Army West Point Athletics
Brinson Picks Up Academic All-America Praise
December 10, 2018 | Football
Official Release
AUSTIN, Texas – Senior linebacker Kenneth Brinson was voted onto the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-America® Division I Football First Team on Monday.
Brinson was selected by the Sports Information Directors from around the country as a First Team Academic All-America® honoree and picks up his second consecutive nod after being named to the team in 2017.
Earlier this year he was named First-Team Academic All-District® for the second-straight season as well. Brinson was also recognized all season for his academic success as he is a finalist for both the Campbell Trophy and the Pop Warner National College Football Award. He is a chemical engineering major with a 3.9 grade point average at West Point.
The 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America® Division I Football Team features 17 members with a 4.0 GPA and 34 members with at least a 3.90 GPA as either undergraduate or graduate student-athletes. The 26 members on the first team have an average GPA of 3.95.
For more information on the Google Cloud Academic All-America® program, go to https://academicallamerica.com/
Brinson and the Black Knights are heading to Texas next week for the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl, which will air live on ESPN at 2:30 pm CT at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas.
FIRST TEAM
Pos. Name School Yr. GPA Major
QB Justin Herbert (1) Oregon Jr. 4.06 Biology
RB Marcus Weymiller (2) Northern Iowa Sr. 3.97 Public Administration
RB Tucker Yinger (1) (#) Dayton Sr. 3.81 Mechanical Engineering
WR Josh Fink Abilene Christian Sr. 3.95 Accounting / Finance
WR Zach Reuter Kansas State Sr. 4.00 Biochemistry / Pre-Med
TE Britton Abbott (2) Oklahoma State Gr. 3.96/4.00 MBA
OL Jacob Bacon Drake Jr. 3.94 Actuarial Science / Finance
OL Wes Genant (2) South Dakota State Jr. 4.00 Biochemistry
OL Adam Holtorf Kansas State Sr. 3.96 Agribusiness
OL Jacob Marnin Southern Illinois Sr. 4.00 Criminology & Criminal Justice
OL Max Scharping (2) Northern Illinois Gr. 3.99/3.89 Kinesiology
K Miles Butler Kentucky Sr. 4.00 Finance (BBA) / Accounting
ST Payton Jordahl Minnesota Gr. 4.00 Youth Development Leadership
DL Andrew Chuma Lafayette Sr. 3.95 Economics
DL Greg Menard ($) North Dakota State Sr. 3.85 Civil Engineering
DL Gary Moore Minnesota Gr. 4.00 Youth Development Leadership
DL Kyle Reisert (1) New Hampshire Sr. 3.97 Mechanical Engineering
DL Grant Udinski Towson Gr. 3.94/4.00 Teaching
LB Kenneth Brinson (1) Army West Point Sr. 3.96 Chemical Engineering
LB Dalton Cox (2) South Dakota State Sr. 4.00 Economics / Entrepreneurial Studies
LB Adam Wollet (2) Robert Morris Sr. 4.00 Finance & Data Analytics
DB Trent Crossan Lafayette Sr. 3.87 Economics
DB Jordan Fuller (2) Ohio State Jr. 3.81 Business
DB Garrett Kauppila Air Force Jr. 3.84 Management
DB Ryan Parenteau UC Davis Sr. 3.94 Aerospace Science & Engineering
P Blake Gillikin Pennsylvania State Jr. 4.00 Kinesiology
Google Cloud Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year: Justin Herbert, University of Oregon
(1) = CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division I first team selection in 2017
(2) = CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division I second team selection in 2017
($) = CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division I first team selection in 2016
(#) = CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division I second team selection in 2016
AUSTIN, Texas – Senior linebacker Kenneth Brinson was voted onto the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-America® Division I Football First Team on Monday.
Brinson was selected by the Sports Information Directors from around the country as a First Team Academic All-America® honoree and picks up his second consecutive nod after being named to the team in 2017.
Earlier this year he was named First-Team Academic All-District® for the second-straight season as well. Brinson was also recognized all season for his academic success as he is a finalist for both the Campbell Trophy and the Pop Warner National College Football Award. He is a chemical engineering major with a 3.9 grade point average at West Point.
The 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America® Division I Football Team features 17 members with a 4.0 GPA and 34 members with at least a 3.90 GPA as either undergraduate or graduate student-athletes. The 26 members on the first team have an average GPA of 3.95.
For more information on the Google Cloud Academic All-America® program, go to https://academicallamerica.com/
Brinson and the Black Knights are heading to Texas next week for the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl, which will air live on ESPN at 2:30 pm CT at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas.
FIRST TEAM
Pos. Name School Yr. GPA Major
QB Justin Herbert (1) Oregon Jr. 4.06 Biology
RB Marcus Weymiller (2) Northern Iowa Sr. 3.97 Public Administration
RB Tucker Yinger (1) (#) Dayton Sr. 3.81 Mechanical Engineering
WR Josh Fink Abilene Christian Sr. 3.95 Accounting / Finance
WR Zach Reuter Kansas State Sr. 4.00 Biochemistry / Pre-Med
TE Britton Abbott (2) Oklahoma State Gr. 3.96/4.00 MBA
OL Jacob Bacon Drake Jr. 3.94 Actuarial Science / Finance
OL Wes Genant (2) South Dakota State Jr. 4.00 Biochemistry
OL Adam Holtorf Kansas State Sr. 3.96 Agribusiness
OL Jacob Marnin Southern Illinois Sr. 4.00 Criminology & Criminal Justice
OL Max Scharping (2) Northern Illinois Gr. 3.99/3.89 Kinesiology
K Miles Butler Kentucky Sr. 4.00 Finance (BBA) / Accounting
ST Payton Jordahl Minnesota Gr. 4.00 Youth Development Leadership
DL Andrew Chuma Lafayette Sr. 3.95 Economics
DL Greg Menard ($) North Dakota State Sr. 3.85 Civil Engineering
DL Gary Moore Minnesota Gr. 4.00 Youth Development Leadership
DL Kyle Reisert (1) New Hampshire Sr. 3.97 Mechanical Engineering
DL Grant Udinski Towson Gr. 3.94/4.00 Teaching
LB Kenneth Brinson (1) Army West Point Sr. 3.96 Chemical Engineering
LB Dalton Cox (2) South Dakota State Sr. 4.00 Economics / Entrepreneurial Studies
LB Adam Wollet (2) Robert Morris Sr. 4.00 Finance & Data Analytics
DB Trent Crossan Lafayette Sr. 3.87 Economics
DB Jordan Fuller (2) Ohio State Jr. 3.81 Business
DB Garrett Kauppila Air Force Jr. 3.84 Management
DB Ryan Parenteau UC Davis Sr. 3.94 Aerospace Science & Engineering
P Blake Gillikin Pennsylvania State Jr. 4.00 Kinesiology
Google Cloud Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year: Justin Herbert, University of Oregon
(1) = CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division I first team selection in 2017
(2) = CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division I second team selection in 2017
($) = CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division I first team selection in 2016
(#) = CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division I second team selection in 2016
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