COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Black Hills State football had 16 named RMAC All-Academic, including Defensive Academic Player of the Year, Ryder Blair, and four First-Team honorees.

Blair is the first player in program history to earn Academic Player of the Year honors. He was named 2021 RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll and 2021 All-RMAC Honorable Mention last year.

At the time of nomination, he ranked tied for second in the RMAC this season averaging 8.4 tackles per game, and total tackles with 67. He was also tied for third in total sacks (4.5) and sacks per game average (0.56). Blair was tied for eighth in the RMAC with seven broken up passes and tallied an interception on the year.

First Team All-Academic – Offense
Anthony Rosenstrauch, So., LS
3.77 GPA – Biology

Nolan Susel, Gr., RB
3.67 GPA – Applied Management, Business Administration, Criminal Justice

First Team All-Academic – Defense
Ryder Blair, Jr., LB
3.69 GPA – Mass Communications

Aaron Thiele, So., LB
3.81 GPA – Psychology

RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll
Nate Clay, Jr., OL
3.77 GPA – History

Claysen Davis, So., DE
3.58 GPA – Mass Communications

Harold Dobbin, Sr., TE
3.40 GPA – Business Administration

Chance Eben, Jr., QB
3.41 GPA – Journalism, Mass Communication

Wes Koenig, R-Fr., LB
4.00 GPA – History

Cameron Reiman, So., OL
3.93 GPA – Accounting, Business Administration

Derek Riederer, R-Fr., WE
3.33 GPA – Graphic Design

Lewin Runde, R-Fr., TE
3.53 GPA – Exercise Science

Caleb Simons, R-Fr., WR
3.79 GPA – Management, Professional Accountancy

Morgan Tigner, Jr., DT
3.47 GPA – Exercise Science

Trey Tremblay, So., OL
3.32 GPA – Exercise Science

Jamin Wurtz, Jr., WR
3.33 GPA – Exercise Science