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Fred Mitchell Award celebrates placekickers for excellence through October 2024

The Fred Mitchell Award is pleased to recognize non-FBS placekickers for excellence through the end of October 2024, in alphabetical order.

“The first two months of this season has seen some exceptional kicking that we are more than pleased to recognize,” said Fred Mitchell. “The 37-person Selection Committee will continue to monitor on-field performances, as well as the community service contributions of these remarkable individuals.”

The breakdown of the 41 place-kickers is as follows:

  • Collegiate Division – 11 FCS, 11 Division II, 14 Division III, 3 NAIA and 2 NJCAA
  • State – The place-kickers play at schools located in 21 different states
  • Year – 5 Graduate Students, 19 Seniors, 8 Juniors, 5 Sophomores and 4 Freshmen

CHRISTOPHER BALDAZO – Sophomore
Arkansas Tech University – Junior

MIKE BALOGA
SUNY Cortland (NY) – DIII

ANTHONY BEITKO – Senior
California University (Pa.) – NCAA Division II (DII)

ANDREW BROWN – Junior
North Carolina A&T State University – FCS

CONNOR BUCKSATH – Senior
Wilmington College (Oh.) – DIII

LEONARDO CABRERA – Freshman
Clark Atlanta University (Ga.) – DII

MASON CAMPBELL
Bentley University (Massachusetts) – D-II 

CHRIS CAMPOS
Stephen F Austin University – FCS

JOSEPH CARLSON – Senior
Midwestern State University (Tx.) – DII

CHRISTIAN CASILLAS – Sophomore
College of DuPage (Ill.) – NJCAA

NICO CAVANILLAS – Sophomore
Keiser University (Fla.) – NAIA

LUKE COOL – Senior
University of Wisconsin-Stout – DIII

CURTIS COX – Graduate Student
University of Minnesota – Duluth – DII

GRIFFIN CROSA – Graduate Student
North Dakota State University – Football Championship Subdivision (FCS)

HUNTER DUSTMAN – Senior
South Dakota State University – FCS

JONAH EDWARDS – Senior
Evangel University (Mo.) – NAIA

DILLON FEDOR – Senior
Houston Christian University (Tx.) – FCS

CLAYTON FOGLER – Junior
St. Lawrence University (NY) – DIII

JACKSON FOX – Senior
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater – DIII

ETHAN GETTMAN – Graduate Student
Villanova University (Pa.) – FCS

MAX GONOS – Senior
Northwood University (Mi.) – DII

ELIJAH GUYTON – Junior
University of West Alabama – DII

JOSHUA HERNANDEZ – Senior
Alma College (Mi.) – DIII

THIEN HOANG – Sophomore
Lewis and Clark College (Ore.) – DIII

MATTHEW JAEGER – Junior
Minnesota State University Mankato – DII

LEO MARINI – Senior
Wayland Baptist University (Texas) – NAIA

GRIFFIN MILOVANSKI – Graduate Student
Wayne State University (Mi.) – DII

GABE PANIKOWSKI – Junior
Idaho State University – FCS

DANIEL PORTO – Sophomore
College of Holy Cross (Ma.) – FCS

KYLE REHBERG – Senior
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (Ind.) – DII

ADAN REYES – Freshman
Kilgore Junior College (Tx.) – NJCAA

HUNTER RIDLEY – Junior
University of California-Davis – FCS

ZACH SCHREINER – Senior
Sacramento State – FCS

IVAN SHURAN – Senior
Williams College (Ma.) – DIII

JACK SIEBEN – Freshman
Gustavus Adolphus College (Mn.) – DIII

DAMIEN SILUS – Senior
Concordia College Moorhead (Mn.) – DIII

COLLIN SWAN – Senior
St. Olaf College (Mn.) – DIII

NATHAN WANGENSTEEN – Junior
Augsburg University (Mn.) – DIII

MAX WATSON – Freshman
Minnesota State University Moorhead – DII

TOBIAS WEFERING – Senior
Hobart and William Smith Colleges (NY) – DIII

ALAN ZHAO – Sophomore
Cornell University – FCS

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