WICHITA FALLS, Texas – Midwestern State senior quarterback Layton Rabb garnered Google Cloud Academic All-America™ honors Tuesday afternoon as selected by the Collegiate Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
 
Rabb led the Mustangs to an 8-2 record leading the Lone Star Conference with 3,114 passing yards with 29 touchdowns this season ranking in the Top 10 in all of NCAA Division II in passing TDs, passing yards, passing yards per game, points responsible for and total offense.
 
The Llano native closed his career second in program history with 6,399 yards with 63 touchdowns.
 
Rabb becomes the third MSU Texas football student-athlete to earn academic all-America honors joining Corby Walker (1994, 1995) and Tyler Maner (2011). He is the second Midwestern State football student-athlete to earn first-team honors joining Walker, who attained the accolade in 1995.
 
He is the fifth overall student-athlete in school history to garnered first-team Academic All-America status along with Walker, volleyball's Mandy Pinkerton in 1998, men's soccer's Tyler Murphy in 2009 and softball's Lauren Craig in 2010.
 
The 6-5, 225-pound signal caller passed for 300 yards 10 times over the past two seasons earning Lone Star Conference Offensive Player of the Week honors six times.
 
In the classroom, Rabb boasts a 3.73 grade-point average graduating with a finance degree in the spring. He has made the Lone Star Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll following seven semesters and was a member of the 2017 LSC All-Academic team.
 
The Google Cloud Academic All-District™ Teams recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom. The teams are divided into eight geographic districts across the United States and Canada.
 
This is the eighth year of the expanded Academic All-America® program as CoSIDA moved from recognizing a University Division (Division I) and a College Division (all non-Division I) and doubled the number of scholar-athletes honored. The expanded teams include NCAA Division I, Division II and Division III participants, while the College Division Academic All-America® Team combines NAIA, Canadian and two-year schools.

2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America Team
First Team
Pos.	Name	School	Yr.	GPA	Major
QB	Layton Rabb	Midwestern State	Sr.	3.73	Finance
RB	Austin Micci	Colorado State-Pueblo	Jr.	3.73	Business Management & Administration
RB	Landon Nault	Emporia State (Kan.)	Sr.	3.96	Biology
WR	Cory Contini	Ohio Dominican	Sr.	3.90	Accounting
WR	Shane Zylstra	Minnesota State	Jr.	3.47	Biology: Biomedical Sciences
TE	Marqus Andrews	Northwest Missouri State	Jr.	3.66	Chemistry
TE	Jordan Smith	Gannon (Pa.)	Jr.	4.00	Biomedical Engineering
OL	Jack Hansbury	Bentley (Mass.)	Sr.	3.94	Corporate Finance & Accounting
OL	Brandon Roe	Southwestern Okla. State	Sr.	4.00	Engineering Technology
OL	Ryan Spelhaug	Northwest Missouri State	Jr.	3.96	Business/Economics
OL	Austin Treneff	Notre Dame (Ohio)	Sr.	3.95	Accounting & Software Development
OL	Robert Vargo	Ohio Dominican	Sr.	3.96	Sport Management
K	Kristov Martinez	Texas A&M-Commerce	Gr.	4.00	Secondary Education
ST	Kevin Rabarich	Colorado State-Pueblo	Sr.	3.91	Accounting & Economics
DL	John Cominsky	Charleston (W. Va.)	Sr.	3.90	Biology / Chemistry
DL	Jon Dicke	Southwest Minnesota State	Sr.	4.00	Exercise Science
DL	Joey Newman	Augustana (S.D.)	Sr.	3.83	Athletic Training
DL	Levi Wyrick	Pittsburg State (Kan.)	Sr.	4.00	Education
LB	Sam Blankenship	Harding (Ark.)	Gr.	3.93	Finance / Secondary Education
LB	Alex Goettl	Minnesota State	Jr.	3.91	Biology: Biomedical Sciences
LB	Kirby Hora	Augustana (S.D.)	Sr.	4.00	Biology
DB	Geoff Keating	Colorado School of Mines	Jr.	3.94	Mechanical Engineering
DB	Connor Shedeed	Fort  Hays State (Kan.)	Sr.	3.81	Criminal Justice & Political Science
DB	Kyle Toth	Wayne State (Mich.)	Sr.	3.87	Kinesiology
DB	Avram Tynes	Augustana (S.D.)	Sr.	3.78	Exercise Science
P	John Cummings	West Texas A&M	Gr.	4.00	Criminal Justice
Second Team
Pos.	Name	School	Yr.	GPA	Major
QB	Cole Sears	Arkansas-Monticello	Gr.	3.97	Education
RB	Kevin Coy, Jr.	Chadron State (Neb.)	Sr.	3.69	Sport & Recreation Management
RB	Deshawn Jones	Missouri S&T	Jr.	3.49	Biological Sciences
WR	Mitch Nichols	Truman State	Sr.	4.00	Health Science
WR	Brody Oliver	Colorado School of Mines	Sr.	3.34	Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
OL	Ronnie Clifton	Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.)	Jr.	3.88	Finance / Management
OL	Neal Davis	Findlay (Ohio)	Sr.	3.94	Strength & Conditioning
OL	Ryan Dodd	Pittsburg State (Kan.)	Sr.	3.90	Marketing
OL	Lawrence Guyot	Mississippi College	Sr.	3.88	Kinesiology
OL	Ben Walling	Grand Valley State (Mich.)	Sr.	3.69	Occupational Safety
K	Brian Alsobrooks	California (Pa.)	Sr.	3.90	Business Administration
ST	Travis Downing	Ashland (Ohio)	Sr.	3.92	Sport Management
DL	Andrew Berger	Gannon (Pa.)	Sr.	3.85	Criminalistics
DL	Ned Bingaman	Pittsburg State (Kan.)	Sr.	3.96	Justice Studies
DL	Kolbie Foster	Wayne State (Neb.)	Jr.	3.77	Family Consumer Science
DL	Mikal Toliver	Urbana (Ohio)	Jr.	3.72	Strategic Management
LB	Garrett Blubaugh	Texas A&M-Commerce	Sr.	3.97	Biological Sciences
LB	Tyler Bradfield	Grand Valley State (Mich.)	So.	4.00	Finance & Accounting
LB	Bo Brooks	Missouri S&T	Sr.	3.81	Petroleum Engineering
DB	Josh Hornback	Pittsburg State (Kan.)	Sr.	3.72	Construction Management
DB	Sam Fareri	Clarion (Pa.)	Jr.	3.73	Rehab Science
DB	Brandon Morrison	West Liberty (W. Va.)	Sr.	3.86	Criminology
DB	Isaiah Stiverson	Ashland (Ohio)	Sr.	3.70	Marketing
P	Jordan White	Southern Arkansas	Sr.	3.99	Chemistry / Biochemistry