Bowling Green State University Athletics
Bowling Green Puts 14 Falcons on the 2021 MAC All-Academic Team
January 18, 2022 | Football
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Mid-American Conference (MAC) announced that 14 members of the Bowling Green football team have been named to the 2021 Academic All-MAC team.
Heading the list for BGSU are Darren Anders and Nate Needham, both of whom also earned first-team All-MAC honors. They are two of nine MAC football student-athletes that earned first-team All-MAC distinctions and were also named to the Academic All-MAC team.
Anders (2), James Carolan (4), Brock Horne (2), Matt McDonald (2), Jordan Murphy (3), Matt Naranjo (4) and Nate Needham (3) have earned the honor for multiple times in their career. Dontrez Brown, Matt Fortner, Levi Gazarek, Demetrius Hardamon, Austin Osborne, Jordan Porter and Malone VanGorder all earned the honor for the first time in their careers.
To qualify for Academic All-MAC, a student-athlete must maintain a 3.20 cumulative grade point average and participate in at least 50 percent of the team's contests. True freshmen are not eligible for the award.
Heading the list for BGSU are Darren Anders and Nate Needham, both of whom also earned first-team All-MAC honors. They are two of nine MAC football student-athletes that earned first-team All-MAC distinctions and were also named to the Academic All-MAC team.
Anders (2), James Carolan (4), Brock Horne (2), Matt McDonald (2), Jordan Murphy (3), Matt Naranjo (4) and Nate Needham (3) have earned the honor for multiple times in their career. Dontrez Brown, Matt Fortner, Levi Gazarek, Demetrius Hardamon, Austin Osborne, Jordan Porter and Malone VanGorder all earned the honor for the first time in their careers.
To qualify for Academic All-MAC, a student-athlete must maintain a 3.20 cumulative grade point average and participate in at least 50 percent of the team's contests. True freshmen are not eligible for the award.
- LB Darren Anders, Jr., Management, 3.375 GPA
- DL Dontrez Brown, So, Pre-Social Work, 3.491 GPA
- LS James Carolan, Sr., Master of Business Administration, 3.394 GPA
- OL Matt Fortner, R-Fr., Pre-Visual Communication Tech, 3.909 GPA
- TE Levi Gazarek, R-Fr., Sport Management, 3.312 GPA
- LB Demetrius Hardamon, Jr., Construction Management & Technology, 3.476 GPA
- LB Brock Horne, So., Construction Management & Technology, 3.871 GPA
- QB Matt McDonald, Sr., Sport Management, 3.383 GPA
- OL Jordan Murphy, Sr., Construction Management & Technology, 3.434 GPA
- P Matt Naranjo, Sr., Aviation Studies, 3.251 GPA
- PK Nate Needham, Sr., Master of Business Administration, 3.823 GPA
- WR Austin Osborne, Jr., Master of Education (Sports Admin), 4.00 GPA
- DL Jordan Porter, So., Pre-Business Administration, 3.588 GPA
- OL Malone VanGorder, R-Fr., Sport Management, 3.282 GPA
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