Five members of the Alfred State football program have earned a spot on the Fall 2020 Eastern Collegiate Football Conference (ECFC) All-Academic Team. 22 other Pioneers excelled in the classroom to be named to the ECFC Academic Honor Roll.
To be eligible for the ECFC All-Academic team, a student-athlete must have earned a cumulative G.P.A. of 3.3 or higher following the 2020 fall semester. Additionally, all honorees must be at least a sophomore in standing with a minimum two years of participation on the football team.
Aaron Jenkins (Canfield, OH), Cade Marks (Wellsburg), Rylie Van Fleet (Endwell), Trevor Gydesen (Evan Mills), and Trevor Porzucek (Manlius) represented the Pioneers on the list of 71 student-athletes. Marks, a criminal justice major, and Gydesen, a mechanical engineering major, are earning the honor for the second straight year.
The ECFC Academic Honor Roll recognizes student-athletes that achieved a 3.0 cumulative or fall semester-based G.P.A. or higher. Further, freshman and first-year transfer student-athletes are eligible for the recognition. In total, 165 student-athletes from all seven member institutions earned Academic Honor Roll recognition.
Alfred State honorees included: Alec Webster (Horseheads), Amadou Barry (Harlem), Brad Lehr (Lansing), Brockton Weist (Harpursville), Casey Cunningham (Fener), Christian Kuster (Kerhonskon), Colin Kraeger (Oriskany), Dalton Finster (Croghan), Dawson Fontaine (Bensalem, PA), Eagan Enke (Alfred), Frankie DePalma (Syracuse), Griffin Briggs (Holland Patent), Jake Palmer (Albany), Jalen White (Brooklyn), Jasiah Nichols (New Rochelle, NY), Joery Barthold (Brooklyn), Michael Dion (Phoenix), Nizair Evans (Syracuse), Rayshawn Powell (Brooklyn), Robert Augustin (Brooklyn), Shawn Patrie (Syracuse), and Billy Fon (Dobbs Ferry).
