NDSU defensive end Greg Menard and quarterback Easton Stick were voted to the Google Cloud Academic All-District 6 first team Nov. 15, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America.

Menard and Stick advance to the national ballot for Academic All-America honors to be announced in December. Nominees must have a 3.30 cumulative grade-point average and be starters or significant contributors with at least sophomore academic and athletic standing.

Menard, a senior from Lakeville, Minnesota, has a 3.85 GPA in civil engineering and was named to the Academic All-America first team in 2015 and 2016. Stick, a senior from Omaha, Nebraska, graduated from the NDSU sport management program with a 3.92 GPA and has a 4.0 in the Master of Business Administration program.

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