AUSTIN, TexasSenior quarterbackof North Dakota State University headlines the 2015 Academic All-America® Division I football team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).Wentz has been selected as the 2015 CoSIDA Academic All-American® of the Year for Division I football. A health and physical education major with a 4.0 GPA, Wentz also was a first-team Academic All-America® choice last year.The Bismarck, N.D., native was the driving force behind the four-time defending NCAA Football Championship Subdivision national champion Bison through the first six games of 2015 before his season was cut short with a broken right wrist.To date this year, Wentz has completed 114 of 179 passes for 1,454 yards and 16 touchdowns while throwing just two interceptions. He also is a dangerous runner, carrying the ball 54 times for 215 yards and four scores, helping third-seeded NDSU advance to the second round of the FCS playoffs. Wentz has accepted an invitation to participate in the Reese's Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala., on Jan. 30, 2016.North Dakota State sophomore defensive endfrom Lakeville, Minn., also was voted to the CoSIDA Academic All-America® first team. Menard has a 3.90 GPA in civil engineering and ranks third in the Missouri Valley Football Conference in sacks (8.0) and sixth in tackles for loss (12.5). He has made all 11 starts at right end for the Bison totaling 43 tackles, 11 quarterback hurries, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery.Wentz is the fifth NDSU student-athlete to be named CoSIDA Academic All-American® of the Year. He joins track and field All-Americans Jill Theeler (2002) and Marc Steckler (2005), men's basketball all-time leading rebounder Brett Winkelman (2009), and baseball all-time hits leader Tim Colwell (2014).Wentz, a two-time NCAA Elite 89 Award recipient, set NDSU single-season passing records for completions, passing attempts, yards and total offense in leading the Bison to a 15-1 record, and fourth straight Missouri Valley Football Conference and NCAA championships last season. He was named the 2015 NCAA FCS Championship Game Most Outstanding Player after scoring the game-winning touchdown with 37 seconds left in the 29-27 victory over Illinois State.Carson's brother, Zach Wentz, a former baseball standout at NDSU, also was a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-America® selection earning first team honors in 2012 and second team in 2011.