Slippery Rock University graduate and former quarterback Brayden Long was named to the highest academic honor in the nation Wednesday when he was announced as the 2024-25 NCAA Division II Academic All-American of the Year by the College Sports Communicators. He was the only football player to win the honor.
Olympic Gold Medalist Gretchen Walsh of the University of Virginia was the Division I winner. Long, a 2024 graduate from Hanover, Pennsylvania, becomes the first Slippery Rock student-athlete from any sport to be recognized as the national Academic All-American of the Year and the first male student-athlete in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference history to be recognized.
Long was hired earlier this month as a full-time assistant coach at Shippensburg University, where he will coach quarterbacks and wide receivers. It won’t be long before he returns to Mihalik-Thompson Stadium as the Raiders are set to visit SRU September 20th for a 6 pm game.
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