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Huinter Kraus
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Football

Co-Captain Named Academic All-American

Football

Co-Captain Named Academic All-American

Kearney, Neb. – Nebraska Kearney redshirt senior punter and co-captain Hunter Kraus has been named to the 2022 Academic All-American team as selected by the College Sports Communicators.

Kraus (Taylor/Twin Loup H.S.) becomes just the eighth Loper to win this award and the first in six years. He earns second-team honors and is one of six MIAA players on the squad. 0

This longtime award is in the first year of a new qualification process. Student-athletes that have a 3.50 cumulative grade point average, been at their current school one full-year and play in half their teams events qualify for Academic All-District honors. A football team can have eight such qualifiers; Academic All-Americans are then voted on by CSC's (sports information directors) from around the country. Previously, student-athletes with a 3.25 GPA could be nominated for Academic All-District honors and a vote from within the District selected the winners/qualifiers.

Through the 2022 spring semester Kraus maintains a 3.95 GPA as an Exercise Science major. He's been an active member of UNK's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) in his time at UNK, serving as Community Service Co-Chair in 2021-222 and as Vice President this academic year. 

On the field, Kraus earned third-team All-MIAA honors this fall after averaging 42.5 yards a boot. He had seven punts that traveled over 50 yards, had 37% of his attempts fair caught and 34% land inside the opponents 20-yard line. Kraus is slated to be a super senior in 2023 and his career average of 40.93 ranks second in school history, trailing only two-time NAIA All-American Scott Schug (41.43).

UNK went 8-3 this past season, spending time in the national and regional rankings and tying for third place in the MIAA. 

Loper Football's All-Time CSC/CoSIDA Academic All-Americans
Year Name/Cl. Pos. Team
1970 John Mackovicka/Sr. RB N/A
1975 Tim Brodahl/Sr. End N/A
1995 Chad Vokoun/Sr. OL 2nd
1996 Regan Wilcox/Sr. DL 2nd
1999 Volker Olbrich/Sr. K 1st
2005 Kyle Rupp/R-Sr. WR 1st
2016 Tyke Kozeal/R-Sr. LB 1st
2022 Hunter Kraus/R-Sr. P 2nd

 
 
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Players Mentioned

Hunter Kraus

#40 Hunter Kraus

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