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CAA honors UNH’s Reisert

RICHMOND, Va. – Kyle Reisert, a defensive end on the University of New Hampshire football team, was named the 2017-18 CAA Football Scholar-Athlete of the Year on Wednesday.

Reisert, a junior, was sidelined the first four games of the 2017 season and then started six consecutive games before incurring a season-ending injury Nov. 11. Reisert recorded 10 tackles (five solo, five assisted), including six total tackles against No. 1-ranked James Madison University; he was also credited with two pass breakups. In a full 2016 season, he led UNH in sacks (4.5) and tallied 36 tackles (21-15-36) in 13 games.

Reisert, who played at Plymouth Regional High School, is a mechanical engineering major with a 4.00 cumulative grade-point average who was voted to the 2017 CoSIDA Academic All-America Division I Football First Team this past December. He is a three-time member of the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll and a two-time CAA Academic All-Conference honoree who was inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma in 2017.

Nominees for the CAA Football Scholar-Athlete of the Year must have maintained a minimum of senior standing (academically) with the intent of pursuing graduate or professional studies, as well as both excellent academic credentials – minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 – and outstanding athletic performance.

 

Riesert helped lead UNH to the NCAA Division I FCS playoffs for the 14th consecutive year, which is the longest active streak in the nation. The Wildcats won two postseason games to advance to the quarterfinals and end the year with a 9-5 record and No. 21 national ranking.

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