Jay Kaiser Director of College Personnel and NFL Liaison | University of Illinois Division of Intercollegiate Athletics Website
Jay Kaiser Director of College Personnel and NFL Liaison | University of Illinois Division of Intercollegiate Athletics Website
Six players from the University of Illinois football team have been recognized as College Sports Communicators (CSC) 2024 Academic All-District performers. The CSC Academic All-America program acknowledges student-athletes who excel both on the field and in academics.
To qualify for the Academic All-District honor, student-athletes must be sophomores or older with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5. They must also participate in at least 90% of their team's games or start in at least 66% of them.
These six athletes will now advance to the CSC Academic All-America team ballot, with selections set to be announced on January 28. Historically, the Fighting Illini football program has earned 37 Academic All-America honors through 26 different student-athletes since its first selections in 1952.
The honorees are as follows:
- Tanner Arkin, a junior majoring in Kinesiology.
- Hank Beatty, a junior majoring in Marketing.
- TeRah Edwards, a senior pursuing an MS in Strategic Brand Communication.
- Josh Gesky, a junior majoring in Kinesiology.
- Kenenna Odeluga, a junior majoring in Finance.
- Miles Scott, a junior majoring in Kinesiology.
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