GREENWOOD, Ind. – In addition to being a heavy hitter on the field, Southern Arkansas Football’s Brock Floyd is a heavy hitter in the classroom. On Tuesday, the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) named the Frisco, Texas native an Academic All-America First Team honoree. Floyd is the lone representative from the Great American Conference to appear on either the first or second team.

A 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-Super Region 3 honoree, Floyd becomes the third Mulerider to lay claim to Academic All-America status joining Kile Pletcher (WR) in 2017 and Jordan White (P) in 2018. Both of those former student-athletes earned second team recognition making Floyd the first Mulerider in SAU’s NCAA Era to receive first team honors.

A Business Administration: Management major with a 3.77 GPA, Floyd also received first team All-GAC honors and Don Hansen All-Super Region 3 Third Team plaudits in 2019. The Texan, who has started all 24 games in his time in Magnolia, has recorded 130 career tackles with five interceptions, two of which he returned for touchdowns. He has also forced two fumbles, recovered four fumbles and defended 11 passes.

Floyd is SAU Football’s representative for the department’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), is a member of SAU’s inaugural induction class of Chi Alpha Sigma, a member of the National Society of Leadership & Success and a member of the Mulerider Football Leadership Committee.

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JONESBORO – Arkansas State senior wide receiver Jonathan Adams Jr. made his fifth appearance on a 2020 All-America team Wednesday, earning second-team honors from the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA).

Adams becomes just the second player in school history to be named to the FWAA All-America Team, joining former offensive lineman and 1975 first-team selection Ken Jones.

In addition to the FWAA, Adams has also garnered second-team All-America recognition this year from the Sporting News, Associated Press and CBS Sports.  He has also been tabbed an Honorable Mention All-American by Pro Football Focus (PFF).

The Sun Belt Conference Offensive Player of the Year and a Biletnikoff Award semifinalist, Adams ranks third in the nation in total receptions (79) and touchdown catches (12) and fifth in receiving yards (1,111).  Both his 7.9 receptions per game and 111.1 receiving yards average rank ninth in the country.

The Jonesboro, Ark., native was twice named the Sun Belt’s Offensive Player of the Week this season while being selected to the East-West Shrine Bowl and receiving a Hula Bowl invitation.  He posted five 100-yard receiving games that are tied for the sixth most in the nation and tied for the second most in both Arkansas State and Sun Belt Conference history.

Adams’ 1,111 receiving yards are the third most ever by an A-State player, while his 79 catches rank fifth in the school record books.  He was selected as the National Player of the Week by the Maxwell Award, 247Sports, Athlon Sports (offensive) and Frisco Bowl (offensive) after leading A-State to a 35-31 victory over Kansas State, when he posted eight receptions for 98 yards and a career-high three touchdowns, including the game winner.

Adams was responsible for at least five catches in every game this season and caught multiple passes in 25 consecutive games while climbing the career-records charts at A-State.  He ranks second all-time at A-State for receiving touchdowns (21), third for receptions (166) and fifth for receiving yards (2,306).  His 21 career touchdown grabs are also tied for the fifth most in Sun Belt Conference history.

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JONESBORO – Arkansas State senior wide receiver Jonathan Adams Jr. was named Monday as an Associated Press (AP) All-America selection, earning second-team honors.

Adams is the first A-State player to be named an AP First or Second Team All-America since former offensive lineman Jim Wiseman and defensive lineman Charlie Fredrick both garnered first-team recognition in 1987.  However, former wide receiver Omar Bayless was a third-team pick in 2019 to give the Red Wolves an AP All-America pick each of the last two years.

Last week, Adams was named the 2020 Sun Belt Conference Offensive Player of the Year and a Pro Football Focus (PFF) Honorable Mention All-America selection.

A First Team All-Sun Belt pick and Biletnikoff Award semifinalist, Adams ranks third in the nation in total receptions (79) and touchdown catches (12) and fifth in receiving yards (1,111).  Both his 7.9 receptions per game and 111.1 receiving yards average rank ninth in the country.

