16 Football Players Earn Academic All-BIG EAST Accolades
February 09, 2011 | Football
Feb. 9, 2011
Louisville, Ky. - 16 members of the University of Louisville football team earned 2010 BIG EAST All-Academic Team honors. The league recognized 135 football student-athletes who have completed at least two semesters with a minimum GPA of 3.0. Since the Cardinals joined the league in 2005, 40 Louisville football student-athletes have been honored on the conference's academic team 83 times. Seniors Pete Nochta and Justin Burke were three-time academic honorees in the BIG EAST Conference.
Darius Ashley, So. RB Cincinnati, Ohio Marketing
Justin Burke, Gr. QB Lexington, Ky. MBA
Josh Byrom, Gr. OL McKee's Rock, Pa. Health and Physical Education
John Clark, Sr. OL Louisville, Ky. Justice Administration
Jeremiah Curtley, So. RB Paducah, Ky. Marketing
Drew Davis, So. DT Fort Mitchell, Ky. Health and Human Performance
Adam Froman, Sr. QB Santa Rosa, Calif. Communications
Stephen Goodwin, RFr. WR Louisville, Ky. Accounting
Reinhold Leicht, Sr. LB Louisville, Ky. Health and Human Performance
John Nochta, Gr. TE Lexington, Ky. Justice Administration
Nathan Nord, So. TE Boca Raton, Fla. Health and Human Performance
Chris Philpott, Jr. K Atlanta, Ga. Communications
Will Stein, Jr. QB Louisville, Ky. Sports Administration
Malcolm Tatum, Sr. DE Moss Point, Miss. Justice Administration
DeMarcus Topp, So. WR Paducah, Ky. Marketing
Daniel Weedman, Gr. K Louisville, Ky. Justice Administration
The 2011 football squad beings spring practice on March 23 and the annual Spring game will be held on April 15 at 7:00 p.m.
