TAHLEQUAH -- Northeastern State's Madison Wrather has been named to the prestigious College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Football First-Team Academic All-America honors Tuesday.

Wrather was one of 26 student-athletes nationally to land as a First-Team member and was one of four to have a perfect 4.00-grade point average majoring in Cellular & Microbiology and Business.

The native of Yukon, Okla., has been a mainstay of the O-Line for NSU and started the last 22 games.  Wrather also played in NSU's exhibition this spring at Tarleton State and participated in the program's scrimmage/joint practices. 

This year's CoSIDA Academic All-America honors are determined by overall career due to the number of NCAA Division II programs not being able to compete due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Five MIAA student-athletes were named to either First-Team or Second Team, with student-athletes from four programs honored.

Wrather is the first football student-athlete to earn First-Team Academic All-America honors from CoSIDA and just the third overall across the entire department.   Thirteen student-athletes since 2013 at Northeastern State have achieved one of the highest academic honors issued through the media.

Ross Dvorak is the last NSU football student-athlete to earn Academic All-American honors and was a Second-Team member of the offensive line in 2013 and 2014.