The Jonesboro, Ark., native was twice named the Sun Belt’s Offensive Player of the Week this season while being selected to the East-West Shrine Bowl and receiving a Hula Bowl invitation.  He posted five 100-yard receiving games that are tied for the sixth most in the nation and tied for the second most in both Arkansas State and Sun Belt Conference history.

Adams’ 1,111 receiving yards are the third most ever by an A-State player, while his 79 catches rank fifth in the school record books.  He was selected as the National Player of the Week by the Maxwell Award, 247Sports, Athlon Sports (offensive) and Frisco Bowl (offensive) after leading A-State to a 35-31 victory over Kansas State, when he posted eight receptions for 98 yards and a career-high three touchdowns, including the game winner.

Adams was responsible for at least five catches in every game this season and caught multiple passes in 25 consecutive games while climbing the career-records charts at A-State.  He ranks second all-time at A-State for receiving touchdowns (21), third for receptions (166) and fifth for receiving yards (2,306).  His 21 career touchdown grabs are also tied for the fifth most in Sun Belt Conference history.

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SEARCY – Harding golfers Jake Croshaw and Gregor MacIntosh received Division II Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar honor last week. They were two of 99 Division II golfers to receive the award.

To be eligible, an individual must be a sophomore, junior or senior, have a stroke average of 78.0 or lower and have a cumulative GPA or 3.20 or higher.

Croshaw, of Loughborough, England, averaged 75.1 strokes per round in 18 rounds as a sophomore. He is an accounting major with a 3.38 GPA.

MacIntosh, a native of Crawley, England, averaged 73.1 strokes in 18 rounds as a senior. He graduated in May with a 3.84 GPA, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in sport and recreation management.

MacIntosh became the fourth Harding player to earn the award twice, joining Lucas Collins (2013 and 2014), Mason Banger (2017, 2018) and Juan Luis Sanchez (2017, 2018).

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SEARCY – D2Football.com listed Harding junior fullback Cole Chancey on its All-America Second Team Tuesday, and the website ranked the Bisons 14th in its final Top 25 poll.

Chancey, a native of Commerce, Georgia, won the Great American Conference rushing title, carrying 238 times for 1,375 yards and 13 TD. He helped lead Harding to its fourth consecutive NCAA Division II Playoff berth.

Chancey is the seventh Harding player and second offensive player to earn All-America honors from D2Football.com since the website began naming teams at its inception in 2000.

Harding’s other D2Football.com All-Americans were Tim Polk (2003, 2nd Team, LB), Torrance Daniels (2005, 2nd Team, DB), Robert Towns (2006, 2nd Team, DB), Ty Powell (2012, 2nd Team, DL), Bryce Bray (2018, 2nd Team, OL) and T.J. Winslow (2018, HM, DL).

National champion West Florida topped the poll at No. 1. Ouachita Baptist was the only other GAC team in poll at No. 15.

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SEARCY – Senior midfielder Christian Ramos became the first Harding men’s soccer player in program history to receive All-America honors Wednesday. Ramos landed on the 2019 Division II Conference Commissioners Association Men’s Soccer All-America First Team.

Ramos, a management major from Denton, Texas, scored a career-high 17 goals, including four game-winning goals, in 17 games. He was a perfect 7 of 7 from the penalty spot and scored 10 goals in the run of play. Ramos concluded his career with 34 goals and nine assists.

Ramos earned All-Great American Conference honors all four years at Harding, was the 2018 GAC Player of the Year, and received three All-Central Region honors.

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WACO, Texas – The American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) announced its 2019 Division II Coaches’ All-America Teams on Tuesday morning and representing Southern Arkansas on the organization’s second team is redshirt junior defensive standout Antonio Washington. The Marshall, Texas, native is one of just two players from the Great American Conference named an AFCA All-America performer this season.

