Sorensen and Austin Graves Named to Academic All-District Team

 
POCATELLO, Idaho- For the second straight year Austin Graves and Cody Sorensen have been named to the Capital One Academic All-District first-team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America. The two now advance to the Capital One Academic All-America Team ballot.

Sorensen and Graves have not only been stellar in the classroom but they have been leaders on the field for the Bengal defense.  Sorensen is fourth on the team in tackles with 63. He has one sack and two interceptions while maintaining a 3.83 grade point average in mechanical engineering.

Graves is fifth on the team in tackles with 51 but he has 9.5 tackles for loss and eight sacks. He boasts a 3.95 GPA and is majoring in philosophy. Graves was also a semi-finalist for the Campbell Trophy.

 To be eligible for Academic All-America® consideration, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative G.P.A. of 3.30 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current institution and be nominated by his/her sports information director.

The Bengals are at home on Saturday, November 8, vs. No. 21/23 Cal Poly. Kickoff is at 2:30 p.m. in Holt Arena. For Ticket information log onto isubengals.com or call 208-282-FANS.
 
                                                    
NCAA DIVISION I (CO, ID, KS, MT, NE, NM, OK, TX, WY)
FIRST TEAM
Pos.    Name                                 School                                               Yr.       Hometown                         GPA    Major
QB      Trevor Knight                    OKLAHOMA                                     So.      San Antonio, Texas           3.31    Finance
WR      Bradley Marquez             TEXAS TECH                                   Sr.       Odessa, Texas                   3.45    Exercise & sports science
WR      Curry Sexton                    KANSAS STATE                              Sr.       Abilene, Kan.                      3.45    Marketing / management
TE       Reece White                     NEW MEXICO                                  Jr.        Rio Rancho, N.M.               3.51    Business administration
RB       Glenn Gronkowski           KANSAS STATE                              So.      Amherst, N.Y.                     3.77    Marketing
RB       Kade Harrington              LAMAR                                              So.      Kingwood, Texas               3.47    Finance
OL       Garrett Adcock                 NEW MEXICO                                  So.      Dallas, Texas                     4.02    Arts & sciences
OL       Troy Baker                        BAYLOR                                            Gr.       Waco, Texas                       3.40    MBA
OL       Ty Darlington                    OKLAHOMA                                     Jr.        Apopka, Fla.                       3.92    Arts & sciences planned program
OL       Nate Leonard                   TEXAS SAN ANTONIO                   Sr.       McKinney, Texas               3.99    Physical education
OL       Garrett Stafford                TULSA                                               Gr.       Tulsa, Oklahoma               3.70    Electrical engineering
K         Joshua Lambo                 TEXAS A&M                                     Sr.       Middleton, Wisc.                3.78    Ag. leadership & dev. renew. nat. res.
DB      Collin Brence                   BAYLOR                                            Sr.       Plano, Texas                      3.73    Professional sales
DB      Wesley Miller                    TEXAS-EL PASO                             Gr.       Fresno, Calif.                      3.94    Business & economics (UG) / econ (G)
DB      Angel Lopez                     ABILENE CHRISTIAN                     Sr.       San Antonio, Texas           3.44    Biology
DB      Cody Sorensen                IDAHO STATE                                  Jr.        Spokane, Wash.                3.83    Mechanical engineering
LB       Dakota Cox                       NEW MEXICO                                  So.      Draper, Utah                       3.53    Journalism / mass communications
LB       Padyn Giebler                  INCARNATE WORD                        Jr.        Ivan, Texas                         3.85    Engineering management
LB       Austin Graves                   IDAHO STATE                                  Sr.       Kennewick, Wash.             3.95    Philosophy
DL       Derek Crittenden             MONTANA                                        Jr.        Whitefish, Mont.                 4.00    Chemistry
DL       Brian Nordstrom              RICE                                                   Jr.        The Woodlands, Texas    3.63    Civil engineering
DL       Trevor Rehm                    MONTANA                                        Gr.       Dillon, Mont.                       3.73    Business administration
DL       Troy Timmerman            U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY          Sr.       Florence, Ky.                      3.40    Biology
P         Logan Piper                      HOUSTON                                        Jr.        Missouri City, Texas          3.81    Accounting