Colorado State University Athletics
Academic All-Mountain West Conference Football Team
2/13/2004 12:00:00 AM | Football
Colorado Springs, Colo. ? The Mountain West Conference announced its All-Academic team for the 2003 football season. This year?s squad is comprised of an all-time high, 100 student-athletes, including 50 repeat qualifiers consisting of 9 four-time honorees, 14 three?time selections and 27 named for the second year.
The Academic All-MWC team is highlighted by a conference-record nine, four-time members: Casey Adams (Wyoming), Casey Bramlet (Wyoming), Toby Christensen (BYU), Jacque Finn (Wyoming), Terrell Golden (New Mexico), Eric Pauly (Colorado State), Bryan Penley (New Mexico), Russell Sprague (Colorado State) and Drew Wood (Colorado State).
A total of nine players from the 2003 All-Mountain West Conference teams garnered academic honors, including first-team selections David Anderson (Colorado State) and Bryan Save (Colorado State). Second-team members included Joel Dreesseen (Colorado State), Mark Dreyer (Colorado State), Daniel Gawronski (New Mexico), Bo Nagahi (Utah), Dillon Pieffer (UNLV), Morgan Scalley (Utah) and Alex Smith (Utah).
BYU placed a conference-high 21 student-athletes on the Academic All-MWC team, followed by Colorado State and Utah (17 each), Wyoming (13), New Mexico (12), Air Force and UNLV (10 each).
To be eligible for selection student-athletes must have completed at least one academic term at the member institution while maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better and be a starter or significant contributor.
2003 Academic All-Mountain West Conference Team
Hess, Tyler Air Force Junior 3.64 Management
Mallory, Grant Air Force Junior 3.60 Biochemistry
Martin, Andrew Air Force Senior 3.68 History
Neufeld, Blane** Air Force Senior 3.15 Management
Poland, Dennis Air Force Sophomore 3.46 Management
Rudzinski, John* Air Force Junior 3.52 Management
Schieffer, Joe Air Force Senior 3.06 Management
Schwartz, John Air Force Senior 3.03 Mechanical Engineering
Strecker, Adam* Air Force Senior 3.72 Civil Engineering
Underbakke, Jesse Air Force Senior 3.01 Management
Atkinson, Bryant* BYU Junior 3.18 Business Finance
Beck, John BYU Freshman 3.06 Undeclared
Carlson-Maddux, Justin BYU Junior 3.17 Technology Education
Christensen, Toby*** BYU Graduate 3.71 Communications
Cooper, Brett BYU Sophomore 3.77 Spanish
Denney, John* BYU Senior 3.24 Business Finance
Dunham, Tyson BYU Graduate 3.69 Communications
Fowler, Kellen BYU Junior 3.79 Pre-Management
Hale, Christopher BYU Junior 3.38 Exercise Science
Hodgkiss, John BYU Sophomore 3.21 Undeclared
Jackson, Scott* BYU Graduate 3.59 International Studies
Jory, Justin BYU Graduate 3.47 Law
Marquardt, Daniel* BYU Senior 3.42 Business Finance
McGiven, Gary BYU Sophomore 3.04 Fitness and Wellness Mgmt
Mortensen, Todd BYU Graduate 4.00 Spanish/Law
Nielson, Kip* BYU Senior 3.56 Spanish
Nixon, David BYU Freshman 3.58 Undeclared
Slater, Ryan BYU Senior 3.44 History
Stephens, Brandon* BYU Senior 3.19 Construction Management
Wilson, Kyle* BYU Graduate 3.38 International Studies
Wright, Bill* BYU Graduate 3.28 Business Marketing
Anderson, David* Colorado State Sophomore 3.17 Speech Communication
Atchison, Caleb Colorado State Senior 3.25 Business Marketing
Beling, Curt* Colorado State Senior 3.90 Natural Science
Dreessen, Joel** Colorado State Senior 3.29 Business Management
Dreyer, Mark** Colorado State Senior 3.46 Business Marketing
