19 Rockets Named to 2024 Academic All-MAC Team

January 17, 2025 | Athletics, News, UToday, Alumni, Arts and Letters, Business and Innovation, Engineering, Health and Human Services, Judith Herb College of Education, Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University College
By Paul Helgren



The Toledo football team had 19 student-athletes placed on the 2024 Academic All-MAC squad, the league office announced on Thursday.

The Rockets had the third-highest number of honorees in the Mid-American Conference. It was also the second-most Toledo student-athletes to make the Academic All-MAC team, trailing only the 22 honorees in 2021.

Promotional graphic announcing that the Toledo football team had 19 student-athletes placed on the 2024 Academic All-MAC squad.The Academic All-MAC honor is for a student-athlete who has excelled in athletics and academics. To qualify, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA and have participated in at least 50 percent of the contests for that particular sport.

Toledo 2024 Academic All-MAC honorees
Michael Denning, senior, M.B.A. (graduate student), 3.70
Emilio Duran, sophomore, university studies, 3.88
CC Ezirim, sophomore, biology, 3.38
Carter Fouty, junior, mechanical engineering, 3.71
Tucker Gleason, junior, computer science and engineering technology, 3.45
Bryson Hammer, freshman (R), business, 3.22
Dylan Hohler, freshman (R), business, 3.63
Brian Keane, sophomore, mechanical engineering, 3.94
Maxen Hook, senior, M.B.A. (graduate student), 3.57
Martez Poynter, junior, M.B.A. (graduate student), 3.45
Doran Ray, junior, media communication, 3.31
Cole Rhett, freshman (R), business, 3.35
Cooper Rusk, sophomore, business, 3.36
Sam Smith, Jr., freshman (R), electrical engineering, 3.49
Ethan Spoth, sophomore, adolescent and young adult education, 3.25
Nicholas Thompson, freshman (R), business, 3.28
Anthony Torres, senior, MBA (graduate student), 3.96
Connor Walendzak, sophomore, exercise science, 4.00
Grant Zimmerly, freshman (R), business, 3.83