ST. LOUIS – Illinois State senior offensive tackle Drew Himmelman was named the Missouri Valley Football Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year Wednesday, and three Redbirds made the list of 41 student-athletes honored as part of the 2020-21 MVFC All-Academic Teams announced by the league office.
League sports information directors voted on the team by designating 11 players for first-team honors and 11 players for second-team honors. A total of 82 MVFC student-athletes met the criteria for consideration this spring.
Himmelman carried a 3.82 grade point average as an undergraduate in exercise science and has a 4.