North Dakota State Places Four on the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District® VII Team

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North Dakota State Places Four on the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District® VII Team

Courtesy: NDSU Athletic Media Relations Release: 11/09/2007

2007 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VII Team 11 Great West Players Earn ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Honors

Kole Heckendorf was one of four NDSU players to land a spot on the CoSIDA Academic All-District VII first team. All four advance to the national ballot.

North Dakota State University placed four student-athletes -- wide receiver Kole Heckendorf, wide receiver Ryan Parsons, running back Tyler Roehl and defensive back Sam Boraas -- on the 2007 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District® VII Football first team selected by members of CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America). Heckendorf was a second team all-district pick in 2006. All four advance to the national ballot.

Heckendorf, a junior from Mosinee, Wis., maintains a 3.82 grade point average in physical education and health; Parsons, a junior from Ham Lake, Minn., has a 3.90 GPA in history; Roehl, a junior from West Fargo, N.D., carries a 3.23 GPA in physical education, and Boraas, senior from Zumbrota, Minn., maintains a 3.95 grade point average in mechanical engineering.

Thirteen North Dakota State football players have earned CoSIDA Academic All-America honors in the program's history including strong safety Craig Dahl in 2006.

2007 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District® Football Team District 7

University Division

QB Chase Daniel MISSOURI VII Jr. Southlake, Texas 3.43 Business

WR Kole Heckendorf NORTH DAKOTA STATE VII Jr. Mosinee, Wis. 3.82 Physical education, health

WR Ryan Parsons NORTH DAKOTA STATE VII Jr. Ham Lake, Minn. 3.90 History

TE J.B. Phillips NEBRASKA VII Gr. Colleyville, Texas 3.72 Marketing/M.B.A.

TE Elliott Barnhart MONTANA STATE-BOZEMAN VII Sr. Broadus, Mont. 3.64 Microbiology

RB Cory Koenig SOUTH DAKOTA STATE VII Sr. Underwood, Iowa 3.77 Biology

RB Tyler Roehl NORTH DAKOTA STATE VII Jr. West Fargo, N.D. 3.23 Physical education

OL Jim Verlanic MONTANA STATE-BOZEMAN VII Jr. Anaconda, Mont. 3.71 Cell biology and neuroscience (pre-med)

OL Kevin Robling SOUTH DAKOTA STATE VII Jr. Jordan, Minn. 3.77 Wildlife and fisheries

OL Mitch Erickson SOUTH DAKOTA STATE VII Sr. Hutchinson, Minn. 3.33 Mechanical engineering

OL Chad Rinehart NORTHERN IOWA VII Sr. Boone, Iowa 3.27 Physical education, sports psychology

OL Kurtis Gregory MISSOURI VII So. Blackburn, Mo. 3.38 General agriculture

K Parker Douglass SOUTH DAKOTA STATE VII Sr. Columbus, Neb. 3.78 Biology

DB Adam Shada IOWA VII Sr. Omaha, Neb. 4.00 Finance

DB Sam Boraas NORTH DAKOTA STATE VII Sr. Zumbrota, Minn. 3.95 Mechanical engineering

DB Torrey Thomas MONTANA VII Sr. Dillon, Mont. 3.72 Business administration

DB Andrew Hoogeveen SOUTH DAKOTA STATE VII Sr. Sioux Center, Iowa 3.54 Health promotion

LB Mike Klinkenborg IOWA VII Sr. Rock Rapids, Iowa 3.95 Elementary education

LB Jeff Horinek COLORADO STATE VII Jr. Atwood, Kan. 3.90 Health & exercise science

LB Loren Utterback MONTANA VII Sr. Fort Benton, Mont. 3.78 Pharmacy

DL Russell Brorsen KANSAS VII Jr. Stillwater, Okla. 3.96 Chemistry

DL John Larson KANSAS VII Jr. Kansas City, Mo. 3.69 Economics

DL Steven Blair MISSOURI VII Sr. Godfrey, Ill. 3.75 Secondary education

DL Anton Narinskiy IOWA VII Jr. Chagrin Falls, Ohio 4.00 Accounting

P Adam Crossett MISSOURI VII Gr. Liberty, Mo. 3.96 MBA