member institution. The honoree also must have at least two terms of attendance at the certifying member institution, excluding summer terms.

To be recognized on the Academic Honor Roll, one must have a grade point average used by the institution for purposes of NCAA academic certification of 3.00 at the certifying member institution. The individual must also have at least two terms of attendance at the certifying member institution, excluding summer terms.
 
To qualify as a Scholar-Athlete an individual must have a grade point average used by the institution for purposes of NCAA academic certification of 3.50 at the certifying member institution. The student-athlete must have at least two terms of attendance at the certifying member institution, excluding summer terms and also earn All-MIAA honors from the 2023 season.
 
True freshmen and transfer students that have not completed two terms of attendance at Emporia State will be recognized after the conclusion of the spring semester.
 
MIAA Academic Excellence Award

Ethan Schultze

So.

4.00

Physics

DeSoto, Kan.

 
MIAA Scholar-Athletes

Ross Brungardt	Grad.	3.67/3.72	Business	Lawrence, Kan.
Rafe Goucher	Sr.	3.83	Business	El Reno, Okla.
Tyler Kahmann	Sr.	3.7	Business	Haysville, Kan.
Tommy Zimmerman	Sr.	3.71	Sport Leadership	Overland Park, Kan.

 
MIAA Academic Honor Roll

CJ Adams	Jr.	3.50	Sport Leadership	Enid, Okla.
Daniel Becker	Sr.	3.14	Computer Science	Conway Springs, Kan.
Kingsley Bennett	So.	3.25	Business	Garland, Texas
Deontei Braggs	Sr.	3.23	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Spiro, Okla.
Ross Brungardt	Grad.	3.67/3.72	Business	Lawrence, Kan.
Ian Carpenter	Sr.	3.28	Social Science	Andover, Kan.
Reid Cowan	Jr.	3.09	Business	Topeka, Kan.
Sherman Deaton	Sr.	3.4	Business	Fountain, Colo.
Colton Dodd	Sr.	3.28	Crime & Delinquency Studies	Enid, Okla.
Caden Dodson	So.	3.6	Sport Leadership	Argyle, Texas
Braden Gleason	Sr.	3.19	Physical Education	Muldrow, Okla.
Rafe Goucher	Sr.	3.83	Business	El Reno, Okla.
Carlos Guzman	Sr.	3.17	Health & Human Performance	Denver, Colo.
Casey Harelson	So.	3.56	Physical Education	Davenport, Okla.
Declan Haub	Sr.	3.58	Business	Kingfisher, Okla.
Lance Hoffsommer	So.	3.99	Accounting	Sedgwick, Kan.
Kobe Holley	Sr.	3.21	Health & Human Performance	Stillwater, Okla.
Lavon Jones	Sr.	3.96	Sport Leadership	St. Louis, Mo.
Zion Jones	Sr.	3.15	Information Systems	Wichita, Kan.
Tyler Kahmann	Sr.	3.7	Business	Haysville, Kan.
Andrew Kayhill	Sr.	3.43	Health & Human Performance	Greenwood, Mo.
Brody Lietz	So.	3.23	Accounting	Topeka, Kan.
Brooks Lowe	So.	3.59	Physical Education	Stillwell, Kan.
Uciph McDaniel	Sr.	3.53	Business	Topeka, Kan.
Chris McGee	Sr.	3.81	Health & Human Performance	Lawrence, Kan.
Max Middleton	So.	3.21	Business	Andover, Kan.
Rylan Miller	Sr.	3.21	Health & Human Performance	Overland Park, Kan.
Trevion Mitchell	So.	3.18	Physical Education	Mesquite, Texas
Caleb Nott	Jr.	3.15	Nursing	Wichita, Kan.
Jackson Novacek	Sr.	3.92	Business	Olathe, Kan.
Dalton Owen	So.	3.72	Business	Concordia, Kan.
Jack Petz	Sr.	3.63	Health & Human Performance	Lenexa, Kan.
Riley Philbern	Sr.	3.31	Crime & Delinquency Studies	Hoisington, Kan.
Shahid Pinkston	So.	3.1	Business	Arlington, Texas
Chris Pope	Grad.	3.04	Business	Edmond, Okla.
Khalil Rasheed	Sr.	3.28	Business	Coppell, Texas
Chase Ricke	Sr.	3.29	Business	Tulsa, Okla.
Gage Roach	So.	3.84	Business	Stillwell, Kan.
Dylan Roach	Sr.	3.45	Business	Stillwell, Kan.
Billy Ross Jr	Sr.	3.25	Marketing	Oklahoma City, Okla.
Ethan Schultze	So.	4.00	Physics	DeSoto, Kan.
Tyler Schultze	So.	3.96	Physics	DeSoto, Kan.
Sage Sieperda	Sr.	3.28	Business	Shawnee, Kan.
Dante Smith-Posey	Sr.	3.17	Marketing	Lenexa, Kan.
Charlie Suenram	Sr.	3.67	Marketing	Edmond, Okla.
Liam Thornton	Jr.	3.18	Health & Human Performance	Mesquite, Texas
Jaylen Varner	Sr.	3.48	Business	Marshall, Mo.
Wes Young	So.	3.69	Biology	Howard, Kan.
Tommy Zimmerman	Sr.	3.71	Sport Leadership	Overland Park, Kan.