Football
AUSTIN, Texas – For the second straight season, Lenoir-Rhyne Football has two players selected as Academic All-Americans as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). QB Grayson Willingham and K Chase Allbaugh earn Second Team Academic All-American honors and join the duo of Clayton Horn and Ronnie Clifton who earned the honor for the 2019 season.
Willingham earns his first Academic All-American honor after earning Academic All-District each of the past two years. The Matthews, N.C. native owns a 3.80 GPA as a graduate student in Business Administration and has his name all over the LR record book. Willingham is the only QB in team history to have four 300-yard passing games and owns the program record for most career touchdown passes. Willingham is second in most career yards and fourth in career completion percentage. He owns the single-season record for touchdown passes and completion percentage as well. On top of that, Willingham has only lost four games in his three full years as a starting QB.
Allbaugh earns his first Academic All-American award as the Tallahassee, Fla. native owns a 3.68 GPA in Business Management and Marketing. Allbaugh owns an NCAA record for most consecutive extra points made without a miss in a season with 76. This spring, Allbaugh became the all-time leader at Lenoir-Rhyne in points by a kicker and he owns the conference record for most points by a kicker in a single season. Allbaugh tied the team record with five made FGs in an NCAA Playoff win over Florida Tech in 2018 and has made 111 straight extra points which is 16 shy of an NCAA record.
For more information on the Academic All-America® program, go to https://academicallamerica.com/.
FIRST TEAM
Pos. Name School Yr. GPA Major
QB Evan Ernst Ohio Dominican University Sr. 4.00 Finance
RB Brandon Blair West Texas A&M University Sr. 4.00 Biology
RB Andrew Brazicki Bentley University Sr. 3.70 Corporate Finance & Accounting
WR Henry Litwin (1) Slippery Rock University Gr. 3.66/4.00 Safety Management (UG) / MBA (G)
WR Konnor Maloney Hillsdale College Sr. 3.72 Exercise Science
TE Preston Guerra (1) Colorado State University-Pueblo Sr. 3.94 Business Management
OL Derek Ivey (1) Stonehill College Sr. 3.94 Economics
OL Lane Potter Wayne State University Gr. 3.83/3.60 Global Supply Chain Mgmt. (UG) / MBA (G)
OL Andrew Strickland (2) Wingate University Gr. 3.81/3.88 Accounting (G)
OL Austin Wayt Slippery Rock University Gr. 3.50/4.00 Safety Management (UG) / MBA (G)
OL Madison Wrather Northeastern State University Sr. 4.00 Cellular & Microbiology / Business
K Tanner Harding Notre Dame College Sr. 3.91 Psychology
DL Alexander Findura Bloomsburg University Sr. 3.59 Business Management
DL Patrick McMahon Davenport University Sr. 4.00 Accounting
DL Ricky Robinson (1) Shepherd University Gr. 3.88/4.00 Business Administration (UG) / MBA (G)
DL JT Turner (2) Concord University Sr. 3.94 Business Administration
LB Jackson Cauthen Tusculum University Sr. 3.95 Nursing
LB Jace McDown (2) Emporia State University Sr. 3.99 Health & Human Performance
LB Nathan Moore Notre Dame College Jr. 3.96 Management
DB Alexander Anschutz Hillsdale College Sr. 3.86 Biochemistry
DB Brock Floyd Southern Arkansas University Jr. 3.77 Business Administration / Management
DB Alex Shillow (2) Texas A&M University-Commerce Gr. 3.85/3.75 Sports & Rec Management (UG) / MBA (G)
DB Eli Weber Augustana University Jr. 3.67 Nursing
P Lane Spiker Washburn University Sr. 3.70 Health Services Administration
ST Max Drinon Bentley University Sr. 3.56 Supply Chain Management
ST Tucker Mullis Wingate University Sr. 3.82 Management
SECOND TEAM
Pos. Name School Yr. GPA Major
QB Grayson Willingham Lenoir-Rhyne University Gr. 3.75/3.80 Business Administration
RB Toriano Clinton University of Indianapolis Jr. 3.42 Sport Management
RB Payton McAlister Missouri University of Science & Technology Jr. 3.41 Civil Engineering
WR Logan Bolin Ashland University Gr. 3.60/3.75 Finance / MBA
WR Cole Thurness Chadron State College Gr. 3.37/4.00 Organizational Management
TE Jordan Smith (#) Gannon University Sr. 4.00 Biomedical Engineering
OL Demetrius Blackwell Catawba College Sr. 3.65 Business Administration
OL Eric Hudanick California University of Pennsylvania Gr. 3.51/3.77 Business Administration
OL Cole Johnson Hillsdale College Sr. 3.83 Financial Management
OL Gavin Posey Ashland University Jr. 3.88 Accounting
OL Kyle Urich Missouri University of Science & Technology Jr. 3.81 Mechanical Engineering
K Chase Allbaugh Lenoir-Rhyne University Sr. 3.68 Business Management & Marketing
DL Shawn Aarhus Concordia-St. Paul Jr. 3.75 Health & Physical Education
DL Zach Howard Northwest Missouri State University So. 3.51 Physical Education
DL Karron Jeter Winston-Salem State University Sr. 3.52 Exercise Science
DL Luc Leszczynski Winona State University Sr. 3.72 Economics / Finance
LB Jackson Barnes Northwest Missouri State University Jr. 3.96 Chemistry / Medicinal Chemistry
LB Clay McDonald West Liberty University Gr. 3.84/4.00 Business Management (UG) / MBA (G)
LB Dalton Smerchek Concordia-St. Paul Sr. 3.97 Exercise Science
DB Luke Fritsch Augustana University Sr. 3.81 Biology
DB John Merica West Virginia Wesleyan College Jr. 3.76 Accounting
DB Dominique Ramsey Texas A&M University – Commerce Sr. 3.43 Industrial Engineering
DB Connor Steeb University of Indianapolis Gr. 3.53/3.80 MBA
P Andrew Cantrell Tusculum University Jr. 3.64 Chemistry & Pre-Pharmacy
