ST. LOUIS - North Dakota State placed 47 student-athletes on the Missouri Valley Football Conference Honor Roll announced Wednesday, April 6.

NDSU tight end Austin Avery and defensive linemen Costner Ching, Logan McCormick and Brayden Thomas earned the league's highest academic achievement by capturing the MVFC Presidents Council Academic Award, which requires a minimum 3.5 cumulative grade-point average, two years of participation in athletics, and graduation by the end of summer 2022.

Those four student-athletes were among the 32 Bison who earned the MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award, which requires a minimum GPA of 3.2 for the previous two semesters (freshmen are not eligible).

To qualify for the MVFC Honor Roll, a student-athlete must have recorded a 3.0 GPA for a specified term (fall 2021), must have been a member of the football team, and must have a minimum of 12 hours of enrollment during the fall.

Here are the honorees from North Dakota State:

PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL ACADEMIC AWARD - Austin Avery, Costner Ching, Logan McCormick, Brayden Thomas

COMMISSIONER'S ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD - Austin Avery, Oscar Benson, Costner Ching, Anthony Coleman, Jackson Hankey, Logan Hofstedt, Mason Hofstedt, Nash Jensen, Sam Jung, James Kaczor, Jake Kava, Luke LaCilento, Hunter Luepke, Logan McCormick, Eli Mostaert, Will Mostaert, Bartholomew Ogbu, Hunter Poncius, Cade Powers, Jake Reinholz, Jake Rock, Phoenix Sproles, Dylan Taves, Tyler Terhark, Brayden Thomas, Lane Tucker, Luke Waters, Luke Weerts, Brandon Westberg, Cole Wisniewski, Julian Wlodarczyk, Travis Yohnke

HONOR ROLL - Austin Avery, Oscar Benson, Andre Carrier, Costner Ching, Anthony Coleman, Noah Gindorff, Jackson Hankey, Dylan Hendricks, Logan Hofstedt, Mason Hofstedt, Nash Jensen, Kobe Johnson, Sam Jung, James Kaczor, Jake Kava, Nathan Kraft, Jake Kubas, Nick Kubitz, Luke LaCilento, Hunter Luepke, TK Marshall, Logan McCormick, Cam Miller, Eli Mostaert, Will Mostaert, RaJa Nelson, Bartholomew Ogbu, Hunter Poncius, Cade Powers, Jayden Price, Jake Reinholz, Jake Rock, Ty Satter, Phoenix Sproles, Jalen Sundell, Dylan Taves, Tyler Terhark, Brayden Thomas, Lane Tucker, Spencer Waege, Luke Waters, Dawson Weber, Luke Weerts, Brandon Westberg, Cole Wisniewski, Julian Wlodarczyk, Travis Yohnke