Army West Point Athletics
Bishop Named First Team Academic All-American, Lowin Second Team by CSC
December 20, 2022 | Football
The 26 members on the first team, including Bishop have an average GPA of 3.88, with both the first and second teams holding a collective average GPA of 3.86.
A native of Holland, Pa. Bishop, started every game of his senior season at center and served as a one of two team captains for the season for the Black Knights. Bishop holds the honor of maintaining one of the highest GPAs on the team with a 3.97, while majoring in Business Management.
Last week, he was selected to the Phil Steele All-Independent First Team Offense, playing a vital role in the success of Army's rushing attack, which finished No. 2 in the country rushing for 289.4 yards per game and also finishing T-2nd with 38 rushing touchdowns.
Bishop played in 31 games in his West Point career and is on track to graduate from West Point in May.
Junior LB Leo Lowin was awarded with a second team Academic All-American selection. Lowin has excelled in the classroom producing a 3.91 GPA while studying Engineering Management. At the same time he enjoyed a breakout season on the field for the Black Knights, starting in 11 games while posting a team best 100 tackles (48 solo), five tackles for loss, three sacks, and two interceptions.
With his 100 tackles this season, he marked the first Army player to surpass 100+ tackles on the season since Cole Christiansen (112) in 2019. He was also one of three FBS players to record 100+ tackles, 3+ sacks and 2+ INTs this year.
Last week, he was named to Phil Steele's All-Independent Second Team Defense.
The award is given by College Sports Communicators (formerly known as CoSIDA) annually to the most accomplished student-athletes for academic and athletic achievement each year since 1952. The sports sponsored are soccer, volleyball, football, basketball, baseball, softball, track and field/cross country and an at-large program that includes sports for which the NCAA sponsors a championship. To be eligible for the team, a student-athlete must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or better and be a starter or key reserve.
CSC's academic team is the longest-running and most prestigious academic and athletic award for student-athletes. Nominating and voting are privileges held exclusively by College Sports Communicators members on behalf of student-athletes from throughout the NCAA, NAIA, two-year Colleges and Canadian institutions.
In November Bishop, Lowin, Peyton Hampton and Quinn Maretzki were selected to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team, the first step to reaching All-American status.
The First Team is listed below. For complete results of the Academic All-American teams click HERE.
FIRST TEAM
Pos. Name School Yr. GPA Major
QB Will Levis University of Kentucky Gr. 4.00/4.00 Finance
RB Aidan Borguet Harvard University Sr. 3.78 Government
RB Jake Chisholm (1, &, $) University of Dayton Sr. 3.98 Pre-Medicine
WR Jake Bobo UCLA Gr. 3.54/3.86 Economics (UG) / Transformative Coaching & Leadership (G)
WR Austin Williams (1, &) Mississippi State University Gr. 4.00/4.00 Business Admin. (UG) / MBA / Workforce Ed. Leadership (G)
TE Brock Bowers University of Georgia So. 3.59 Finance
OL Connor Bishop United States Military Academy Sr. 3.97 Business Management
OL Ahofitu Maka The University of Texas at San Antonio Gr. 3.78 Cyber Security
OL Princeton Pines Tulane University Gr. 4.00/4.00 Health & Wellness
OL Walter Rouse Stanford University Sr. 3.51 Biomechanical Engineering
OL Austin Stidham (2, *) Troy University Gr. 3.92/4.00 Biology / Biomedical Sciences (UG) / Education (G)
K Anders Carlson (1, &) Auburn University Gr. 3.92/4.00 Professional Flight Management
DL Nick Figueroa (2) University of Southern California Gr. 3.76/3.63 Real Estate Development (UG) / Finance (G)
DL Oso Ifesinachukwu Yale University Sr. 3.67 Biomedical Engineering
DL Truman Jones Harvard University Sr. 3.61 Biomedical Engineering
DL Reece Winkelman (1) South Dakota State University Gr. 3.87/3.92 Sociology (UG) / Business Economics (G)
LB Dillon Doyle Baylor University Gr. 3.97/3.97 MBA
LB Ryan Greenhagen (2, *) Fordham University Gr. 3.83/3.96 Business Administration (UG) / Business Analytics (G)
LB Spencer Jorgensen Stanford University Sr. 4.00 Symbolic Systems
LB Zeke Vandenburgh Illinois State University Gr. 4.00/4.00 Exercise Science (UG) / Sport Management (G)
DB Sean-Thomas Faulkner University of North Texas Gr. 4.00/4.00 MBA
DB Patrick Fields (*) Stanford University Gr. 3.81/3.62 Economics (UG) / Mgmt. Science & Engineering (G)
DB Robby Hauck (2, &) University of Montana Gr. 3.95/3.92 Business Admin. / Mgmt. Information Systems (UG) / MBA (G)
DB Kendall Williamson Stanford University Gr. 3.81/4.00 Product Design (UG) / Sociology (G)
P Kyle Ostendorp University of Arizona Gr. 4.00 Aerospace Engineering
ST Dalton Godfrey (2) University of South Dakota Gr. 4.00/4.00 Business Administration
