Full CoSIDA Academic All-America Release
CoSIDA -- The 2017 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-America® Football have been released to recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom. The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) landed four honorees, highlighted by Grand Valley State's Collin Schlosser who earned First Team acknowledgement.
Ashland's Matthew Wilcox, Ferris State's Dylan Roney and GVSU's Nick Keizer all achieved Second Team recognition.
Below are the GLIAC Football honorees:
| 2017 CoSIDA Football Academic All-America | |||||
| Pos. | Name | School | Yr. | GPA | Major |
| WR | Matthew Wilcox | Ashland | Sr. | 3.73 | Exercise Science |
| TE | Nick Keizer | Grand Valley State | Sr. | 3.59 | Business Administration |
| DL | Dylan Roney | Ferris State | Sr. | 3.63 | Mathematics Education |
| LB | Collin Schlosser | Grand Valley State | Sr. | 3.96 | Biomedical Science (Pre-Med) |
The Division II Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division II national governance structure to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2017-18 Division II Academic All-America® teams program.
