NORFOLK, Va. (December 7, 2022) – The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) uncovered its football all-academic team where Howard University saw 39 Bison named to the squad for their accomplishments inside the classroom. The announcement came Wednesday afternoon.
 
Sophomores, juniors, seniors and transfer student-athletes, who have represented a conference institution for at least one year, were acknowledged for cumulating a 3.0 or above grade point average during the 2021-22 academic year.
 
"Congratulations to our football student-athletes for maintaining a 3.0 or better grade point average," MEAC Commissioner Sonja Stills said. "While so much attention is paid to what happens on the field and who hoists the trophy at the end of the season, it's the work in the classroom, the efforts toward earning a degree, that exemplify what it means to be a student-athlete. These young men are to be commended and celebrated."
 
The recipients included Christian Bing (Atlanta), A'jae Boyd (Pittsburg, Calif.), Kemar Brown (Suwanee, Ga.), Marcus Brown (Houston), Elijah Coleman (Rockwall, Texas), Phil Cook (Ardmore, Pa.), Melvin Crenshaw III (Upper Marlboro, Md.), Jack Forsyth (Falls Church, Va.), Keenan Fortenberry (Philadelphia), Darius Fox (Washington), Kenny Gallop, Jr. (Portsmouth, Va.), Gerone Hamilton, Jr. (Apple Valley, Minn.), Seth Hawkins (Amelia, Va.), Nah'shawn Hezekiah (Orangeburg, S.C.), CJ Hoffman (Centreville, Va.), Terrance Hollon (Cleveland, Ohio), Malik Hyatt (Gastonia, N.C.), Richie Ilarraza (Clearwater, Fla.), DeShawn Ingram (Detroit), Jevin Jackson (Lawrenceville, Ga.), Elton Jean-Baptiste (Irvington, N.J.), Jay Brandon Jones II (Charlotte, N.C.), Jabari Knighten (Sebring, Fla.), Matthew McDonald (Baltimore), Bryce Miller (Woodbridge, Va.), Tyler Milliner (Detroit), Antoine Murray (Miramar, Fla.), Cameron O'Neal (Reynoldsburg, Ohio), Bryce Parker (Charlotte, N.C.), Kyle Simon (Accokeek, Md.), Ja'Colby Thomas, Jr. (Baton Rouge, La.), Martin Jahill Warren (Norristown, Pa.), Ian Wheeler (Houston), Christian White (Highland Springs, Va.), Chris Williams (Raleigh, N.C.), Quinton Williams (Upper Marlboro, Md.), Ray Williams (Detroit) and Ronald Williams (Fort Washington, Md.).
 
This year, the MEAC honored 179 student-athletes from the conference's six football-playing institutions.
 
Howard third-year head coach Larry Scott and the Bison won five games in a season for the first time since 2017 (7-4) and a MEAC title since 1993.
 
For more information, visit the Bison Athletics website at www.HUBison.com or the MEAC website at www.MEACSports.com.