Academic All-Colorado Teams

DENVER - Colorado School of Mines football led the National Football Foundation Colorado Chapter (NFFCC) all-academic teams announced this week by the organization.

The Orediggers had a state-best 48 total honorees, including 31 named First-Team Academic All-Colorado and another 17 on the Honorable Mention Academic All-Colorado list. To be eligible for the Academic All-Colorado First Team, student-athletes had to hold a 3.3 or higher cumulative GPA and be a regular performer in any phase of the game. Honorable Mention status went to players with a GPA between 3.0 and 3.3. 

Safety Joel Diaz, an Academic All-American this postseason, was Mines' finalist for the NFFCC Scholar-Athlete of the Year award, which was won by Air Force kicker Matthew Dapore. 

Mines' First-Team Academic All-Colorado honorees are: Max Barnes, Caden Best, Evan Bish, William Brown, Joseph Capra, Joel Diaz, Blake Doud, Will Drogosch, Brayden Duerksen, Brock Ewing, Carter Forsythe, Evan Foster, Hayden Gregg, James Hess, Cole Johnson, Preston Kyle, Mark McCurdy, Max McLeod, Konnor Mickelsen, Patrick Mologne, Finn Nicholson, Maxwell Nwokeukwu, Josh Pollard, Will Ramsey, Blake Smotherman, Steve Street, Nick Stone, Jake Sype, Jalen Thomas, Brock Zanetell, and Jackson Zimmermann.

Appearing on the Honorable Mention Academic All-Colorado team for the Orediggers are: Preston Bowman, Dominic Caggiano, Joey Echigoshima, Aaron Gall, Sean Gilbert, Jake Lamfers, Devyn Lauer-Duarte, Jackson Lewis, Adrian Moreno, Cade Myer, Will Pryor, Pierce Richards, Jacob Sanders, Flynn Schiele, Jack Walters, Kyle West, and Josh Wojciechowicz.