NDSU tight end Matt Veldman, a senior majoring in marketing from Becker, Minn., was one of 58 players named to the 14th annual Football Championship Subdivision Athletics Directors Association Academic All-Star Team announced Jan. 3. There were 92 total nominees.

"The FCS ADA is honored to recognize the accomplishments of our football student-athletes each year with the Academic All-Star team," said Football Championship Subdivision Athletics Directors Association president Marilyn McNeil, chair of the Academic All-Star Team Selection Committee and vice-president/director of athletics at Monmouth University. "These young men compete successfully both on the field and in the classroom and truly epitomize the definition of a student-athlete."

Football players from all Football Championship Subdivision institutions are eligible for the awards. Nominees were required to have a minimum 3.20 grade-point average in undergraduate study and have been a starter or key player with legitimate athletics credentials.