ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Seniors Karter Schult and Robert Rathje were named to the 2016 Missouri Valley Football Conference Scholar-Athlete first-team today, headlining a group of four Panther student-athletes that earned spots on the list.
Both Schult and Rathje are two-time Scholar-Athlete honorees with Rathje earning second-team recognition in 2015 and Schult receiving back-to-back first-team nods. Junior Jared Farley and sophomore Cal Twait were named to the honorable mention team.
Rathje, who earned CoSIDA Academic All-District first-team this season, started all 11 games for the Panthers at center while Twait started at left tackle.