Black Hills State football graduate student Nolan Susel was named 2022 CSC Academic All-American Tuesday morning.

Susel is the first Yellow Jacket to ever receive this award, and the first since the program became DII to earn All-American status. To see full CSC Academic All-America Teams, click here.

He earns this honor after being named 2022 RMAC Second Team All-Conference, RMAC First Team All-Academic and CSC Academic All-District with his 3.67 GPA in Applied Management, Business Administration and Criminal Justice.

Susel had a career year as a graduate student, finishing third in the RMAC with 67.5 rushing yards per game and 743 total rushing yards. He also finished second with 13 rushing touchdowns – a total that also ranked 15th in the nation.

His 14 total touchdowns this season ranked second in the RMAC and 20th in the nation, while Susel also averaged 4.5 yards per carry and had a long run of 77 yards. Susel added 141 yards receiving and a receiving touchdown, while also completing a passing TD.

About CSC Academic Awards
The CSC Academic All-America® program recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field or court and in the classroom honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA, selected by College Sports Communicators.

The Division II and III CSC Academic All-America® programs are partially financially supported by the NCAA Division II and III national governance structures to assist CSC with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2022-23 Divisions II and III Academic All-America® programs.