CSC Release

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – Eight Saint John's University student-athletes were named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District football team on Tuesday, Jan. 6.

Those honored (listed alphabetically) include:

-Junior quarterback Trey Feeney (Moorhead, Minn.), an accounting major with a 3.79 GPA;
-Senior defensive lineman Zach Frank (Lino Lakes, Minn./Centennial), an accounting major with a 3.86 GPA;
-Senior tight end Joey Gendreau (Shorewood, Minn./Minnetonka), an exercise and health science and global business leadership double-major with a 3.60 GPA;
-Junior kicker/punter Matt Hansen (Longmont, Colo./Niwot), a global business leadership major with a 3.68 GPA;
-Junior linebacker Aiden McMahon (Maple Grove, Minn.), an accounting major with a 3.66 GPA;
-Sophomore safety Will Peroutka (Rosemount, Minn.), a political science major with a 3.96 GPA;
-Junior center Barrett Van Deun (Omaha, Neb./Millard West), an accounting major with a 3.62 GPA;
-Senior wide receiver Dylan Wheeler (St. Paul, Minn./Mounds View), an accounting major with a 3.64 GPA.

The academic distinction is the third-straight for Frank and the second for Wheeler. Both earned CSC Academic All-America honors last season.

Each institution may nominate up to eight student-athletes for Academic All-District recognition in football. Nominees must be a sophomore or better with a 3.5 cumulative GPA or higher. Athletically, the student-athlete must appear in 90 percent of his team's games or start in 66 percent of them. The Academic All-Americans are scheduled to be announced on Tuesday, Jan. 27.

Frank (AFCA First Team, AP First Team, D3football.com Second Team), Gendreau (AFCA Second Team, AP Third Team, D3football.com Second Team), McMahon (AP Second Team) and Wheeler (AP Third Team, D3football.com Second Team) earned All-America honors following the 2025 season. Feeney (third team), Frank (first team), McMahon (first team) and Wheeler (first team) were named to D3football.com's All-Region 6 Teams. All eight honorees were All-MIAC selections.

Frank
A three-time (2023, 2024, 2025) All-MIAC selection and the 2025 MIAC Mike Stam Award recipient as the conference's best lineman, Frank finished eighth in Division III in sacks per game (1.08). He led the team in tackles for loss (17.0), sacks (13.0) and quarterback hurries (7) in 12 games. Frank was a semifinalist for the National Football Foundation's (NFF) Campbell Trophy and finished fourth on the team with 46 tackles. SJU's defense that ended the regular season fourth in Division III in scoring defense (8.8 ppg.); fifth in total defense (203.0 ypg.); seventh in passing defense (135.3 ypg.); and 11th in both first downs allowed (126) and red-zone defense (.611, 11-for-18).
 
Frank ended his career fifth in program history in sacks (28.5) and ninth in tackles for loss (40.0).

The Johnnies ended the season fifth in NCAA Division III in scoring defense (12.1 ppg.); seventh in total defense (241.1 ypg.); 10th in red-zone defense (61.5 percent, 16-for-26); and 13th in defensive touchdowns (4).

Wheeler
Wheeler ended the 2025 season fourth in Division III in receiving touchdowns (19), 11th in both receiving yards (1,175) and receptions per game (8.17); 13th in total touchdowns (19); and 16th in total points scored (114).

A consensus All-American in 2024, Wheeler was a two-time D3football.com All-Region and All-MIAC selection who led the Johnnies in all three receiving categories: receptions (98), yards (1,175) and touchdowns (19). He totaled 22 catches for 237 yards and five touchdowns in two NCAA playoff games.

Wheeler started each of SJU's last 34 games (and has played in all 46 during his time as a Johnnie). He owns three conference or program receiving records starting with: MIAC (conference games only) games of multiple receiving touchdowns (six in 2024) and is tied with Blake Elliott '03 with 12 100-yard receiving games in conference play. Wheeler also holds the SJU record for games of three receiving touchdowns or more (8). 

He ended his career second in program history in receptions (247), receiving yards (3,182), receiving touchdowns (50) and 100-yard receiving games (15).

Wheeler was honored Jan. 1 at the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans as a member of the 22-man Allstate American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Good Works team, the Johnnie to achieve the honor and the eighth in the last nine seasons.

