La Crosse, Wis. - Eight members of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse football team have been named to the 2024 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III Academic All-District® Team, selected by the College Sports Communicators (CSC), the organization announced Tuesday. 
 
Seniors Tanner Newlin of Savage, Minn. (Prior Lake), Aaron Schmitz of Mukwonago (H.S.) and Cole Walter of New Glarus (H.S.) along with juniors Tyler Bowman of Spring Valley (H.S.), Nicholas Jorndt of Whitefish Bay (H.S.), Bodie Schanhofer of Greenville (Hortonville) and Michael Stack of Oshkosh (West) and sophomore Trent Mullen of Appleton (North) each earned the honor.
 

It marks the second straight CSC Academic All-District® accolade for Newlin, Schmitz, Walter, Bowman and Stack.
 
Newlin was named to the 2024 All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Second Team while Mullen earned All-WIAC First Team honors. Mullen was also selected to the 2024 D3football.com All-Region 6 First Team.
 
Newlin, a finance major with a 3.64 grade point average, is a member of UWL's Dean's List and a three-time member of the WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll.  He earned his second all-conference selection this year at linebacker after being named to the 2023 All-WIAC First Team.

 

A starter in all 12 games in 2024, Newlin finished second on the team with 48 tackles, including 3.5 for loss and 2.0 quarterback sacks. He had a season-high 12 tackles at second-ranked Grand Valley State University (Mich.), including four solo. Newlin also had 1.0 quarterback sack and one interception in the game to earn WIAC Defensive Player of the Week honors. 
 
Majoring in exercise sport science (pre-professional) with a 3.73 cumulative grade point average, Schmitz has been on UWL's Dean's List six semesters and a four-time member of the WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll. He is a nutrition minor.
 

Schmitz started all 12 games at linebacker, recording 31 tackles with 20 unassisted. He recorded 1.5 tackles for loss. Schmitz had a season-high eight tackles versus UW-River Falls. He had five tackles against Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (N.Y.) and UW-Whitewater.

A business management major with a 3.88 grade point average, Walter has been on the Dean's List four times and on the WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll in his first three seasons.

Playing defensive end, he finished the season with six tackles, including two against Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (N.Y.) and Grand Valley State (Mich.).

Bowman, a computer science major and mathematics minor with a 3.83 grade point average, is a four-time member of UWL's Dean's List. He is a two-time member of the WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll. 

He caught 19 passes for 207 yards and two touchdowns at wide receiver in 2024. Bowman recorded touchdowns versus UW-River Falls and UW-Stevens Point. He had three receptions for 55 yards against UW-Stevens Point. Bowman had a season-high catches for 76 yards at third-ranked Saint John's University (Minn.) in the NCAA Division III Second Round.
 

Jorndt is majoring in finance and economics with a 3.60 grade point average. He is a two-year member of the WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll.
 
Jordnt played in all 12 games this season at linebacker, recording 20 tackles with 12 unassisted. He had 3.0 tackles for loss. Jordnt recorded a season-high four tackles at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (N.Y.) and UW-Stout.
 
Majoring in broadfield social studies with a 3.65 grade point average, Schanhofer has been on the WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll the last two years. 

 
He started all 12 games at defensive end this year, finishing third for UWL with 5.5 tackles for loss. Schanhofer led the Eagles with two fumble recoveries. He recorded four tackles versus UW-Eau Claire and UW-Whitewater and fumble recoveries against Northern Michigan University and UW-Whitewater.
 
An exercise sport science (pre-professional) major with a 3.54 grade point average, Stack has been on the Dean's List four semesters and two-year member of the WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll.
 

Stack went seven-of-14 in field goal attempts and 32-of-32 in extra-point attempts this year. He recorded a season-long 42-yard field goal at UW-Eau Claire. Named to the 2023 D3football.com All-America First Team, Stack went 13-of-15 in field goal attempts and 65-of-65 in extra-points in 2023. He tied the single-season school record of 13 field goals by Chris Schumacher in 1989.  Stack's 65 extra-points broke Ryan Beirne's single-season record of 49 in 2021. 
 
Mullen is majoring in business finance with a 3.68 grade point average and a member of UWL's Dean's List and the WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll. A starter in all 12 games at cornerback, Mullen finished tied for the WIAC lead in interceptions (4) while being tied for third in passes defended (12). He recorded his four interceptions in the last seven games. Mullen had interceptions versus UW-Eau Claire, UW-River Falls, UW-Whitewater and UW-Stevens Point. 

 
He was sixth for UWL in tackles (36), including third in unassisted tackles (27). Mullen had a season-high nine tackles versus UW-Oshkosh.

The 2024 Academic All-District® Football Teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America® program separately recognizes football honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA.

Academic All-District® honorees are considered for advancement to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot. First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced January 28, 2025. 

The Division II and III CSC Academic All-America® programs are partially financially supported by the NCAA Division II and III national governance structures to assist CSC with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2024-25 Divisions II and III Academic All-America® programs. The NAIA CSC Academic All-America® program is partially financially supported through the NAIA governance structure.