ST. LOUIS, Mo.--A pair of North Dakota State University football players, fullback Drew Hushka and tight end Matt Veldman, are part of a select group of 23 that highlight more than 300 who earned selection to the 2010-11 Missouri Valley Football Conference Honor Roll, as announced by the league office. NDSU had 34 players receive recognition.

Those 23 student-athletes earned the league's highest academic achievement by capturing the Missouri Valley Football Conference President's Council Academic Excellence Award. The President's Council Academic Excellence Award requires a minimum 3.5 cumulative grade point average (through Fall 2010 semester) and participation in athletics a minimum of two years.  The student-athlete must be within 18 hours of graduation.

Also, 104 student-athletes received the league's Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award, which requires a minimum GPA of 3.2 for the previous two semesters (freshmen are not eligible).

In addition, the Missouri Valley Football Conference has announced its 2010-11 Honor Roll, which recognizes academic achievement of student-athletes.  To qualify for the Honor Roll, a student-athlete must have recorded a minimum 3.0 grade point average for a specified term (Fall 2010), must have been a member of an athletics team, and must have a minimum of 12 hours of enrollment during the fall.

NORTH DAKOTA STATE
PRESIDENTS COUNCIL ACADEMIC AWARD -  Drew Hushka; Matthew Veldman.
COMMISSIONER'S ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD -  Garrett Bruhn; Brock Gion; Andrew Grothmann; Warren Holloway; Drew Hushka; Justin Juckem; Cyrus Lemon; Daniel Luecke; Matthew Veldman.
HONOR ROLL -  Matt Anderson; Michael Arndt; Tyler Beckius; Coulter Boyer; Will Britt; Garrett Bruhn; Ryan Drevlow; Christian Dudzik; Kyle Emanual; Trevor Gebhart; Brock Gion; Andrew Grothmann; Brady Hanson; Joel Helbling; Jesse Hinz; Warren Holloway; Drew Hushka; Justin Juckem; Adam Keller; Derrick Lang; Cyrus Lemon; Daniel Luecke; Andrew Nack; Robert Ollman; Matthew Phillips; Michael Schaaf; Adam Schueller; Landon Smith; Ryan Smith; Scott Stoczynski; Esley Thorton; Lee Vandal; Matt Veldman; Zachary Vraa.