Rourke and Wiglusz Earn 2022 Academic All-America® Honors
12/20/2022 12:00:00 PM | Football
College Sports Communicators Release
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AUSTIN, Texas – The Ohio football team was represented by redshirt junior quarterback Kurtis Rourke and graduate student wide receiver Sam Wiglusz on the 2022 Academic All-America® football teams selected by the College Sports Communicators today (Dec. 20).
Both Rourke and Wiglusz earned spots on the 2022 Academic All-America® Second Team.
Rourke (Oakville, Ontario, Canada) currently has a 3.76 GPA and is majoring in communications. He went 244-for-353 on 3,256 passing yards, throwing 25 total touchdowns in 11 games. The redshirt junior made program history against Fordham (Sept. 24), going for 527 yards in the air, breaking a record that was set in 1983. He is also second in program history in passing yards in a season as well as passing touchdowns in a season. On the ground, Rourke net 249 yards on 74 carries and scored four touchdowns. His performance earned him numerous accolades, highlighted by being named the MAC Offensive Player of the Year, earning the Vern Smith Leadership Award and getting named the 2022 Cornish Trophy runner-up as well as earning First Team All-MAC honors. He was named one of the Manning Award "Stars of the Week" twice, was a Davey O'Brien Award semifinalist and was also named to the 2022 Phil Steele First Team Offense. Rourke was named MAC Offensive Player of the Week three times and earned MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week honors once.
Wiglusz (Brecksville, Ohio) is currently pursuing his master's in management and has a 4.0 GPA. He leads the receivers with 11 touchdowns on 69 catches and 850 yards. The graduate student opened the Bobcats' homecoming game against Akron (Oct. 8) with an impressive 75-yard catch, scoring Ohio's first six points just 12 seconds into the game. His breakout performance earned him First Team All-MAC as well as Phil Steele First Team Offense honors.
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AUSTIN, Texas – The Ohio football team was represented by redshirt junior quarterback Kurtis Rourke and graduate student wide receiver Sam Wiglusz on the 2022 Academic All-America® football teams selected by the College Sports Communicators today (Dec. 20).
Both Rourke and Wiglusz earned spots on the 2022 Academic All-America® Second Team.
Rourke (Oakville, Ontario, Canada) currently has a 3.76 GPA and is majoring in communications. He went 244-for-353 on 3,256 passing yards, throwing 25 total touchdowns in 11 games. The redshirt junior made program history against Fordham (Sept. 24), going for 527 yards in the air, breaking a record that was set in 1983. He is also second in program history in passing yards in a season as well as passing touchdowns in a season. On the ground, Rourke net 249 yards on 74 carries and scored four touchdowns. His performance earned him numerous accolades, highlighted by being named the MAC Offensive Player of the Year, earning the Vern Smith Leadership Award and getting named the 2022 Cornish Trophy runner-up as well as earning First Team All-MAC honors. He was named one of the Manning Award "Stars of the Week" twice, was a Davey O'Brien Award semifinalist and was also named to the 2022 Phil Steele First Team Offense. Rourke was named MAC Offensive Player of the Week three times and earned MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week honors once.
Wiglusz (Brecksville, Ohio) is currently pursuing his master's in management and has a 4.0 GPA. He leads the receivers with 11 touchdowns on 69 catches and 850 yards. The graduate student opened the Bobcats' homecoming game against Akron (Oct. 8) with an impressive 75-yard catch, scoring Ohio's first six points just 12 seconds into the game. His breakout performance earned him First Team All-MAC as well as Phil Steele First Team Offense honors.
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