ST. LOUIS – For the third time in his career, Illinois State senior center Mark Spelman earned Missouri Valley Football Conference All-Academic Team honors, when the conference announced its annual list of recipients Wednesday.
For the second year in a row, Spelman was named to the second-team, after earning honorable mention honors in 2014. The Brookfield, Wisconsin, native graduated from Illinois State with a 3.70 cumulative GPA in May and is currently pursuing a master's degree in accounting.
Spelman also earned All-MVFC First-Team honors for the second-consecutive season, making him the first Redbird offensive lineman to earn back-to-back first-team plaudits since Isaiah Wiggins repeated in 2006-07.