Newberry College football student-athletes Johan Norris (R-Freshman, RB, Lexington), Carson Smith (Junior, DE, Abbeville) and Ja Stevens (R-Sophomore, LB, Saluda) were named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District team.

For a student-athlete to be eligible for the award they must be at least a sophomore academically, have at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average and play in 90 percent of his team's games.