ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Mid-States Football Association had a record number of MSFA All-Academic team nominations for the 2019 season that included 12 student-athletes from Missouri Baptist.
 
Of the 226 football players on this list, just four of them had a 4.00 GPA. The Spartans had two players fall just short of this mark, as junior Zack Kern recorded a 3.97 (Sport Management) and sophomore DeMario Phelps collecting a 3.93 (Pre-Nursing).
 
The other MBU student-athletes on the list were sophomore Ryan Brueggemann (Sport Management, 3.75), junior K.J. Satcher (Biology, 3.71), junior Colton Potter (Nursing, 3.68), sophomore Connor Breckenkamp (Sport Management, 3.60), sophomore Evan Lowry (Exercise Science, 3.58), senior Kendell Davis (Criminal Justice, 3.50), junior Chris Lang (Business Administration, 3.37), junior Kenyon Perkins (Biochemistry, 3.36), sophomore Thomas Smith (Biology, 3.35), and junior Tyreece Shores (Human Services, 3.35).
 
This is Davis' third MSFA All-Academic team selection of his career. Kern, Satcher, Lang, and Perkins have all been selected twice in their career.
 
For a complete list of the MSFA All-Academic team roster, click here.