Digger Football sends 37 to Academic All-Conference Team

Digger Football sends 37 to Academic All-Conference Team

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Even though Montana Tech Oredigger Football is coming off a Frontier Conference Championship and the first undefeated regular season in program history, the statistic that truly takes precedent is on the academic side.  Montana Tech is one of the premiere engineering and mining institutions in the nation with rigid academic standards and this season Coach Kyle Samson, Athletic Director Matt Stepan and company have placed 37 young men on the Frontier Conference's 2025 Academic All Conference Team.

In order to qualify for Academic All-Conference honors, a student-athlete must be at least a sophomore in standing and have a minimum 3.25 cumulative GPA.

Here are Tech's 37 Academic All-Conference football honorees:

  • Ethan Alexander, Florence, MT - sophomore, Mechanical Engineering
  • Carson Anderson, Helena, MT - junior, Business & Information Technology
  • Tel Arthur, Missoula, MT - senior, Business & Information Technology
  • Ryder Barinowski, Whitefish, MT - sophomore, Business & Information Technology
  • Luke Bilau, Kalispell, MT - senior, Business & Information Technology
  • Kellen Beller - Stevensville, MT - junior, Mechanical Engineering
  • Jake Cassagranda, Bozeman, MT - sophomore, Business& Information Technology
  • Isaiah Claunch, Billings, MT - junior, Civil Engineering
  • Jaxon Cotton,  Bozeman, MT - senior, Business & Information Technology
  • Luke Donally, Worden, MT - junior, Mechanical Engineering
  • Asher Feddes, Belgrade, MT - junior, Electrical Engineering
  • Bret Fullington, Issaquah, WA - senior, Mechanical Engineering
  • Jacob Graves, Kuna, ID - senior, Civil Engineering
  • Christian Hansen, Butte, MT - junior, Business & Information Technology
  • Ikaika Ho, Columbia, ID - junior, Construction Management
  • Parker Johnson, Helena, MT - senior, Business
  • Cohen Kastelitz, Kalispell, MT - sophomore, Business & Information Technology
  • Casey Kautzman, Butte, MT - senior, Civil Engineering
  • Jack Keeley, Butte, MT - junior, Mechanical Engineering
  • Mason Kelch, Whitefish, MT - sophomore, Civil Engineering
  • Nick Micelotti, Helena, MT - sophomore, Business & Information Technology
  • Zane Moodry, Butte, MT - junior, Occupational Safety & Health
  • Kieran Netburn, Lewistown, MT - junior, Mechanical Engineering
  • Zach Newton, Great Falls, MT - senior, Welding Technology
  • Shannen O'Brien, Helena, MT - junior, Mechanical Engineering
  • Levi Palmer, Gillette, WY - sophomore, Civil Engineering
  • Derek Pearse, Post Falls, ID - graduate student, General Engineering
  • Gunnar Peterson, Wenatchee, WA - sophomore, Mechanical Engineering
  • Kade Schleeman, Butte, MT - sophomore, Construction Management
  • Dylan Snyder, Butte, MT - senior, Business & Information Technology
  • Dillon Starkel, Meridian, ID - junior, Civil Engineering
  • Kyler Stenson, Butte, MT - sophomore, Construction Management
  • Levi Torgerson, Great Falls, MT - senior, Exercise and Health Science
  • Thomas Walkup, Bozeman, MT - senior, Business
  • River Wasson, Great Falls, MT - junior, Civil Engineering
  • Jarrett Wilson, Polson, MT - junior, Electrical Engineering
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