2013 Capital One Academic All-America® Football Teams release dates: 
College Division Team: release/teams
NCAA Division III Team: below
NCAA Division II Team: Wed., Dec. 4
NCAA Division I Team: Thr., Dec. 5
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Towson, MD - Senior linebacker John Arena of Johns Hopkins, a NCAA Division III national playoff participant, headlines the 2013 Capital One Academic All-America ® Division III football team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
A neuroscience major with a 4.00 grade-point average, Arena was selected as the winner of the Capital One Academic All-America ® of the Year award for Division III football.
The Capital One Division III Academic All-America ® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division III national governance structure, to assist CoSIDA with handlin
g the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2013-14 Division III Academic All-America ® teams program.
Arena (
right) is making his second straight appearance as a member of the Capital One Academic All-America ® Division III first team. As a senior, Arena earned All-Centennial Conference first-team honors. He was a second-team selection in 2012. He was also the winner of the Centennial Conference football Scholar-Athlete Award. A team co-captain, he appeared in all 45 JHU games in his career, helping the Blue Jays post a 38-7 record. He was a member of Blue Jay teams that won four straight conference championships and earned three trips to the NCAA Division III national playoffs.
A native of Bryn Mawr, Pa., Arena made 48 tackles, including 9.0 tackles for-loss and 5.5 sacks. While leading Hopkins to a 10-1 record, he had two interceptions (one returned for a touchdown), a pass breakup and a forced fumble. He finished his career with 163 tackles.
A Phi Beta Kappa student, Arena has served as a neuropathology research assistant and is an active volunteer with KEEN (Kids Enjoying Exercise Now) at Johns Hopkins. He was also named a 2013 National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete.
Arena is one of 15 student-athletes to repeat as Capital One Academic All-America® honorees, including three repeat first-team selections. Ten first-team honorees are repeat Academic All-America® picks, including eight former second-team selections.
Augustana (Ill.) senior linebacker Erik Westerberg earned Academic All-America® honors for the third straight year, moving up to the first team after earning second-team honors in 2011 and 2012.
St. Scholastica, an NCAA Division III playoff team, has two repeat first-team selections, senior wide receiver Cory Gebhard and senior defensive back Alec French.
Eight members of the Capital One Division III football first team were second team selections last year.
Graduate student wide receiver Duncan Hussey of Pomona-Pitzer, senior running back Elijah Hudson and senior offensive lineman Josh Holt of Mary Hardin-Baylor, senior lineman Vincenzo Bonaddio of Johns Hopkins, senior offensive lineman Michael Green of Hobart, senior defensive back Chris Gibbs of Grove City and senior defensive lineman Adham Talaat of Gallaudet were named first team Academic All-America® this season.
Senior offensive lineman Chad Thompson of Augsburg, a first-team honoree last year, earned second-team honors this year.
Senior quarterback Kyle Boden of Emory & Henry, junior offensive lineman Nicholas Buchta of Rose-Hulman and senior placekicker Brandon Rodrigues of
Massachusetts Maritime were repeat selections on the second team.
A mathematics major with a 3.86 G.P.A. at Augustana,
Westerberg has been named as one of the 10 finalists for the Gagliardi Trophy, presented to the outstanding all-around player in Division III football. Named as the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin’s Defensive Player of the Year and a D3football.com All-America third-team honoree as a junior, Westerberg was the Vikings’ leading tackler for the third straight year. He made 78 total tackles and had 10.5 tackles for-loss. An All-CCIW second-team selection as a senior, the Elmhurst, Ill. native led the Vikings to a 5-5 record and earned a National Football Foundation Postgraduate Scholarship.
An accounting and applied mathematics major with a 3.85 G.P.A.,
senior offensive lineman Eric Dratnol of Augustana is also a first-team honoree. A native of Montgomery, Ill., Dratnol is an All-CCIW second-team selection. A three-year starter at center, Dratnol anchored an Augustana offensive line that enabled the Vikings to average 228.7 rushing yards per-game and 5.1 yards per-carry in conference play. The Vikings averaged 362.8 yards of total offense per-game, including 233.7 rushing yards per-game.
St. Scholastica led all schools with four Capital One Academic All-America® first-team honorees. Gebhard and French are repeat Academic All-America® first-team selections.
St. Scolastica senior running back Jake Jensen and junior defensive lineman Blake Cedarleaf joined their teammates on the first-team. All four Saints earned All-Upper Midwest Athletic Conference first-team honors in 2013, leading the Saints to a 9-2 record, a UMAC championship and an appearance in the NCAA Division III national playoffs for the third straight year.
A physical therapy major with a 3.98 G.P.A.,
Gebhard earned All-UMAC honors as a kick returner for the second straight year and as a wide receiver for the first time in 2013. Gebhard finished the season with 42 receptions for 811 yards and 10 touchdowns. A native of St. Croix Falls, Wis., he also returned 23 kickoffs for 474 yards (20.6 yards per-return) and 24 punts for 176 yards (7.3 yards per-return) and a touchdown.
