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Thirty-one student-athletes have been named to the 2007-2008 Academic All-North Central Conference football team selected by a vote of the league's sports information directors. North Dakota placed eight members on the team while Minnesota Duluth had five representatives on the list.

Highlighting the team are nine student-athletes making a repeat appearance on the select squad, five for the second time and four for the third time. The four three-time selectees are Ben Hochstein of Nebraska-Omaha, Weston Dressler of North Dakota, Ted Schlafke of Minnesota Duluth and Spencer Dickinson of Minnesota State. The student-athletes making their second appearance are Mitch Braegelmann of North Dakota, Johnny Spevak and Mike Reilly of Central Washington and Aaron LaPointe & Ryan Kees of St. Cloud State. Minnesota State's Spencer Dickinson and North Dakota's Andrew Miller are the lone team members to have aperfect 4.00 grade point averages, but five other members of the team have GPAs above 3.90.

The select group has a combined grade point average of 3.71.

2007-2008 Academic All-North Central Conference Football Team Offense

Pos.	Name	Team	Yr.	GPA	Major	Hometown
Line	*Mitch Braegelmann	North Dakota	Jr.	3.84	Chemical Engineering	St. Cloud, Minn.
Line	^Ben Hochstein	Nebraska-Omaha	Sr.	3.88	Pre-Business	Hartington, Neb.
Line	David Lambo	Central Washington	Sr.	3.41	Graphic Design	Woodinville, Wash.
Line	Tobias Lemke	Minnesota Duluth	So.	3.95	Political Science	Essen, Germany
Line	Christian Morton	South Dakota	Sr.	3.202	Business	Norfolk, Neb.
Tight End	David Cronin	South Dakota	Sr.	3.871	Business	Holstein, Iowa
Receiver	^Weston Dressler	North Dakota	Sr.	3.75	Management	Bismarck, N.D.
Receiver	Troy Kush	Nebraska-Omaha	Jr.	3.85	Business Management	Gretna, Neb.
Receiver	*Johnny Spevak	Central Washington	So.	3.75	Undeclared	Edgewood, Wash.
Receiver	Brady Trenbeath	North Dakota	So.	3.80	Management	Cavalier, N.D.
Backs	Danny Freund	North Dakota	Jr.	3.76	Banking & Financial Econ.	Kenosha, Wis.
Backs	Jordan Nordquist	Augustana	Sr.	3.96	Exercise Science	Sioux Falls, S.D.
Backs	*Mike Reilly	Central Washington	Jr.	3.49	Manufacturing Eng. Tech.	Kalispell, Mont.
Backs	^Ted Schlafke	Minnesota Duluth	Jr.	3.45	Finance	Stevens Point, Wis.

Defense

Pos.	Name	Team	Yr.	GPA	Major	Hometown
Line	Chris Brunkhorst	Minnesota State	Jr.	3.79	Exercise Science	Rochester, Minn.
Line	^Spencer Dickinson	Minnesota State	Sr.	4.00	Hum. Biology/Pre-Pharmacy	New Ulm, Minn.
Line	*Ryan Kees	St. Cloud State	Sr.	3.75	Mechanical Engineering	Eagan, Minn.
Line	Chris Koopman	Augustana	Sr.	3.87	Business Admin/Spanish	Harrisburg, S.D.
Linebacker	*Aaron LaPointe	St. Cloud State	Sr.	3.45	Social Science	Elk River, Minn.
Linebacker	Blake Freese	Minnesota State	Jr.	3.37	Sports Management	Eden Prairie, Minn.
Linebacker	Andrew Miller	North Dakota	So.	4.00	Biology	Menomonie, Wis.
Linebacker	Jon Rufledt	Minnesota Duluth	Sr.	3.35	Outdoor Education	Bloomer, Wis.
Linebacker	Jeff Tescher	North Dakota	So.	3.63	Accounting	Bismarck, N.D.
Linebacker	Buddy Wood	Central Washington	Sr.	3.50	Exercise Science	Chattaroy, Wash.
Back	Donovan Alexander	North Dakota	Sr.	3.50	Communication	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Back	Brian Baumgartner	Augustana	Jr.	3.54	Business Administration	Blaine, Minn.
Back	Jason Donnelly	Augustana	Jr.	3.94	Elementary Education	Elk Point, S.D.
Back	Jim Johnson	Minnesota Duluth	Jr.	3.44	Mechanical Engineering	Little Chute, Wis.
Back	Rory Manke	North Dakota	Jr.	3.96	Biology	Detroit Lakes, Minn.
Back	Brandon Wood	Minnesota Duluth	So.	3.92	Biology	Menomonie, Wis.
Kicker	Frank Leibfarth	South Dakota	Sr.	3.945	Biology & Chemistry	Yankton, S.D.

  *-Two-year selection, ^-Three-year selection

Class Breakdown: Senior (14), Junior (11), Sophomore (5)Team Breakdown: Augustana (4), Central Washington (4), Minnesota Duluth (5), Minnesota State (3), Neb.-Omaha (2), North Dakota (8), St. Cloud State (2), South Dakota (3).