Arkansas Tech University’s Ty Reasnor has been recognized as the top student-athlete in NCAA Division II football for 2017.
The senior quarterback from Cashion, Okla., was named 2017 Academic All-America of the Year for Division II as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) on Tuesday, Dec. 12.
Reasnor is majoring in mechanical engineering and has a 4.0 grade point average.
His play during his senior season helped the Wonder Boys compile an 8-4 overall record, finish tied for second in the Great American Conference standings and earn a berth in the 2017 Agent Barry Live United Bowl under the direction of head coach Raymond Monica.
Reasnor completed 203-of-326 pass attempts for 2,483 yards with 21 touchdown passes and five interceptions this season. His 62.3 percent completion rate is the highest single-season completion percentage in ATU football history. Reasnor’s accuracy in 2017 was further underscored by the fact that he went 213 consecutive pass attempts without an interception at one point during the season.
His 2017 figures also placed him among Tech’s all-time, single-season leaders in touchdown passes (4th) passing yardage (5th).
Reasnor becomes the sixth student-athlete in GAC history to receive Academic All-America of the Year, joining Southern Nazarene’s Amy Madden (2013-softball), Henderson State’s Kevin Rodgers (2014-football), Ouachita Baptist’s Haley Hatcher (2015-soccer), Harding’s Ewa Zaborowska (2015-track) and Southern Arkansas’ Maddie Dow (softball).
He is one of eight 2017 Academic All-America Division II football first team members to hold a 4.0 GPA. The 26 members of the first team have a cumulative GPA of 3.89.
The Division II Academic All-America program is financially supported by the NCAA Division II national governance structure to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2017-18 Division II Academic All-America teams program.
