IRVING, TX — Nine members of the Iowa State football team have been named to the 2015 Academic All-Big 12 Conference teams, announced Thursday by the Big 12 Conference.
Earning First Team honors was redshirt junior linebacker Kane Seeley, a former Perry standout. Seeley was a First Team honoree as a freshmen and was named to the Second Team as a sophomore.
Seeley will graduate Dec. 19 with a degree in Communications and a minor in Human Development Family Services and will have done so in just seven semesters. He will remain enrolled at ISU and pursue a Leadership Certificate while retaining a year of athletic eligibility.
His roommate, placekicker Cole Netten, a junior from Ankeny, was also named to the First Team. Seeley and Netten are the only two players from their recruiting class to have appeared in every game after redshirting for a season.
Cyclones juniors Daniel Burton (OL) and Luke Knott (LB) were both named to the First Team for the third consecutive year.
Senior Brock Dagel (OL) was a First Team honoree, as was junior Mitchell Harger (RB). Sophomores Jake Campos (OL) and Jake Rhoads (LS) joined the six upperclassmen on the first team.
One Cyclone, senior defensive back Qujuan Floyd, earned a spot on the Second Team.
In order to be awarded with First Team honors, a student-athlete must maintain a GPA of 3.20 or higher, while also participating in 60 percent of the games. Second Team honors are awarded to the student-athletes who maintained a GPA of 3.00 or higher.
Freshmen and transfers are not eligible in their first year of academic residence. Senior student-athletes who have participated for a minimum of two years and met all the criteria except percent of participation are also eligible.
