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Brian
Jackson Added to Academic All-MAC Honorees
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FROM BALL STATE
ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS & MARKETING
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MUNCIE
,
Ind.
-- Brian
Jackson (
Dothan
,
Ala.
/Northview
H.S.), a senior placekicker on the Ball State
University
football team, has been added to the Academic
All-Mid-American Conference Football Team,
according
to the conference office.
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error on the first release accidentally omitted Brian
Jackson from
the squad.
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Jackson,
who was named the MAC Special Teams Player of the Year,
led the conference with an 89.5 percent field goal
percentage, led the MAC with a 97.4 percent mark on extra
points and was second in the league with 17 field goals.
He made 17-of-19 field goals and 37-of-38 extra points.
His 111 career extra points set a new BSU record, while
his 49 career field goals is the third best total in the
Cardinals’ record books. Jackson,
who was a co-recipient of
Ball
State
’s
Bill Reynolds Special Teams Player of the Year Award, owns
a 3.27 grade-point average on
Ball
State
’s
4.0 scale as an earth science major.
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is joined on the Academic All-MAC team by Justin
Schneider (
Hilbert
,
Wis.
/Hilbert
H.S.),
a senior offensive
lineman,
and Jason
Sieman (Katy, Texas/Taylor H.S.),
a senior linebacker for the Cardinals. The Academic
All-MAC
team is selected by the league’s faculty
athletic
representatives.
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