Flora, Jeffrey** Colorado State Senior 3.30 Business Finance and Real Estate
Garcia, Travis Colorado State Junior 3.04 Speech Communication
Kearney, Thomas Colorado State Sophomore 3.11 Political Science
Mark, Kevin Colorado State Junior 3.29 Liberal Arts
Oldenburg, Clint Colorado State Sophomore 3.45 Technical Journalism
Osborn, Dustin Colorado State Sophomore 3.09 Business Finance and Real Estate
Pauly, Eric*** Colorado State Senior 3.70 Business Information Systems
Save, Bryan** Colorado State Senior 3.30 Construction Management
Sprague, Russell*** Colorado State Graduate 3.59 Speech Communication
Stepien, John Colorado State Junior 3.76 Restaurant and Resort Mgmt
Stratton, Ben Colorado State Sophomore 3.06 Health and Exercise Science
Wood, Drew*** Colorado State Senior 3.30 Psychology
Augustyniak, Michael* New Mexico Junior 3.13 Biology
Baskett, Hank* New Mexico Sophomore 3.30 General Management
Cox, Daryl New Mexico Junior 3.18 Marketing
Cresap, Zach* New Mexico Senior 3.38 Spanish
Gaus, Tyler New Mexico Sophomore 3.23 General Management
Gawronski, Daniel* New Mexico Senior 3.07 University Studies
Golden, Terrell*** New Mexico Senior 3.21 Criminology
Kelly, Casey** New Mexico Senior 3.50 Finance (MBA)
Penley, Bryan*** New Mexico Senior 3.68 Entrepreneurial Studies
Speegle, Nick** New Mexico Junior 3.97 General Management
Thompson, Evroy New Mexico Sophomore 3.03 Biology
Walton, Kevin** New Mexico Junior 3.30 Entrepreneurial Studies
Butler, Reginald UNLV Junior 3.05 Psychology
Claridge, Ryan UNLV Junior 3.01 Education
Crandal, Tyler UNLV Junior 3.36 Criminal Justice
Croom, Larry* UNLV Senior 3.14 Sociology
Eagen, Christopher UNLV Senior 3.25 Social Science Studies
Freund, Michael* UNLV Junior 3.56 Kinesiology
Nantkes, Kurt** UNLV Junior 3.26 Finance
Olsen, David* UNLV Sophomore 3.18 Art
Olsen, Richard* UNLV Senior 3.22 Communications
Pieffer, Dillon** UNLV Senior 3.02 Hotel Administration
Boone, Jesse Utah Sophomore 3.32 Economics and Management
Borreson, Bryan Utah Sophomore 3.37 Business
Bryant, Aaron Utah Senior 3.09 Political Science
Cooper, Braden Utah Junior 3.06 Business
Fanene, Jonathan Utah Junior 3.10 Sociology
Hackenbruck, Thomas Utah Junior 3.07 Finance
Hansen, Matt* Utah Senior 3.75 Speech Communication
Holdcraft, Ray* Utah Senior 3.01 Finance
Kovacevich, Matt Utah Junior 3.25 Art
Marshall, Grady Utah Sophomore 3.06 Business
Nagahi, Bo* Utah Junior 3.04 Business
Peterson, Max* Utah Junior 3.02 Political Science
Scalley, Morgan** Utah Junior 3.95 Mass Communication
Smith, Alex Utah Sophomore 3.82 Economics
Toone, Spencer Utah Sophomore 3.82 Exercise & Sport Science
Weddle, Eric Utah Freshman 3.43 Undeclared
Williams, Reza Utah Junior 3.80 Sociology
Adams, Casey*** Wyoming Senior 3.34 Accounting (Masters)
Bramlet, Casey*** Wyoming Senior 3.46 Business Administration
Davis, C.R.* Wyoming Sophomore 3.56 Political Science
Donovan, Luke** Wyoming Senior 3.79 Business Administration
Finn, Jacque*** Wyoming Senior 3.01 Business Administration
Flora, John Wyoming Sophomore 3.02 Management Info. Systems
Franz, Trenton** Wyoming Junior 3.79 Civil Engineering
Groover, Micheal Wyoming Freshman 3.38 Exercise Science
Mayes, Jake Wyoming Freshman 3.37 Undeclared
Parker, Scott* Wyoming Sophomore 3.06 Engineering
Raterink, J.J.* Wyoming Junior 4.00 Business Administration
Tatnal, Jeffrey* Wyoming Sophomore 4.00 Marketing
Wendling, John Wyoming Freshman 3.18 Business Administration
*** - four-time honoree
** - three-time member
* - two-time Academic All-MWC