A three-time All-GAC selection, including back-to-back first-team nods, Washington’s impact on the Mulerider defensive front has been immense. In 11 regular season starts, Washington recorded the third-most tackles on the team with 55 total stops (28 solo, 27 ast) and posted the third-most tackles for loss in the GAC at 12.5, including three sacks. In three years, Washington has totaled 30.0 tackles for loss totaling 111 yards.

Additionally, Washington, who is a nominee for the 2019 Cliff Harris Award which is given to the nation’s top small college defensive player, added seven quarterback hurries, three pass breakups and recovered one fumble. Washington recorded six or more tackles in six games this season and posted two games with at least 3.0 tackles for loss including a career-best effort of 3.5 TFL in a home victory over Oklahoma Baptist.

Tuesday’s All-America honor is the first for the Texan in his career as a Mulerider. Last season, Washington was named to the All-Super Region 3 Third Team by the Don Hansen Football Committee.

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WACO, Texas — Henderson State senior nickel Mercardo Anderson earned the biggest honor of his career on Tuesday morning when he was named a 2019 Second Team American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) All-American.

Anderson, who was a 2019 First Team All-Great American Conference selection, received recognition from the nation’s coaches after a spectacular final season with the Reddies. The native of Ashdown, Arkansas and Ashdown High School collected 77 tackles, 14.5 tackles for loss, four sacks, four interceptions and six passes defended as he helped lead Henderson to a 9-2 record and a berth in the Live United Bowl.

His remarkable statistical season helped Anderson become just the second player in the history of the conference to win three GAC Defensive Player of the Week awards in a single year. He finished second in the league in both tackles for loss and interceptions, and recorded a tackle for loss in each of the final 10 games of the regular season for Henderson.

Anderson was one of just two players from the GAC, and one of five defensive players from Super Region 3, to earn a spot on either of the two AFCA DII All-American teams. He is the sixth Reddie ever to earn AFCA All-American honors, joining Cody Mikell (2017), Darius Davis (2014), Rob Thomas (1996), Chris Carter (1993) and Todd Jones (1990).

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LEXINGTON, Ky. – As announced by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) earlier in the week, Hendrix College’s Lauren Dwyer found herself named to the 38th annual All-America teams on Tuesday. Dwyer was named as a AVCA All-America Honorable Mention for her performance on the 2018 season; joining Hendrix alumni MC Rogers, and Lauren Petrisin as the lone three Warrior players to receive such an honor over the course of the last four years.

A native of Leawood, Kan., Dwyer receives this prestigious award one week after being tabbed to the AVCA All-South Region Team. Dwyer recorded 292 kills, 32 service aces and 18 assists on the 2018 season en route to leading the Warriors to a 20-8 overall record which included the best start to a season in Warrior Volleyball history and a third-place regular season conference finish. Dwyer also tallied 339 digs and 41 total blocks as well as 211 digs, 145 kills and a sixth straight appearance in the SAA Tournament semifinals.

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NORMAN, Okla. – Following a season in which he set the men’s golf program record for single-season scoring average, Arkansas Tech’s Austin Gean has been named to the Division II PING All-America Third Team, the Golf Coaches Association of America announced Tuesday.

Gean, a sophomore from Florence, Ala., joins a list of 24 Division II golfers to comprise the first, second and third teams, while 22 golfers were named honorable mentions. Gean is one of two Great American Conference golfers to earn All-America honors, as Southeastern Oklahoma State’s Zach James was a first-team selection.

Gean is just the fifth All-America honoree in Arkansas Tech men’s golf history and is the first since Nick Quast in 2005. Gean averaged 71.83 strokes per round in 2018, 28th-best in Division II and the lowest average in Arkansas Tech history. He finished in the top 10 in five of eight tournaments, leading the Wonder Boys to their second consecutive appearance in the Division II National Quarterfinals.

At the Division II Men’s Golf National Championships on March 21-23 in Muscle Shoals, Ala., Gean posted scores of 72, 71 and 67 to finish tied for seventh. Both his position and three-round score of 210 are the best at a national championship tournament in program history.

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