Kyle Finch (53)
BOBCAT CALENDAR: One year ago today, Kyle Finch earned 1st Team CoSIDA Academic All-America honors
12/9/2020 9:00:00 AM | Football
Montana State's defensive end became the 15th Bobcat to earn Academic All-America honors
A day-by-day look at Bobcat football history...
December 9
SPOTLIGHT: Kyle Finch earned First Team Academic All-America honors one year ago today, one of the truly great honors a college student-athlete can earn.
Whenever the 2020-21 season begins, Finch is slated to start at defensive end for the Cats. He has maintained a 4.0 grade point average in mechanical engineering throughout his time at Montana State, and earned a spot on the Big Sky Community Service team last year. He played in all 15 games during MSU's FCS Semifinal season, logging 12 tackles. He has also served as the team's long snapper at times during his three varsity seasons.
Montana State's all-time football Academic All-Americas, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA):
1984 - Dirk Nelson, P, 1st Team; Doug Kimbal, DB, 2nd
1986 - Donald Leake, OT, 2nd
1987 - Anders Larsson, K, 2nd; Marc Paffhausen, DB, 2nd
1988 - Anders Larsson, K, 1st; Bob Kimball, DB, 2nd
1989 - Derrick Isackson, OL, 2nd
1996 - Devlan Geddes, DE, 1st; Scott Matthews, DB, 2nd
2000 - Ryan Johnson, RB, 1st
2001 - Ryan Johnson, RB, 1st (also named Academic All-America of the Year for college football)
2002 - Ryan Johnson, RB, 1st; Jon Montoya, DE, 1st
2003 - Jon Montoya, DE, 1st
2005 - Travis Lulay, QB, 1st
2012 - Tanner Bleskin, WR, 2nd
2013 - Tanner Bleskin, WR, 1st
2017 - Mitchell Herbert, WR, 2nd
2019 - Kyle Finch, OLB, 1st
BOBCAT FOOTBALL ON TODAY'S DATE
2019 - Kyle Finch named Academic All-America
December 9
SPOTLIGHT: Kyle Finch earned First Team Academic All-America honors one year ago today, one of the truly great honors a college student-athlete can earn.
Whenever the 2020-21 season begins, Finch is slated to start at defensive end for the Cats. He has maintained a 4.0 grade point average in mechanical engineering throughout his time at Montana State, and earned a spot on the Big Sky Community Service team last year. He played in all 15 games during MSU's FCS Semifinal season, logging 12 tackles. He has also served as the team's long snapper at times during his three varsity seasons.
Montana State's all-time football Academic All-Americas, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA):
1984 - Dirk Nelson, P, 1st Team; Doug Kimbal, DB, 2nd
1986 - Donald Leake, OT, 2nd
1987 - Anders Larsson, K, 2nd; Marc Paffhausen, DB, 2nd
1988 - Anders Larsson, K, 1st; Bob Kimball, DB, 2nd
1989 - Derrick Isackson, OL, 2nd
1996 - Devlan Geddes, DE, 1st; Scott Matthews, DB, 2nd
2000 - Ryan Johnson, RB, 1st
2001 - Ryan Johnson, RB, 1st (also named Academic All-America of the Year for college football)
2002 - Ryan Johnson, RB, 1st; Jon Montoya, DE, 1st
2003 - Jon Montoya, DE, 1st
2005 - Travis Lulay, QB, 1st
2012 - Tanner Bleskin, WR, 2nd
2013 - Tanner Bleskin, WR, 1st
2017 - Mitchell Herbert, WR, 2nd
2019 - Kyle Finch, OLB, 1st
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2019 - Kyle Finch named Academic All-America
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