An accounting and finance double major with a 3.93 G.P.A.,
French was named as the UMAC’s Defensive Player of the Year in 2013 and earned first-team All-UMAC honors for the second straight season. He led the Saints with 114 tackles, adding 3.0 tackles for-loss, 1.5 sacks, three interceptions, four pass breakups, two forced fumbles, a fumble recovery and two blocked kicks. He also set a school record with 22 career pass breakups.
A biology and biochemistry major with a 3.78 G.P.A.,
Jensen broke St. Scholastica’s single-season and career rushing yardage records, finishing with 1,292 yards this season and 2,997 yards in his career. A native of South St. Paul, Minn., he also set school records for both career rushing touchdowns (26) and total touchdowns (29). He scored 12 rushing touchdowns this season, while catching 18 passes for 262 yards and a touchdown.
A biology and biochemistry major with a 3.82 G.P.A.,
Cedarleaf earned All-UMAC first-team honors for the second straight season. A native of Mahtomedi, Minn., he finished his junior season with 64 tackles, including 9.0 tackles for-loss and a team-best 7.5 sacks. He also had five pass breakups, two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery.
Hudson and Holt have led Mary Hardin-Baylor to an 11-0 record and the second round of the NCAA Division III national playoffs. They led Crusaders to the national playoffs for the 10th straight season as they won the American Southwest Conference title for the ninth straight season.
A pre-physical therapy major with a 3.88 G.P.A.,
Hudson earned All-ASC honors for the third straight season. A native of Albany, Texas, he was also named to the ASC Outstanding Sportsmen of the Year team. Despite missing three games due to an injury, Hudson leads the Crusaders with 859 rushing yards on 162 carries with nine touchdowns. He has 11 receptions for 186 yards and two scores. A preseason All-America by two different publications, Hudson was a D3football.com All-South Region honoree last year.
An exercise and sport science major with a 4.00 G.P.A.
Holt starts on a Crusaders offensive line that has helped them produce 3,117 rushing yards, a 283.4 yards per-game average that ranks 11th in NCAA Division III. The Crusaders’ 482.9 yards of total offense per-game is 16th-best nationally. A two-time Academic All-Conference honoree, the Lorena, Texas native is also a three-time member of UMHB’s Vice-President for Athletics Honor Roll.
Led by Arena,
Johns Hopkins placed three players on the Capital One Academic All-America® first team. Bonaddio and
senior defensive lineman Joe DiTrolio were also honored.
Bonaddio was an All-Centennial Conference offensive lineman for the second time, earning first-team honors in 2013. An Earth and planetary science/public health double major with a 3.82 G.P.A., he was a leader of an offensive line that helped the Blue Jays to average 500.6 yards per-game of total offense and 40.5 points per-game. Hopkins scored 24 or more points in all 11 games this season and is ranked 12th nationally in total offense and 19th in scoring offense per-game. A volunteer tutor for two programs working with inner-city kids and young adults, Bonaddio is a native of Garnet Valley, Pa.
An economics major with a 3.65 G.P.A., DiTrolio was a second-team All-Centennial Conference selection at defensive tackle. A native of Newtown Square, Pa., he finished the season with 44 total tackles, including 6.0 tackles for-loss and 2.5 sacks. He was a leader of a Blue Jays defense that surrendered just 302.7 yards and 17.2 points per-game.
Talaat, a physical education major with a 3.90 G.P.A. from Springfield, Va., is Gallaudet’s first-ever finalist for the Gagliardi Trophy. Talaat was a leader on a Gallaudet squad that finished 9-2 on the season, winning the Eastern Collegiate Football Conference title and earning a berth in the NCAA Division III national playoffs for the first time in school history – the first-ever NCAA playoff appearance in any men’s team sport for the Bison. Talaat recorded 46 tackles, including 9.5 tackles for-loss, 5.0 sacks, six quarterback hurries, three pass breakups and a forced fumble this season.
A biology major with a 3.93 G.P.A.,
Gibbs finished the season with 80 tackles, three forced fumbles and a fumble recovery returned for a touchdown for Grove City. A native of Akron, Ohio, he earned All-Presidents Athletic Conference honorable-mention honors twice. During the summer, Gibbs served as a research assistant at the Mayo Clinic.
A molecular biology major with a 3.97 G.P.A.,
Hussey switched sides of the field to earn Capital One Academic All-America® first team honors. Last season, he was a second-team defensive back. A three-time team captain, Hussey was named first team as a wide receiver for Pomona-Pitzer. A native of Seattle, Wash., he led the Sagehens in receiving with 46 receptions for 564 yards and six touchdowns, despite missing three games due to injury.
