TUCSON, Ariz. – University of Arizona Football punter Kyle Ostendorp has been named College Sports Communicators (CSC) First-Team Academic All-American, as announced by the organization today.
 
Ostendorp earns First-Team CSC Academic All-American for the second straight year after claiming the honor in Dec. of 2022 following last season. He is a graduate student majoring in Aerospace Engineering who posted a GPA better than 3.80 during his time in grad school and finished his undergrad with a 4.00 GPA.
 
On the field in 2023, Ostendorp punted 35 times for an average of 42.4 yards per punt with 13 landing inside the 20 and five of 50-plus yards. He booted a season-long of 69 yards against Washington on Sept. 30. That kick fell two yards shy of his career long 71-yarder in 2021.
 
Ostendorp is one of four student-athletes who are repeat selections on the Academic All-America® Division I football teams including Spencer Jorgensen (Stanford University); Will Shipley (Clemson University); and Zak Zinter (University of Michigan).
 
Fifteen of the 51 members of the Academic All-America® Division I football teams boast a perfect 4.0 grade-point average in their undergraduate work or graduate school. The 27 members on the first team have an average GPA of 3.85, with both teams holding a collective average GPA of 3.83.