Chadron State College football players Rylan Aguallo (Mitchell, Nebraska) and Brodie Eisenbraun (Sturgis, South Dakota) were chosen by the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference sports information directors, from among those players carrying a 3.5 or better cumulative grade point average, as members of the conference’s All-Academic FIrst Team, a release at RMACSports.org announced Wednesday.
Nominees must meet the GPA requirement as well as have a full year in residence at their current school.
Aguallo, a redshirt freshman, played in six games at running back, carrying 24 times for 143 yards and a touchdown. He added one reception of 11 yards. His 73 yards and a score at Fort Lewis on October 8 were season highs. Aguallo has a 4.0 in business.
Also a redshirt freshman, Eisenbraun began the season as starting punter before an injury sidelined him. He punted 38 times in five games for an average of 38.7 yards per punt, landing kicks of 50 yards or more in four of five games. Nine of his punts pinned the opponent inside their 20-yard line, and four were touchbacks. Eisenbraun carries a 3.91 GPA in fitness and wellness.
Twenty other players earned spots on the All-Academic honor roll, by virtue of their GPAs above 3.30.
They are: Dorian Collier (Tallahassee, Florida); Jeydon Cox (Jackson, Wyoming); Michael DeCamillis (Broomfield, Colorado); Parker Dillan (Imperial, Nebraska); Mason Hamilton (Gillette, Wyoming); Jackson Hesford (Cheyenne, Wyoming); Zach Kapushion (Broomfield); Peter Krohn (Fort Collins, Colorado); Logan O’Brien (Kearney, Nebraska); Hunter O’Connor (Broomfield); Preston Pearson (Kearney); Sutton Pohlman (Stanton, Nebraska); D’Anthony Smith (Casper, Wyoming); Dylan Soule (Polk, Nebraska); Tommy Thomas (Fort Collins), Tommy Watson (Harrison, Neb.); Trevon Wehrman (Kersey, Colorado); and Saxon Wright (Monument, Colorado).
The RMAC Academic Players of the Year were John Matocha of Colorado School of Mines, for offense, and Ryder Blair of Black Hills State, for defense.