A mathematics major with a 3.80 G.P.A.,
Green was the starting center at Hobart and led the Statesmen to a 10-0 record. He helped Hobart win the Liberty League championship and advance to the NCAA Division III playoffs three straight seasons. Hobart is averaging 392.3 yards of total offense per-game while allowing just seven sacks, tied for 15th-fewest in NCAA Division III. A native of Belleair Beach, Fla., Green was a semifinalist for the 2013 National Football Foundation National Scholar-Athlete Award.
Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference co-champion
Rose-Hulman placed two student-athletes on the Capital One Academic All-America® first-team,
senior quarterback Ryan Landwehr and senior place kicker Mathew Angel.
An electrical engineering major with a 4.00 G.P.A.
Landwehr earned All-HCAC first-team honors as a senior. He threw for 2,456 yards and 21 touchdowns on 234-of-360 passing while rushing for 459 yards and an HCAC-leading 11 touchdowns. A native of Tipp City, Ohio, he was responsible for a school-record 32 touchdowns this year while also setting a school mark with 2,915 yards of total offense and 234 completions. He led Rose-Hulman to a 7-3 record.
A mechanical engineering major with a 3.90 G.P.A.,
Angel earned All-HCAC second-team honors this season. He connected on 4-of-6 field goals, including a 35-yarder, and made 36-of-40 extra points, finishing second on the team with 48 points. A native of Cassville, Mo., he returned to the Fightin’ Engineers lineup after missing most of the last two seasons due to injury.
Rose-Hulman shared the HCAC title with Franklin this season, and
Franklin senior punter Michael Parks earned a spot on the Capital One Academic All-America ® first team. A chemistry major with a 3.62 G.P.A., Parks earned All-HCAC first-team honors this season as part of a Franklin squad that advanced to the NCAA national playoffs for the fourth straight year and posted an 8-4 record. A native of Shelbyville, Ind., Parks is averaging 40.2 yards per-punt this season, placing 14 of his 37 punts inside the opponents’ 20-yard line this season.
Baldwin Wallace joined St. Scholastica, Johns Hopkins, Rose-Hulman, Augustana and Mary Hardin-Baylor as schools with more than one student-athlete on the Capital One Academic All-America® Division III first team.
Senior defensive back Zack Barley and senior linebacker David Flegal represent Baldwin Wallace on the first team.
A psychology major with a 3.88 G.P.A.,
Barley is a two-time Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference selection. The team’s free safety, Barley finished the season with 29 tackles with two tackles for-loss and a forced fumble. A native of Hudson, Ohio, he missed two full games and parts of two others with an injury.
Pursuing his master’s of accounting degree with a 3.87 G.P.A.,
Flegal earned All-OAC first-team honors this season after leading the team with 114 tackles. He also finished second in the OAC in tackles. A native of Akron, Ohio, he had 2.5 tackles for-loss with a forced fumble and two fumble recoveries. A two-time OAC Defensive Player of the Week, Flegal has earned Academic All-OAC honors twice.
Senior tight end William Sadik-Kahn of Middlebury earned Capital One Academic All-America® first team first-team honors after a breakout season. An economics major with a 3.50 G.P.A., he led New England Small College Athletic Conference receivers with 12 touchdowns, while finishing second in the NESCAC with 59 receptions for 633 yards. A native of Chappaqua, N.Y., he earned All-NESCAC first-team as the Panthers posted a 7-1 record and earned a share of the NESCAC championship.
A biology and pre-professional health science major with a 3.94 G.P.A.,
senior offensive lineman Tyson Carter of Dubuque earned first team honors. A native of Port Elgin, Ontario, Canada, Carter served as the Spartans’ long snapper. He has recorded more than 350 snaps without a bad snap during his career. Carter was named as a semifinalist for the National Football Foundation’s National Scholar-Athlete Trophy (Campbell Trophy), and was also a nominee for the American Football Coaches Association Good Works Team. He was named to the Academic All-Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference team twice.
A geoscience major with a 3.98 G.P.A.,
senior defensive back Greg Hibbard of Pacific Lutheran was an All-Northwest Conference second-team pick this season. A native of Olympia, Wash., he led the Lutes to an 8-2 record and a berth in the NCAA Division III playoffs for the second straight year. He finished the season with 38 tackles and two pass breakups, while tying for the team lead with three interceptions.
A business administration major with a 3.76 G.P.A.,
senior defensive lineman Ryan Jok of Carnegie Mellon completes the Capital One Academic All-America® Division III first team. A native of Novi, Mich., Jok earned All-University Athletic Association first-team honors as a sophomore and senior. Jok finished the season with 43 tackles, including a team-best 5.0 tackles for-loss. A three-time All-UAA Academic award-winner, he also had 2.5 sacks, two pass breakups and a fumble recovery.
The 24 members of the Capital One Academic All-America® Division III football first team have an average G.P.A. of 3.86.
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To be eligible for Academic All-America® consideration, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative G.P.A. of 3.30 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current institution and be nominated by his/her sports information director.
Since the program’s inception in 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-America honors on more than 20,000 student-athletes in Divisions I, II, III and NAIA, covering all NCAA championship sports.
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