GREENWOOD, Ind. – Six football players from Colorado State University Pueblo have been named to the College Sports Communicators' (formally known as CoSIDA-College Sports Information Directors of America) NCAA Division II Academic All-District Team that was announced Tuesday by the organization.

The six Pack football players selected to the CSC Academic All-District Team were junior running back Moosah Alsaffar (Aurora, Colo./Grandview), junior punter Regan Baker (Melbourne, Australia/Idaho State), senior tight end Tyler Dvorak (Englewood, Colo./Cherry Creek), junior kicker Evan Lyons (Superior, Colo./Monarch), senior receiver Zack Rakowsky (Loveland, Colo./Loveland), and junior linebacker Gary Seidenberger (Fredericksburg, Texas/Fredericksburg). Dvorak, Rakowsky, and Seidenberger are repeat Academic All-District selections from 2024, while Rakowsky also earned Academic All-District honors in 2023.

In order to be eligible for selection, student-athletes must have a 3.50 or higher GPA. They must have also either played in 90 percent of the team's games or started at least 66 percent of the team's games. In addition, transfers are now eligible, unlike in previous years, and schools were limited to a total of eight nominations.

Three of CSU Pueblo's eight Academic All-District selections have also been selected for advancement to the national ballot for Academic All-American honors, which will be voted on by CSC Division II membership. Those three Pack players advancing the national ballot are Dvorak, Rakowsky, and Seidenberger. The Division II CSC Academic All-America Football Team will be announced on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026.

Here is the list of the Pack's 2025 Academic All-District selections for football with GPA and major.

Moosah Alsaffar – 3.89 cumulative GPA, Accounting
Regan Baker – 4.00 cumulative GPA, Exercise Science
Tyler Dvorak – 3.72 cumulative GPA, Economics/Finance
Evan Lyons, 3.91 cumulative GPA, Pre-Business
Zack Rakowsky, 3.62 cumulative GPA, Health Sciences
Gary Seidenberger, 3.73 cumulative GPA, Pre-Business

In 2023, Rakowsky became CSU Pueblo's 18th football player to earn CSC Academic All-American honors as he was named a Second-Team Academic All-American.

The Division II and III CSC Academic All-America® programs are partially financially supported by the NCAA Division II and III national governance structures to assist CSC with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2025-26 Divisions II and III Academic All-America® programs. The NAIA CSC Academic All-America® program is partially financially supported through the NAIA governance structure. 

For more information about CSC Academic All-District® and Academic All-America® Teams program, visit AcademicAllAmerica.com.