Dordt Football Has Scholar-Athletes Named

Dordt Football Has Scholar-Athletes Named

December 19, 2011

(Monday, December 19; Sioux Center, Iowa)? Seven Dordt College football players were named NAIA Scholar-Athletes for the 2011 season.

Matt Postmus (Senior; Kalamazoo, Michigan) and Will McClain (Senior; Miller, South Dakota) were all repeat selections after earning the honor in 2010.? Postmus missed much of this season with an injury and earned all-GPAC honors during his career while playing linebacker for the Defenders.? McClain played defensive back for the Defenders and earned Capital One/CoSIDA Academic NAIA All-American Second-Team honors.? McClain is majoring in biology.

Ben Dixon (Senior; Kingman, Kansas) and Sam Du Mez (Senior; Brookfield, Wisconsin) earned the honor for the first time this season.? Dixon is an education major and played linebacker for the Defenders this season.? Du Mez is an engineering major and leaves the Defender football program as the career leader in catches, receiving yardage and receiving touchdowns.

Jordan Huisman (Junior; Orange City, Iowa), Alex Hein (Junior; Brewster, Minnesota) and Jonathan Luetchens (Junior; Murdock, Nebraska) all earned the honor for the first time as well.? Huisman started at center for the Defenders this season and is a business administration major.? Hein was on special teams and was a defensive back for the Defenders and majors in education.? Luetchens, along with McClain earned Capital One/CoSIDA Academic NAIA All-American Second-Team honors.? Luetchens also earned honorable mention from the GPAC this season and is majoring in agriculture: biotechnology.

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced 244 football student-athletes have been named 2011 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes.

Student-athletes are nominated by their institution's head coach and must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale and must have achieved a junior academic status in order qualify for the honor.
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