CORVALLIS – Sixteen Oregon State football student-athletes, representing nine majors and one undeclared student-athlete, have been selected to the Pac-12 Conference Academic Football Team.
Headlining the Beaver standouts in the classroom are seniors Dustin Stanton and Treston Decoud. Stanton, an offensive lineman from Marysville, Wash., earned first team honors (honorable mention in 2014) for the third time in his career and will graduate next month with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. Stanton is one of two student-athletes on the 133-member team to be selected first team three times.
Decoud, a two-year letterman defensive back from Covington, La., is on track to graduate in March with a bachelor’s degree in liberal studies. The transfer from NW Mississippi Community College prior to the 2015 season was also named to the Pac-12 Honorable Mention team earlier this week.
Junior punter Nick Porebski, sophomore quarterback Marcus McMaryion and redshirt-freshman wide receiver Andre Bodden were selected to the second team. McMaryion, from Dinuba, Calif., earned inclusion on the squad for the second straight year.
Honorable mention honors were bestowed to redshirt-freshman offensive lineman Blake Brandel, junior offensive lineman Sam Curtuis, sophomore offensive lineman Yanni Demogerontas, senior linebacker Kyle Haley, redshirt-freshman safety Omar Hicks-Onu, sophomore defensive lineman Sumner Houston, sophomore running back Ryan Nall, senior longsnapper Ryan Navarro, senior tight end Ricky Ortiz, junior placekicker Garrett Owens and redshirt-freshman tight end Tuli Wily-Matagi. Ortiz is a four-time academic team member, while Haley, Houston, Nall and Owens are each two-time selections.
Notes on Oregon State’s Pac-12 Academic Team
16: The Beavers’ 16 Pac-12 All-Academic Team members ranks tied for third in the league.
44: The number of Beavers who entered fall term with a 3.00-plus cumulative GPA. Freshmen, first-year transfers and players not meeting a minimum of games played are ineligible for the league’s academic team.
9: Majors represented by the Beavers, including mechanical engineering, construction engineering, agricultural sciences, liberal studies, business administration, public health, speech communication, business finance, and sociology. One individual is undeclared.
29: Number of Pac-12 academic team honors under Gary Andersen in his two years as the head coach.
Headlining the Beaver standouts in the classroom are seniors Dustin Stanton and Treston Decoud. Stanton, an offensive lineman from Marysville, Wash., earned first team honors (honorable mention in 2014) for the third time in his career and will graduate next month with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. Stanton is one of two student-athletes on the 133-member team to be selected first team three times.
Decoud, a two-year letterman defensive back from Covington, La., is on track to graduate in March with a bachelor’s degree in liberal studies. The transfer from NW Mississippi Community College prior to the 2015 season was also named to the Pac-12 Honorable Mention team earlier this week.
Junior punter Nick Porebski, sophomore quarterback Marcus McMaryion and redshirt-freshman wide receiver Andre Bodden were selected to the second team. McMaryion, from Dinuba, Calif., earned inclusion on the squad for the second straight year.
Honorable mention honors were bestowed to redshirt-freshman offensive lineman Blake Brandel, junior offensive lineman Sam Curtuis, sophomore offensive lineman Yanni Demogerontas, senior linebacker Kyle Haley, redshirt-freshman safety Omar Hicks-Onu, sophomore defensive lineman Sumner Houston, sophomore running back Ryan Nall, senior longsnapper Ryan Navarro, senior tight end Ricky Ortiz, junior placekicker Garrett Owens and redshirt-freshman tight end Tuli Wily-Matagi. Ortiz is a four-time academic team member, while Haley, Houston, Nall and Owens are each two-time selections.
Notes on Oregon State’s Pac-12 Academic Team
16: The Beavers’ 16 Pac-12 All-Academic Team members ranks tied for third in the league.
44: The number of Beavers who entered fall term with a 3.00-plus cumulative GPA. Freshmen, first-year transfers and players not meeting a minimum of games played are ineligible for the league’s academic team.
9: Majors represented by the Beavers, including mechanical engineering, construction engineering, agricultural sciences, liberal studies, business administration, public health, speech communication, business finance, and sociology. One individual is undeclared.
29: Number of Pac-12 academic team honors under Gary Andersen in his two years as the head coach.
