SEARCY – Three Harding football players earned ESPN Academic All-District honors Thursday. Junior running back Jeremy Holt, senior defensive back Luke Tribble and junior defensive end Josh Aldridge were all named 2nd Team Academic All-District.
Holt, a native of Nashville, Tenn., leads Harding with 116.5 all-purpose yards per game. He is second on the team with 373 rushing yards on 52 carries, a 7.2-yard average. He has two rushing touchdowns and a receiving touchdown.
Holt, a management major with a 3.35 grade point average, also serves as Harding’s kickoff and punt returner. He averages 22.9 yards on 15 kickoff returns and 8.4 yards on 19 punt returns.
A native of Searcy, Ark., Tribble has started five of Harding’s eight games at rover. He has 29 tackles on the season, including 1.5 tackles for loss. Tribble also has broken up two passes.
Tribble is a kinesiology major with a 3.64 grade point average.
Aldridge, a native of Jackson, Tenn., has started all eight games at defensive end. He has 18 tackles, including 2.0 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks. Aldridge has also intercepted a pass, recovered a fumble and blocked a field goal attempt.
Aldridge is a social science major with a 3.31 grade point average.
The ESPN Academic All-District teams are voted on by the district’s sports information directors. District VI includes NCAA II, NCAA III, and NAIA schools in Arkansas, Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Mississippi. To qualify, student-athletes must have reached sophomore status, be a starter or significant reserve, and have a 3.30 grade point average or higher.
--Scott Goode
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