Central Michigan University Athletics
Ten Chippewas Earn Academic All-MAC
12/17/2018 11:51:00 AM | Football
Idoni, Stanitzek named to honor squad for third time
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – Ten Central Michigan football players were named to the Academic All-Mid-American Conference team for football for the 2018 season.
The Chippewas named to the team, with their hometown, year, grade point average, and major: Brandon Childress, Baldwin, junior, 3.23, communications; Nick Follmer, O'Fallon, Mo., redshirt freshman, 3.26, undecided; Luke Idoni, Fenton, senior, 3.76, biology/biomedical sciences and psychology; Kaden Keon, St. Louis, junior, 3.53, engineering technology; Oakley Lavallii, Boca Raton, Fla., sophomore, 3.34, entrepreneurship; Derek Smith, Grand Rapids, sophomore, 3.26, criminal justice; Devon Spalding, Canton, senior, 3.40, criminal justice; Mitch Stanitzek, Grand Rapids, graduate student, 3.74, master's of business administration; Robi Stuart, Saginaw, sophomore, 3.75, undecided; Clay Walderzak, Standish, senior, 3.23, construction management.
It marked the third time that both Stanitzek and Idoni have earned Academic All-MAC honors, and the second time that Keon, Lavallii, Smith and Walderzak have been so honored.
To be eligible, a player must have a cumulative GPA of 3.20 or better and have participated in at least 50 percent of his team's games.
The Chippewas named to the team, with their hometown, year, grade point average, and major: Brandon Childress, Baldwin, junior, 3.23, communications; Nick Follmer, O'Fallon, Mo., redshirt freshman, 3.26, undecided; Luke Idoni, Fenton, senior, 3.76, biology/biomedical sciences and psychology; Kaden Keon, St. Louis, junior, 3.53, engineering technology; Oakley Lavallii, Boca Raton, Fla., sophomore, 3.34, entrepreneurship; Derek Smith, Grand Rapids, sophomore, 3.26, criminal justice; Devon Spalding, Canton, senior, 3.40, criminal justice; Mitch Stanitzek, Grand Rapids, graduate student, 3.74, master's of business administration; Robi Stuart, Saginaw, sophomore, 3.75, undecided; Clay Walderzak, Standish, senior, 3.23, construction management.
It marked the third time that both Stanitzek and Idoni have earned Academic All-MAC honors, and the second time that Keon, Lavallii, Smith and Walderzak have been so honored.
To be eligible, a player must have a cumulative GPA of 3.20 or better and have participated in at least 50 percent of his team's games.
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