Buselmeier and Daily Named American Conference Scholar-Athletes of the Year

WEST POINT, N.Y. – Army West Point's Joseph Buselmeier and Bryson Daily have been selected as 2024-25 American Conference Scholar-Athletes of the Year, recognizing their outstanding academic and athletic accomplishments.

Joseph Buselmeier, a standout gymnast, was named the conference's At-Large Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year, an honor reserved for top student-athletes competing in non-conference-sponsored sports.

A 2025 graduate, Buselmeier completed West Point's competitive Kinesiology program with a record-setting 4.23 GPA—the highest cumulative score in the program's history since its inception in 2008.

His academic achievements include:

Graduated with honors from the United States Military Academy.
Accepted to five medical schools, including Boston University School of Medicine, through the Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP).
Earned endorsement from West Point for direct medical school admission.
Finished second in a top-performing senior cohort in advanced human anatomy.

Athletically, Buselmeier compiled an elite resume:

CGA Regular Season All-American (2023) in the all-around.
Three-time ECAC Gymnast of the Week.
Placed 16th nationally on parallel bars at the 2023 NCAA Championships.
Five-time All-ECAC honoree, earning honors in still rings, floor exercise, parallel bars, and all-around.

Bryson Daily, a 2025 graduate in Engineering Management, was recognized as the Football Scholar-Athlete of the Year after excelling both in the classroom and on the field.

Academically, Daily distinguished himself through a senior capstone project focused on operational efficiency at a U.S. Army Special Operations training facility. His research, which utilized advanced systems engineering tools and simulation models, was presented at the General Donald R. Keith Memorial Conference, where it earned Best Presentation honors.

Other academic highlights:

Co-authored a study optimizing usage at Fort Bragg's Human Performance and Force Generation (HP Forge) facility.
Research demonstrated methods to double student throughput with minimal overcrowding.
Maintained a 3.085 GPA in an ABET-accredited program while competing at the highest level of college football.

Daily's athletic performance was historic:

Named the 2024 American Conference Player of the Year.
Finished sixth in Heisman Trophy voting, Army's best finish since Pete Dawkins won in 1958.
Led the NCAA with 32 rushing touchdowns, the most ever by a quarterback.
Rushed for 1,659 yards, second-most in a single season by an Army player.
Accounted for 57 total touchdowns, ranking third in program history.

Each award includes a $2,000 academic scholarship and a commemorative trophy. The American Conference annually recognizes 22 Scholar-Athletes—one from each sponsored sport—along with At-Large honorees competing in non-sponsored sports. Nominees must be seniors in academic standing and demonstrate excellence in both academics and athletics.

The achievements of Buselmeier and Daily exemplify the Academy's mission to develop leaders of character who thrive in all arenas—academic, athletic, and professional.

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Buselmeier and Daily Named American Conference Scholar-Athletes of the Year

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