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AUSTIN, Texas – Butler senior running back Brad Sznajder has been selected to the CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team, an announcement made today by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
 
Sznajder rushed for 898 yards and three touchdowns during the 2019 season. In the classroom, he posted a 3.88 GPA as a finance major. Sznajder and Jake Chisholm of Dayton represented the Pioneer Football League as members of the second team. First team honors went to Travis Brannan (US Naval Academy) and Ezra Gray (Alabama State). Each student-athlete recorded 4.0 GPA's.
 
The 2019 Academic All-America Division I Football Team selected by CoSIDA features 21 members with a 4.0 GPA and 36 members with at least a 3.90 GPA as either undergraduate or graduate student-athletes. The 25 members on the first team have an average GPA of 3.95.
 
The Academic All-America® Division I Football Team has 11 repeat selections overall with Herbert, Jacob Bacon (Drake University), Adam Holtorf (Kansas State University), Jacob Marnin (Southern Illinois University), Blake Gillikin (Pennsylvania State University), Blake Best (University of Kentucky), Josh Fink (Abilene Christian University), Jordan Fuller (Ohio State University), Brad Sznajder (Butler University), Dakota Wilson (Idaho State University) and Tiger Garcia (UC Davis).
 
For more information on the Academic All-America® program, go to https://academicallamerica.com/.