Eight Big Green Named to Academic All-District I Football Team

HANOVER, N.H. — For the second straight year, the Dartmouth football team had eight players selected for inclusion on the College Sports Communicators (CSC, formerly CoSIDA) Academic All-District I University Team — Macklin Ayers, Danny Cronin, Michael Flores, Josh Greene, Joe Kramer, Braden Mullen, Paxton Scott and Konstantin Spörk.

To be considered, a student-athlete must have completed at least one full calendar year with at least a 3.5 cumulative grade-point average and participated in at least 50 percent of the team's games. The District I team is comprised of athletes from New Hampshire, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts and Vermont.

Kramer, a 6-5, 245-pound fifth-year senior from Westwood, New Jersey, is an economics major with a 3.52 GPA. The tight end played in all 10 games for the Big Green, catching 10 passes for 108 yards.

Two players chosen from the offensive line were Flores, a 6-3, 295-pound senior and religion major with a 3.52 GPA from Arlington, Texas, and Spörk, a 6-5, 285-pound sophomore and energy engineering major with a 3.70 GPA from Pulheim, Germany. Both players started all 10 games at right guard and left tackle, respectively, and helped run for over 290 yards in three separate games while ranking among the top 25 in fewest sacks allowed in the FCS.

Greene is the other senior to earn a spot on the team. A 5-11, 230-pound long snapper from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, Greene sports a 3.61 GPA as a government major and was accurate on each of his snaps over the 10 games. He also contributed a tackle and recovered a fumble on punt coverages during the year.

Dartmouth's leading receiver each of the past two seasons, Scott earned his place on the team as an economics major with a 3.54 GPA. The junior from Dallas, Texas, hauled in 34 passes for 391 yards and a pair of touchdowns before being sidelined for the final game of the year with an injury.

The final three players to make the cut were all linebackers — Ayers, Cronin and Mullen. A native of Elizabethville, Pennsylvania, Ayers is a sociology major with a 3.83 GPA and led the Ivy League in tackles per game at an even 10.0, which also ranks 13th in the FCS. Cronin, a junior government major with a 3.54 GPA from Elmhurst, Illinois, posted 22 tackles in a reserve role, while the sophomore Mullen, another Illinois native from Glenview with a 3.50 GPA who has yet to declare his major, ended the year with 31 tackles while ranking second on the squad with 3.0 sacks and third with 6.5 tackles for a loss.

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