BUIES CREEK, N.C. -Campbell University redshirt junior offensive lineman Andy Johnson and redshirt senior tight end Mike Stryffeler have both been named to the ESPN The Magazine/Academic All-District 3 Football University Division First Team by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), the organization announced this morning.

A Smithfield, N.C. native, Johnson started the team's first five games at right guard before injuries cut short his 2010 campaign. Johnson owns a grade-point average of 3.6 as a government/pre-law major. A two-time Pioneer Football League Academic Honor Roll honoree, Johnson has aided Campbell's rushing attack top the 200-yard team rushing mark twice in 2010 and seven times over the last two seasons. Johnson is a two-year letterwinner for Campbell and has played in 20 games with 19 starts on the offensive line in his first three seasons with CU. He helped Campbell to a top rushing mark in the league in 2009 (189.73) and a second-place ranking in 2010 (181.13). The Campbell offensive line has also only allowed a total of 22 sacks over the last two seasons plus leads the conference with only eight sacks allowed in 2010.

Stryffeler earned his second CoSIDA All-District Selection as a tight end this season after posting a cumulative 3.79 grade-point average in exercise and sports science through his collegiate career. This season, the Sanford, N.C. native has played in all eight games with seven starts and is third on the team with 16 catches and 142 yards. He set a new career-best with six catches against on Oct. 16 against Drake. His six catches are tied for the third most catches ever in a single game for a Campbell receiver. Last season, Stryffeler set a single-season Campbell record with 29 catches while starting all 11 games at tight end. His 29 catches were the most among all tight ends in the Pioneer Football League and ranked him 17^th overall in receptions per game (2.64). He also placed second on the team with 355 receiving yards. His average of 32.27 yards a game placed him 17^th in the PFL.

Stryffeler has also stood out in the classroom during his time at Campbell and was named the tight end on CoSIDA District 3's First Team last season. He was also a First Team All-PFL Academic Team selection in 2009 and has twice been named to the PFL's Academic Honor Roll in his career.

The converted quarterback played in 10 games with four starts at tight end in 2008. Stryffeler enters this week's action with 29 career games played and 19 starts. He is second at Campbell in career receptions with 53 and third in yards with 556. His three receiving touchdowns place him third on the record book. He also has played a key role in Campbell's rushing attack that led the conference in 2009 and ranks second in the league this season.

Johnson and Stryffeler are two of the 12 Pioneer Football League players to earn CoSIDA Academic All-District honors this season. Marist College tallied one on the first team for All-District 1 (Terrence Turner). Dayton had four on the District 4 First Team (A.J. Kaltenbach, Joe Ries, Brandon Wingeier and Devon Langhorst). Valparaiso had one on District 5 (Alex Soller). In District 3, Campbell's Johnson and Stryffeler were joined by four from Davidson (Mark Hanabury, Peter Kidwell, Daniel Astrop and Morgan Popham) on the first team.

Johnson, Stryffeler and the rest of the first-team all-district selections will now be eligible for the Academic All-America team, which will be announced Nov. 23.

CoSIDA's 1,800 members in the United States and Canada nominate players for the ESPN The Magazine / Academic All-America® recognition. To be eligible, a student-athlete must be at least a sophomore in academic standing, have at least a 3.30 cumulative grade-point average, and be a starter or a key reserve on his team.

CoSIDA members vote on the all-district teams; then a national panel selects the Academic All-America squads from all first-team all-district choices. District 3 includes all NCAA Division I schools in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.