Eight Eagle Football Players Land On CSC Academic All-District Team

As announced on Tuesday (Jan. 7) afternoon, eight Ashland University football players have earned spots on the 2024 College Sports Communicators (CSC) NCAA Division II Academic All-District team.

• Junior quarterback Cameron Blair had a 3.60 cumulative grade-point average as an Intervention Specialist major through the spring 2024 semester. In 2024, he punted 27 times for a 38.1-yard average, with nearly half (12) being placed inside the 20-yard line.
• Junior center Ethan Enders had a 3.64 cumulative GPA as an Accounting major through spring 2024. He earned first-team All-Great Midwest Athletic Conference honors as the anchor of the Eagle offensive line.
• Sophomore linebacker Ben Holzopfel had a 3.97 cumulative GPA as an Exercise Science major through spring 2024. A second-team all-conference selection, he led the team with 71 total tackles (43 solo), and added a tackle for loss, two interceptions, a fumble recovery and a team-high three forced fumbles.
• Junior wide receiver Dru Johnson had a 3.81 cumulative GPA as a Sport Management major through spring 2024. A member of the 2024 AFCA Good Works Team, he caught 23 passes for 337 yards and a touchdown.
• Senior wide receiver Tony Pannunzio had a 3.91 cumulative GPA as a Biology major through spring 2024. He finished this past season with one of the top receiving campaigns in program history – 59 catches for 933 yards and five touchdowns – and was second-team All-Great Midwest.
• Junior kicker A.J. Rhodes had a 3.80 cumulative GPA as a Finance major through spring 2024. Also second-team all-league, he was 15-for-19 on field goals and 35-for-41 on extra points, and had 25 touchbacks on kickoffs, this fall.
• Senior defensive tackle Collin Strong had a 3.61 cumulative GPA as a Religion major through spring 2024. He recorded 25 total tackles (13 solo), three tackles for loss, a sack, an interception, a fumble recovery and a blocked kick this fall.
• Junior safety Bobby Young had a 3.61 cumulative GPA as a Supply Chain Management major through spring 2024. This fall, he picked up 32 total tackles, two interceptions and a forced fumble.

On Jan. 28, the 2024 CSC NCAA Division II Academic All-America Team will be released.
 
This past season, the Eagles finished 9-4 overall and 8-1 in the Great Midwest, winning the conference championship outright and winning a road NCAA Division II postseason game for the first time in program history. Ashland was 23^rd in the final 2024 American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Division II Coaches Poll.
  Cameron Blair, 2024
Ben Holzopfel, 2024
Dru Johnson, 2024
Tony Pannunzio, 2023, 2024
Ethan Enders, 2023, 2024
A.J. Rhodes, 2023, 2024
Collin Strong, 2023, 2024
Bobby Young, 2023, 2024
Jake McLoughlin, 2023
Nick Cone, 2022
Storm Elsesser, 2022
Gavin Posey, 2022, 2021, 2020
Austin Brenner, 2022, 2020
Logan Bolin, 2019, 2020
Clay Shreve, 2019
Travis Downing, 2018
Jack Holl, 2018
Isaiah Stiverson, 2018
Matthew Wilcox, 2017
Adam Shaheen, 2015, 2016
Eric Schwieterman, 2013, 2014
Donnie Dottei, 2012
Nick Bellanco, 2009
Vince Cashdollar, 2007