CHICAGO --- The University of St. Francis football program played its part in the Mid-States Football Association setting a new record with 344 student athletes being named to the 2021 MSFA All-Academic Team. The Saints boasted 25 selections when the honorees were named earlier this week.

Saint representatives were as follows:

DL Justin Bradley – Business Administration
DL Max Briscoe – Finance
OL Salvatore Campagna – Finance
DB Jalen Cooper – Psychology
TE Michael Dan – Marketing
TE De'Whon Gavin – Social Work
DB Brandon Gibbs – Information Technology
WR Daniel Goetsch – Management
DL Kevin Gorski – Accounting
DL Cameron Holman – Finance
LB Chris Johnson – Accounting and Finance
LB Logan Johnson – Criminal & Social Justice
DL Michael R. Johnson – Accounting
WR Ravon Johnson – Business Administration
DL Ryan Jones – History/Secondary Education
DL Ryan King – Special Education
QB Eric Maffie – Marketing
QB Christian Owens – History
DL Chris Peters – Management
OL Ben Phelps – International Business
OL Jose Sanchez – Criminal & Social Justice
QB Sam Tumilty – Undeclared
DB Scott Tumilty – Accounting
LS Scott Walsh – Accounting
LB Michael Whitney – Criminal & Social Justice

To be eligible for the award, student athletes must have a 3.25-or-higher cumulative grade point average and be at least a sophomore in academic standing.

The record number of inclusions surpassed last year's high water mark of 292 recipients.

The Saints gained a share of the MSFA Midwest League title by going 6-1 in conference play this past fall. Overall, they were 6-3. The six regular season wins were the most since the 2015 campaign when USF won eight games. The six MSFA victories were the most since 2011 when that team also went 6-1 in the league.