The Pioneer Football League recognized a total of 543 student-athletes from its 10 member institutions on the Fall 2018 PFL Academic Honor Roll.
 
The Stetson football program had 40 players recognized on the list this year. Since Stetson brought football back, a total of 296 Hatters players have been recognized, with an average of 49.3 players per year.
 
Stetson had its second player to earn the PFL's Academic Honor Roll honor for a fifth time when quarterback Gaven DeFilippo was named to the list. DeFilippo, who is a graduate student in Stetson in pursuit of a MBA, could become the first six-time honor roll selection next year.
 
In addition to DeFilippo, Stetson had three players – QB Colin McGovern, DE Regis Steighner and K Matthew Sweeney – named to the PFL Academic Honor Roll for the fourth time and four others – DB Jackie Jay Johnson, DB Peter Katz, K Jonny Messina and OL Jacob Sullivan – selected for a third time.
 
The PFL saw more than 500 student-athletes recognized on its honor roll for a sixth consecutive year. The University of Dayton (79) led the way once again with Drake University (63), Butler University (63) and Valparaiso University each placing at least 60 student-athletes on the honor roll. In addition, Marist College (57) and Valparaiso placed a record number of student-athletes on the league's honor roll.
 
Pioneer Football League athletic director and coaches established the honor roll in 2001 as a way to recognize the league's outstanding student-athletes. The academic honor roll consists of student-athletes who participated in football at member institutions during the fall semester and posted a 3.0 grade-point average or higher during the semester while enrolled full-time in accordance with NCAA rules.
 
Bradley Alexander, So., History**
C.J. Barney, Fr., Discovery
Arkee Brown, Sr., English (English Creative Writing)
Alex Brown, So., Family Enterprise (Professional Sales)**
Steven Burdette, Jr., Accounting
Jamison Craske, Jr., Sport Business / Professional Sales**
Omar Cunningham, Fr., Accounting
Gaven DeFilippo, Jr., Master of Business Administration*****
John Donegan, Fr., Accounting
Colby Duncan, Jr., Sport Business (Marketing)**
Kyle Godlewski, So., Business Administration
Peter Greubel, So., Public Health (Spanish)**
Max Hazard, Fr., Economics
Grant Hodges, So., History (Education)
Jackie Johnson, Sr., History (Education)***
Parker Johnson, Fr., Business Administration
Peter Katz, Jr., Management (Spanish)***
Tony Latiff, Fr., International Business
Michael Lawson, Fr., Health Sciences (Psychology)
Jeffrey Lu, Fr., Molecular Biology / Applied Mathematics**
James McCammon, Sr., Business Administration (Marketing)
Colin McGovern, Sr., Sport Business (Marketing)****
Jonny Messina, So., Health Sciences***
Tyler Mirabella, So., Marketing (Professional Sales)
Jeremiah Nails, So., Sport Business**
Jake Navin, Fr., Sport Business
Ethan Painter, Fr., Health Sciences
Austin Perlman, Jr., Health Sciences
Alex Piccirilli, Fr., Finance
Fermon Reid, Fr., Finance**
Jack Sheehan, Jr., Business Administration
George Shively, Fr., Health Sciences
Hayden Smith, Fr., Health Sciences
Regis Steighner, Jr., Economics/Finance****
Jacob Sullivan, So., Molecular Biology***
Matthew Sweeney, Jr., Finance****
Jamal Wakefield, Fr., Psychology
Connor Wilson, Fr., Aquatic & Marine Biology
Jason Winston, Fr., Political Science (Mathematics)**
Colin Wray, Fr., Sport Business
 
About Stetson University Athletics: Stetson University's Athletics Program has a vision of developing a culture of champions athletically, academically and within the community. This vision is accomplished through a mission of recruiting and developing student-athletes, coaches and staff, creating a culture of champions, within and outside of competition. The department operates with five core values: Championship Culture, Integrity, Excellence, Pride/Tradition and Leadership. To learn more about the Vision, Mission and Core Values for Stetson Athletics, visit GoHatters.com and click on Mission Statement under the Inside Athletics tab.