AUSTIN, Texas – Augustana football's Peyton Buckley and Mitchell Goodbary have been named to the College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA) Academic All-America teams announced Tuesday.
 
Buckley earned First Team Academic All-America honors with his 3.72 GPA while majoring in physical education. Goodbary is a Second Team Academic All-America honoree with a 3.98 GPA in exercise science.
 
Buckley, hailing from Rice Lake, Wisconsin, was named to five different All-America teams in 2023 headlined by the AFCA All-America squad. He led AU with 78 tackles on the season while tallying three interceptions and nine pass breakups. A starter in all 13 games, Buckley was elected a team captain by his teammates this past season.
 
Goodbary, a native of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, earns his second-straight Second Team Academic All-America honor. The major academic award is the second of the year for Goodbary as he was the NSIC's Elite 18 as the top student-athlete in the league. He played in all 13 games while making 17 receptions at tight end for three touchdowns.
 
The duo make up an Augustana football legacy that now consists of 36 CSC Academic All-America honors.
 
1972 - Pat McNerney, 1st
1973 - Pat McNerney, 1st
1974 - Jim Clemens, 1st
1975 - Jim Clemens, 1st
1975 - Roger Goebel, 2nd
1977 - Stan Biodni, 1st
1977 - Dee Jay Donlin, 2nd
1977 - Roger Goebel, 2nd
1978 - Bob Timmons, 2nd
1980 - Bill Dannehl, 1st
1986 - David Gubbrud, 1st
1987 - David Gubbrud, 1st
1988 - David Gubbrud, 1st
1989 - David Gubbrud, 1st
1996 - Mitch Pruett, 1st
1997 - Thayne Munce, 1st
2008 - Jason Donnelly, 1st
2010 - Dan Schoen, 2nd
2016 - Bryson Hamilton, 2nd
2016 - Kirby Hora, 2nd
2017 - Kirby Hora, 1st
2017 - Joey Newman, 2nd
2017 - Avram Tynes
2018 - Kirby Hora, 1st (Academic All-American of the Year)
2021* - Eli Weber, 1st
2021* - Luke Fritsch, 2nd
2021 - Eli Weber, 1st 
2021 - Luke Fritsch, 2nd
2021 - T.J. Liggett, 2nd
2022 - T.J. Liggett, 1st
2022 - Eli Weber, 1st
2022 - Ben Limburg, 1st
2022 - Mitchell Goodbary, 2nd
2022 - Peyton Buckley, 2^nd
2023 – Peyton Buckley, 1^st
2023 – Mitchell Goodbary, 2nd

*Awarded in spring of 2021 due to COVID-19