Three Bison Amongst Finalists for FCS Participant of the 12 months Awards

FARGO, N.D. – North Dakota State has three gamers among the many finalists for nationwide participant of the 12 months honors within the Soccer Championship Subdivision. The finalists have been introduced Tuesday, Nov. 22, by Stats Carry out.

NDSU fullback Hunter Luepke and left sort out Cody Mauch are finalists for the Walter Payton Award, offered yearly to the highest offensive participant within the FCS, and Bison defensive finish Spencer Waege is a finalist for the Buck Buchanan Award, the defensive participant of the 12 months award.

There are 30 finalists for every of the awards. A nationwide media panel will choose the winners with voting primarily based on the common season. The recipients will likely be introduced on the FCS nationwide awards banquet Jan. 7 in Frisco, Texas.

North Dakota State has had six earlier finalists for the Walter Payton Award, together with quarterback Trey Lance because the 2019 winner. Mauch is the one offensive lineman amongst this 12 months’s finalists and the second all-time from NDSU becoming a member of Joe Haeg, who was thirteenth within the voting in 2015.

NDSU has had 9 earlier finalists for the Buck Buchanan Award. Defensive finish Kyle Emanuel was the 2014 award recipient.