(ESU) Another honor for Emporia State linebacker Jace McDown. He has earned Academic All-American honors for the second straight year as presented by CoSIDA. He is a 1st team selection. He is just the third Hornet football player to earn multiple Academic All-America honors.
The Columbus, Kansas native is a health and human performance major with a 3.99 GPA.
He is a member of the MIAA Academic Honor Roll and Emporia State Athletic Director’s Honor Roll as well as being named an MIAA Scholar-Athlete during the last season of competition.
He is also a D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award recipient and member of the Emporia State chapter of Chi Alpha Sigma Athletic Honor Society. He was named the Newberg Distinguished Senior at Emporia State.
He was also a semifinalist for the 2020 William V. Campbell Trophy® Presented by Mazda and was named the MIAA Fall Male Student-Athlete of the Year for 2019-20. He was an honorable mention All-American and first-team All-MIAA selection at linebacker for the Hornets in 2019.