Feeney
Feeney ended the season 281 of 386 passing for 3,352 yards and 40 touchdowns (to seven interceptions). He finished third in Division III in completion percentage (.728); fifth in passing touchdowns (40); seventh in passing efficiency (176.3); eighth in both passing yards (3,352) and points responsible for (240); ninth in completions per game (23.42); and 14th in passing yards per game (279.3 ypg.).
 
He led the MIAC in completion percentage (.767, 204-for-266) and passing efficiency (192.2), and was second in completions (204), passing yards (2,550) and passing touchdowns (30) in conference play. The .767 completion percentage was a MIAC record and the 192.2 pass-efficiency rating was second-best to Aaron Syverson's '24 199.9 posted last year. 
 
Feeney played just one complete game in the regular season after splitting time as SJU's starting play caller with senior Zander Dittbenner (Mankato, Minn./West) for the first half of the season. Feeney took over the reigns as the primary starter ahead of a triumphant return to his hometown on Oct. 18 at Concordia where he threw four touchdowns. He exited games before the fourth quarter six times in all, and before the second half twice.

Gendreau
Gendreau finished second on the team with 76 catches for 1,020 yards and nine touchdowns in 12 games this fall. He recorded four 100-yard receiving games, fell three yards short of another and was named to D3football.com's National Team of the Week three times this fall. Gendreau ended his career as SJU's all-time leader in receiving yards (2,196), among tight ends, and second in both receptions (168) and receiving touchdowns (20) at the position.

Hansen
Hansen led the MIAC in scoring – among kickers – in points (76) and made PAT's (61-for-61), both of which were MIAC records for conference play. Hansen finished 77-for-77 on PATs overall. His 77 extra points were an SJU single-season record. He also averaged 36.3 yards on 22 punts, 11 of which landed inside the opposition's 20-yard line and seven were fair caught. 
 
Hansen was named the MIAC Special Teams Player of the Week after hitting a pair of field goals in SJU's 41-6 win at Concordia – one of which was a 47-yard boot, which tied Mike Schmidt '83 for the seventh-longest in program history and was the longest by a Johnnie since 2012 (Jimmie Mattson's '13 49-yarder on Nov. 10 at Bethel). He finished 5-for-8 on field goals. A two-sport student-athlete at SJU, Hansen was also a member of the Johnnies' MIAC-champion 4x100-meter relay in May. 

McMahon
A D3football.com All-Region first-team selection in 2025, McMahon is a two-time All-MIAC pick who led SJU's defense with 106 tackles (48 solo) in 12 games. He also had 4.5 tackles for loss, four pass breakups, two blocked kicks, two forced fumbles, two quarterback hurries and an interception. 
 
McMahon takes the field next fall with 210 tackles (97 solo), including 18.0 for a loss, 9.0 sacks, five pass breakups, four quarterback hurries, three forced fumbles, two blocked kicks and two interceptions in 34 career games.

Van Deun
Van Deun anchored an offensive line that allowed just seven quarterback sacks in 12 games and served as a backbone for an SJU offense that led the MIAC in total offense (527.4 ypg.) – for the seventh-consecutive season – and passing offense (375.2 ypg.) for the third-straight year (fifth time in the last seven seasons) in conference play. The Johnnies were second in scoring offense with an average of 50.7 points per MIAC game. SJU allowed just five sacks by the starting offensive line, marking just the second time since the 1999 season that the team has allowed less than 10 sacks during the regular season (nine in 2015). 

The Johnnies' offense ended the season as the Division III leader on third down (58.7 percent, 74-for-126) and fewest tackles for loss allowed per game (2.25), as well as second in both passing offense (364.8 ypg.) and scoring offense (47.3 ppg.); third in both completion percentage (.718) and total offense (506.8 ypg.); seventh in passing efficiency (177.46); eighth in first downs (311); ninth in fewest sacks allowed per game (0.58); and 17th in red-zone offense (88.9 percent, 64-for-72).

SJU (10-2, 8-1 MIAC) recorded its 27th 10-win season, made its 34th postseason appearance (30th in Division III) this fall and ended the season ranked as high as No. 8 in the final AFCA poll.