CEDAR CITY, Utah, Feb. 8 - Thirteen Southern Utah University football players have earned academic all-conference honors from the Great West Conference, it was announced today.

Leading the way for the second straight season is sophomore defensive tackle Brad Meyer (Boise, Idaho), who completed the fall semester with a perfect 4.0 cumulative grade point average in chemistry. Meyer was one of just six athletes to post a perfect GPA and was one of just two football players to achieve perfection.

Joining Meyer on the squad are senior linebacker Blake Fenn (Roosevelt, Utah; physical education and human performance), junior fullback Dylan Fox (Cedar City, Utah; economics); redshirt freshman defensive lineman Kouri Jones (Converse, Texas; sociology) and junior defensive end Cody Larsen (Draper, Utah; management).

Also earning recognition are sophomore cornerback Tyree Mills (Pasadena, Calif.; Biology/Zoology), senior defensive back Zack Olsen (Farmington, Utah; accounting), redshirt freshman wide receiver Easton Pedersen (Highland, Utah; general studies), junior offensive lineman Russell Petersen (Manti, Utah; physical education and human performance), sophomore linebacker K.C. Rawlinson (Delta, Utah; biology), senior defensive guard Trevor Schauerhamer (Salt Lake City, Utah; business administration) and senior safety Erron Vonner (Toledo, Ohio; information systems).

Fenn, Olsen, Schauerhamer and Vonner all earned their third academic all-GWC honor, while Larsen, Meyer and Petersen each picked up their second award.

To be eligible for academic all-GWC honors an athlete must carry a cumulative GPA of 3.2 and have participated in a minimum of 50 percent of the team's contests. First-year students and transfer students in their first year of residence are not eligible for the award.

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