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Trojans Take Five CoSIDA Academic All-District Awards
November 17, 2017

Trojans Take Five CoSIDA Academic All-District Awards

CoSIDA Football Academic All-District Teams | TU Honors Page

UPLAND, Ind. – The Taylor University football program ranked among the best in the nation once again by hauling in five CoSIDA Academic All-District II First-Team honors.

Taylor led District II by claiming five-of-25 spots on the College Division District II Team, which consists of outstanding student-athletes at NAIA, Canadian and two-year institutions from the states of Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana and Tennessee.

Tyler Gerig, Grant Hohlbein, Derek Wanner, Ben Rupert and Daniel Boy gave the Trojans the highest total within District II and ranked TU with the third-highest total among all NAIA schools.

The CoSIDA Academic All-District award is designed to recognize student-athletes for outstanding achievements in the classroom, as well as on the court or field of play. In order to be eligible for the honor, an athlete must have a cumulative grade-point average of 3.30 or higher on a 4.0 scale, must have achieved sophomore status academically with at least one full year at their current institution and must have participated in over half of the team's competitions as a key contributor during the current season.

Student-athletes are nominated for the award by their institution's Sports Information Director and voted on by CoSIDA members from around the nation.

Gerig received Academic All-District recognition for the first time with a 3.72 grade-point average in management. The junior cornerback out of Fishers, Indiana posted career-highs with 29 solo stops and two interceptions, while starting all 10 games this season.

Hohlbein also earned the first Academic All-District nod of his career with a 3.97 GPA in political science, philosophy and economics. The junior wide receiver from Adrian, Michigan posted a breakout season, leading TU and ranking 10th in the NAIA during the regular season with 66 receptions, to go with 623 receiving yards and five touchdowns.

Wanner was selected for his first Academic All-District award with a 3.90 grade-point average in management. The junior cornerback out of Berne, Indiana saw time in all 10 games from Taylor's secondary, picking up nine total tackles and two pass breakups.

Rupert closed his collegiate career with his first Academic All-District nod with a 3.47 GPA in finance. The senior defensive end out of Montague, Michigan posted 25 tackles, 1.5 sacks and four hits for lost yardage during his final season with the Trojans.

Boy repeated his 2016 Academic All-District award by posting a cumulative 3.96 GPA in exercise science. The junior wide receiver from Bellefontaine, Ohio hauled in 33 catches for 405 yards and added one touchdown for TU.

The Taylor football program has now claimed 25 Academic All-District honors in the past four years, while the five awards this fall boost Taylor University's 2017-2018 total to 15 for the second-highest total to date this fall among any college in the nation on any level and the most of any NAIA insitution.

Gerig, Hohlbein, Wanner, Rupert and Boy will now be placed on the national ballot for the CoSIDA Academic All-America Team, which will be voted on and announced on December 11.