Staehling, Rademaker, Kornowski Earn CoSIDA Academic All-District Honors
From Asst. AD/Athletics Communications, November 15, 2018 | Football
by Dan Lukes, dan.lukes@snc.edu, (920) 403-4077
DE PERE - St. Norbert College had three football players named to the Google Cloud NCAA Division III Football Academic All-District VI team, presented by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Junior wide receiver Samuel Staehling, senior offensive lineman Kyle Rademaker and senior linebacker Ben Kornowski were named to the 24-man squad. Staehling was a first-team Academic All-America selection in 2017, while Kornowski was an Academic All-District VI choice a year ago.
Staehling, a Plymouth native, holds a 4.00 grade point average in biology (pre-med). Staehling was a first-team Academic All-America selection in 2017. Named a first-team All-MWC selection in 2017 and 2018, Staehling has 25 receptions for 388 yards and four touchdowns this season.
Rademaker, an Eden Prairie, Minn., native, holds a 3.93 grade point average in mathematics and economics. He was selected the Midwest Conference offensive line most valuable player and is a first-team All-MWC choice in 2017 and 2018. Rademaker is a team captain and currently serves on the St. Norbert Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
Kornowski, a Green Bay native, holds a 3.78 grade point average in business administration. A two-time captain, Kornowski has 44 tackles with 10 1/2 tackles for loss, 2 1/2 quarterback sacks and one interception. He was a second-team All-MWC choice in 2014, 2016 and 2018 while being named first-team All-MWC in 2017. Kornowski is a St. Norbert Student-Athlete Mentor and is a past member of the St. Norbert Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
To be eligible for national or district selection, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.30 on a scale of 4.0, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at his current institution and be nominated by his sports information director. The Academic All-America team, scheduled to be announced Dec. 4, is selected after All-District teams are picked from eight geographic regions nationally. All first-team Academic All-District honorees advance to the Academic All-America ballot.