Sean McGowan (53)
(Photo by Kevin
Jelden)
Sean McGowan
Chadron State College center Sean McGowan has been named a Capital
One Division II First-team Academic All-American. The team was selected by the members of COSIDA...the College Sports
Information Directors of America.
McGowan, a senior from Lakewood, Colo., was a two-time Rocky Mountain
Athletic Conference 2nd -team selection and 2-time RMAC All-Academic 1st-teamer carrying a 3.90 GPA in biology.
A 3-year starter who postponed medical school admission to play his final year, McGowan started 33 consecutive games,
including 2 this season at left tackle...a position he'd never played before.
McGowan is the 14th Chadron State football player to earn
Academic All-American laurels in the past 40 years.
The others are Larry
Ruzicka, 1971 and ‘72; Randy Bauer, 1973; Jerry Sutton, 1973; Bob
Lacey, 1975; Jerry Carder, 1979; Jay Rhoades, 1991; Corey Campbell, 1994
and ‘95; Casey Beran, 1999; Rob Evans, 2003; Danny Woodhead, 2006 and
’07; Shaine Odell, 2008; Aaron Ide, 2008; and Cory Beran, 2010.
The RMAC was well represented on the Academic All-America Team with 5 first-teamers, including Colorado School of Mines quarterback Clay Garcia...the Academic All-American of the Year.
The other RMAC first-team
selections are Colorado Mesa defensive lineman Trent deBraga, Colorado State
University-Pueblo linebacker Lee Meisner and Fort Lewis punter Frank
Atherton.
2011 Academic All-America Division II Football Team
—Alex Helmbrecht, Sports Information Director
