ST. LOUIS – Illinois State wide receiver Austin Nagel and linebacker Zeke Vandenburgh were among 51 student-athletes named Tuesday to the 2021 Missouri Valley Football Conference All-Academic Team voted on by league sports information directors.
Both Nagel and Vandenburgh were honored as MVFC All-Academic First Team selections. Nominees for the MVFC All-Academic Team must be starters or important reserves, must have participated in at least 50 percent of his team's games and carry a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.20 (on a 4.0 scale). Nominees in graduate school must have a cumulative GPA of 3.