CoSIDA Release
COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – Five Saint John's University student-athletes were named to the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District VI football team on Thursday, Nov. 18.
The honor was the third consecutive for senior running back
Henry Trost (Lindstrom, Minn./Chisago Lakes) and the second for senior cornerback
Tommy Deters (Maple Plain, Minn./Orono) and senior offensive lineman
Tyler Johnson (Willmar, Minn.). A pair of defensive linemen, senior
Collin Franz (Otsego, Minn./Rogers) and junior
Michael Wozniak (New Hope, Minn./Robbinsdale Armstrong), earned their first Academic All-District distinction.
Nominees must be of a sophomore academic standing or better, with a 3.30 GPA or higher. The Academic All-District and All-America teams are voted on and selected by registered members of CoSIDA.
SJU has now had 51 Academic All-District selections in the past 17 seasons.
The five Johnnies are now eligible for CoSIDA Academic All-America honors, which will be announced Thursday, Dec. 16.
A global business leadership major with a 3.87 GPA, Trost ended the regular season 10th in NCAA Division III in scoring (11.6 ppg.), 11th in rushing touchdowns (17) and 13th in both points scored (102) and total touchdowns (17). He played nine of the team's 10 games this fall and has 714 yards on 122 carries (5.9 avg.). Trost has scored 34 touchdowns, including 30 rushing, over his last 23 games and has 1,466 rushing yards on 222 career attempts (6.6 avg.) and 2,059 yards from scrimmage on 259 career touches (8.0 avg.).
Deters is a global business leadership major with a 3.62 GPA and has started the Johnnies' last 24 games at cornerback. He has 24 tackles (20 solo), including two for a loss, and an interception in 2021. The Johnnies' defense ended the regular season third in Division III in the red-zone (.435/9-for-22), 13th in scoring (11.0 ppg.), 18th in both defensive touchdowns (3) and on fourth down (.265/9-for-35), 19th in total defense (250.6 ypg.) and 20th on third down (.288/38-for-130).
The Johnnies' starting left tackle in all 10 games this fall, Johnson is a mathematics major with a 3.98 GPA. He caught two passes, both for touchdowns, as a tight end in 2019, but put on 30 pounds and transitioned to offensive tackle for 2020-21. SJU's offense ended the regular season fourth nationally in both first downs (266) and in the red zone (.914/53-for-58), ninth in completion percentage (.685), 10th in both passing efficiency (172.2) and scoring offense (46.5 ppg.), 13th in fewest tackles for loss allowed (3.4 tflpg.) and 16th in total offense (482.5 ypg.).
Franz graduated in May with a degree in Hispanic studies and a 3.81 GPA. He is using the extra season of eligibility, granted by the NCAA due to the COVID-19 pandemic, while currently serving as a full-time Spanish teacher at Sartell (Minn.) Middle School. He has started all 10 games this fall and has 29 tackles (13 solo), including 6.5 for a loss, a team-leading seven quarterback hurries, two forced fumbles and four pass breakups/batted passes. Franz forced a fumble in the Sept. 4 season opener to seal the victory over Aurora (Ill.) and recorded an interception Oct. 2 at Concordia.
An accounting and economics double-major with a 3.87 GPA, Wozniak has started all 10 games and is second on the team in both tackles for loss (9) and sacks (7) this fall. He returned this year after suffering a season-ending hand injury on the first defensive play of the 2019 season - a tackle for loss - at Wisconsin-Stout.
No. 5 SJU (10-0, 8-0 MIAC) earned one of the four No. 1 seeds and plays host to No. 22/24 Lake Forest (10-0, 9-0 MWC) in the first round of the NCAA Division III Football Playoffs this Saturday, Nov. 20. Kickoff is scheduled for noon at Clemens Stadium in Collegeville.
