CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - The American Rivers Conference has nominated former Kohawk football player Alex Aitchison for the 2025 Division III Commissioners Association (DIIICA) Student-Athletes of the Year. Aitchison, one of two male nominees from the nine schools across the conference, graduated from Coe with a degree in kinesiology and a minor in education, earning a 3.897 GPA. He was a two-time CSC Academic All-American and a three-time Academic All-District selection. On the gridiron, Aitchison was a four-time First-Team All-Conference selection and was a numerous all-American. In the community, Alex volunteered with Read Across America, derecho recovery efforts and local youth camps. He served as a team captain for three years and was recognized as an offseason captain in 2024. 
 
About the award:
To be eligible for the DIIICA award, nominees must be graduating seniors or graduates who have not previously been nominated. Conferences may submit up to two nominations per gender, provided at least one nominee is an international student-athlete or ethnic minority.
 
Division III is divided into ten regions, each selecting one female and one male regional award recipient. Those honorees will advance to the DIIICA Awards Committee for national consideration.
 
The A-R-C nominees will compete for regional honors against student-athletes from the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC), Midwest Conference (MWC), Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC), and Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC).
 
The announcement of regional award recipients is scheduled for August 21, with national honorees to be revealed on September 4.
 
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