Headlined by 2014 Academic All-American Cooper Kupp, other Eagles honored include Jake Withnell, Todd Raynes, Jake Gall and Andre Lino

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Five Eastern Washington University football players – senior tight end Jake Withnell, senior defensive back Todd Raynes, junior wide receiver Cooper Kupp, sophomore linebacker Jake Gall and sophomore defensive lineman Andre Lino -- have all been selected to the 2015 Academic All-District 8 Football Team by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

The five honored players – which equal the most in school history – now advance to the national ballot to select Academic All-America honors. A year ago, Cooper Kupp earned second team All-America honors for the Eagles, who have had eight different players win 11 Academic All-America honors since 1989. A total of 65 have been honored since then on the All-District squad, which includes NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and Bowl Subdivision (FBS) football players from schools in Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, Alaska, Hawaii and British Columbia.

Withnell (pictured) is an accounting major with a 3.91 grade point average, and is a 2011 graduate of South Salem, Ore., High School. Raynes graduated from Inglemoor High School in 2011, and is from Kenmore, Wash. He has a 3.42 GPA as a mechanical engineering major. Both Withnell and Raynes have been honored three times previously on the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team.

Kupp graduated in 2012 from Davis High School in Yakima, Wash., and is majoring in economics with a 3.54 GPA. Gall is from Cle Elum, Wash, and graduated from Cle Elum/Roslyn HS in 2013. He has a 3.53 GPA as a criminal justice major, and Lino is undeclared with a 3.71 GPA. Lino is from Seattle and graduated from Blanchet HS in 2013. Kupp, Lino and Gall earned their first Big Sky All-Academic honors following the 2014 season.

Withnell has played in 51 of a possible 51 games as an Eagle, and is just two games behind the school record of 53 (Ronnie Hamlin 2011-14). Primarily used as a blocking tight end, he has eight catches for 31 yards and two touchdowns in his career.

Raynes has played in 40 Eastern games (20 as a starter) in his career, and has 141 tackles, four interceptions, eight passes broken up, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery. He has returned two interceptions for touchdowns, including one this season. He has 44 tackles and three passes broken up in six games played in 2015.

Kupp, twice already an FCS All-America wide receiver for his performances on the field, has started all 36 games he has played in his career with 288 catches for 4,412 yards and 54 touchdowns. He has 91 receptions for 1,290 yards and 17 scores already this season.

Gall is Eastern's second-leading tackler this season, with 55 in seven games played. He has had at least eight tackles in each of his last three games, and has 74 career tackles in 21 games (five starts, all this season).

Lino has started all seven games he has played this season, and has 17 tackles and a pair of quarterback hurries. He has 36 tackles and a pair of sacks in 20 career games.

COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT 8 - NCAA DIVISION I (AK, AZ, CA, HI, NV, OR, UT, WA, Canada)