Aberdeen, S.D. – The 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-District teams for football were released on Thursday afternoon. The four members of the Wolves football team represented in Super Region 4 include Dakota Larson, Payton Eue, Chance Olson, and Vance Barnes. The CoSIDA Academic All-District teams recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their performance on the field as well as in the classroom.

Larson is a senior Environmental Science major at Northern State with a GPA of 3.85. He was the Wolves second leading receiver on the season with 65 receptions for 914 yards and 11 receiving touchdowns. His 11 receiving touchdowns this season is tied for the second most in a single season in school history. In the last regular season game of the year, he broke the school record for career receiving touchdowns with 25 over the course of his career. He also moved to third all-time in the record book for career receiving yards with 2,706 yards.

Eue is a junior Marketing major at Northern State with a GPA of 3.62. As a kicker he received First Team All-NSIC North Division honors. He was 49-52 on PAT attempts and was 14-21 on field goal attempts this season, with a career long 50 yard field goal at Minnesota State. He led the team and was fourth in the conference with 91 points scored. His 14 made field goals led the NSIC and tied the school single season record for field goals made in a season, and the 50 yard field goal was the second longest made in the conference this year. He also recorded 79 kickoffs for 4,601 kickoff yards and 11 touchbacks. Eue earned back to back NSIC Special Teams Player of the Week awards to begin the season.

Olson is a senior Business Administration major at Northern State with a GPA of 3.74. On Wednesday he was chosen as the defensive back on the Second Team All-NSIC North Division defense. He led the NSIC and was second in all of NCAA Division II with seven interceptions on the season, returning them for a total of 181 yards and a touchdown. His top play of the season came when he stopped a Bemidji State red zone drive by picking off the pass at the goal line and proceeded to return it 100 yards for a pick six. He ranks second on the team with 80.0 total tackles and adds 3.5 tackles for loss, six pass break-ups, and two fumble recoveries.

Barnes is a graduate student in the Sports Performance & Leadership program and has a 3.40 GPA on a scale of 3.67. Earlier this week he earned First Team All-NSIC North Division honors as a return specialist for the Wolves. He returned 35 kickoffs for a total of 848 yards on the season, while averaging 24.23 yards per return. He finished the season leading the conference in total kickoff return yards and was third in average yards per return. Throughout the season he returned ten kicks for 30 or more yards and had a season best 74 yard kickoff return at Concordia-St. Paul on October 23^rd. Barnes had over 100 return yards four times on the season, and a season high 115 kickoff return yards in the home finale against Bemidji State on November 6^th.

Super Region 4 Academic All-District Football Team

Pos.	Name	School	Yr.	GPA	Major
QB	John Matocha	Colorado School of Mines	Jr.	3.73	Computer Science
RB	Brandon Blair	West Texas A&M University	Gr.	4.00	Biology
RB	Michael Zeman	Colorado School of Mines	Gr.	3.36	Petroleum Engineering (UG) / Engineering & Technology Management (G)
WR	Dakota Larson	Northern State University	Sr.	3.85	Environmental Science
WR	Tristan Smith	Colorado School of Mines	Sr.	3.87	Petroleum Engineering
TE	Dagan Rienks	Colorado Mesa University	Jr.	3.82	Exercise Science
OL	Nick Gray	Wayne State College	Jr.	3.62	Construction Management
OL	Thayne Jackson	Colorado State University Pueblo	Sr.	3.78	Marketing
OL	Jack Metcalf	Colorado Mesa University	So.	3.47	Energy / Land Management
OL	Jakob Pruitt	Western Oregon University	Sr.	3.85	Criminal Justice
OL	Austin Rapp	Chadron State College	Sr.	3.56	Criminal Justice
OL	Mac Shaw	Colorado State University Pueblo	Jr.	3.92	Engineering
OL	Hunter St. John	Eastern New Mexico University	Sr.	3.90	Business Administration
K	Payton Eue	Northern State University	Jr.	3.62	Marketing
DL	Torren Calhoun	Colorado Mesa University	Jr.	4.00	Business Entrepreneurship
DL	Kael Juelfs	Chadron State College	Sr.	3.87	Biology
DL	Dan Monson	University of Minnesota Duluth	Gr.	3.63/3.63	Civil Engineering
DL	Jordan Will	Minot State University	Sr.	4.00	Accounting, Finance, & Management
LB	Carter Duxbury	Winona State University	Gr.	3.93/4.00	Elementary Education
LB	T.J. Liggett	Augustana University	Sr.	3.97	Computer Science
LB	Nolan Reeve	Colorado School of Mines	Sr.	3.72	Mechanical Engineering
DB	Luke Fritsch	Augustana University	Sr.	3.40	Biology
DB	Chance Olson	Northern State University	Sr.	3.74	Business Administration
DB	Alex Shillow	Texas A&M University-Commerce	Gr.	3.85/3.76	Sport and Recreation Management (UG) / Business Administration (G)
DB	Mitch Snitker	Winona State University	So.	3.95	Business
DB	Eli Weber	Augustana University	Sr.	3.69	Nursing
P	Justin Dwinell	Colorado State University Pueblo	Jr.	3.95	Business Management
ST	Vance Barnes	Northern State University	Gr.	3.40/3.67	Sport Performance & Leadership