Nine SAC Student-Athletes Named to CoSIDA Men's Academic All-America Division II At-Large Teams

June 22, 2020

AUSTIN, Texas | Eight South Atlantic Conference student-athletes have been named to the 2020 Academic All-America® Division II Men's At-Large teams as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

The Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division II national governance structure to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2019-20 Division II Academic All-America® teams program.

The at-large program for the CoSIDA Academic All-America® program includes the sports of fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming and diving, tennis, water polo for both men and women; bowling, crew and field hockey for women; and volleyball and wrestling for men.

Representing the SAC on the first team were Wingate men's tennis player Daniel Belsito, men's volleyball player Evan Cory of Lincoln Memorial, and a trio of swimmers; Carson-Newman's Paden Duke and Wingate's Markus Furst and Giacomo Viazzo. Earning second team honors were Queens' swimmer Jan Delkeskamp, Coker tennis player Hunter Horton and Lincoln Memorial men's volleyball player AJ Risavy. Rounding out the honorees was third team pick Paul Lenz, a tennis player from Lenoir-Rhyne.

Sixteen men and 16 women are repeat performers on this year's at-large teams. Thirty-four (20 women, 14 men) student-athletes on the CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division II At-Large Teams have a 4.00 GPA. The CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division II Women's At-Large First Team had an overall 3.94 GPA, while the CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division II Men's At-Large First Team had an overall 3.93 GPA.

For more information on the Academic All-America® program, go to https://academicallamerica.com/.

FIRST TEAM

Sport	Name	School	Yr.	GPA	Major
Wrestling	Brandon Ball (2)	Fort Hays State University	Sr.	3.81	Technology Studies
Golf	Nicholas Barney (2)	Le Moyne College	Sr.	3.99	Physics
Lacrosse	Connor Bateman (!)	Rockhurst University	Sr.	3.93	Biochemistry
Tennis	Daniel Belsito (!)	Wingate University	Gr.	3.73/4.00	Sport Management (U) / MASM (G)
Lacrosse	Zach Bodeau (1, @)	Rockhurst University	Sr.	4.00	Criminal Justice / Psychology
Volleyball	Evan Cory (1)	Lincoln Memorial University	Sr.	3.98	Accounting & Finance
Swimming	Paden Duke (1, !)	Carson-Newman University	Sr.	4.00	Biology / Chemistry
Swimming	Markus Furst (3)	Wingate University	Sr.	3.97	Exercise Science
Wrestling	Tyler Harrington	Maryville University	Gr.	4.00/4.00	Education
Wrestling	Ben Kelvington	Augustana University	Sr.	3.99	Biochemistry
Volleyball	Angelos Mandilaris	Barton College	Sr.	3.82	Mathematics
Tennis	Juan Ortiz Couder	Embry-Riddle University (Fla.)	Gr.	3.78/4.00	Software Engineering
Water Polo	Milos Popovic	Salem University	Sr.	3.97	Human Resources Management
Swimming	Tim Samuelsen (@)	Missouri University of Science & Technology	Sr.	3.73	Mechanical Engineering
Swimming	Payton Staman (1)	University of Indianapolis	Sr.	3.92	Mechanical Engineering
Golf	Elis Svard	Cal State Monterey Bay	Sr.	3.85	Business Administration
Swimming	Giacomo Viazzo (1, #)	Wingate University	Sr.	3.93	Chemistry / Mathematics

SECOND TEAM

Sport	Name	School	Yr.	GPA	Major
Swimming	Lane Austin	Colorado Mesa University	So.	3.93	Business Administration / Hospitality Management
Golf	Ian Barnes	University of Central Missouri	Sr.	3.97	Interior Design
Swimming	Brent Benedict	Gannon University	Sr.	3.61	Sport Management / Marketing
Tennis	Timo Christen (2)	University of Alabama in Huntsville	Sr.	3.93	Chemistry
Wrestling	Brody Conner (3)	University of Indianapolis	Gr.	3.94/3.92	Finance (U) / MBA (G)
Swimming	Jan Delkeskamp	Queens University of Charlotte	So.	4.00	Finance
Swimming	Maxime Eekhof	Lindenwood University	Sr.	3.97	Finance
Wrestling	Kolton Eischens (1)	St. Cloud State University	Sr.	3.45	Technology Management
Swimming	Mahmoud Elgayar	Colorado Mesa University	So.	3.84	Mechanical Engineering
Tennis	Ulf Grosseloh	Spring Hill College	Sr.	4.00	Financial Economics
Tennis	Hunter Horton	Coker University	Sr.	4.00	Business Administration / Sport Management
Wrestling	Noah Ottum (3)	Colorado School of Mines	Sr.	3.94	Engineering Physics
Volleyball	AJ Risavy	Lincoln Memorial University	Jr.	4.00	Management

THIRD TEAM

Sport	Name	School	Yr.		GPA	Major
Lacrosse	Alex Aken	Palm Beach Atlantic University	Jr.		3.99	Ministry
Swimming	Andrew Assaleh	Oklahoma Christian University	Jr.		4.00	Accounting
Lacrosse	Christian Cherry	Colorado Mesa University	Sr.		3.92	Biology
Tennis	Ben Fellman	Millersville University	Jr.		4.00	Meteorology
Wrestling	Robert Gambrell	Colorado School of Mines	Sr.		3.39	Mechanical Engineering
Tennis	Jesse Haas	Azusa Pacific University	Jr.		3.95	Kinesiology
Golf	Wesley Hanson	Valdosta State University	Jr.		4.00	Management
Wrestling	Tyler Kreith (3)	Maryville University	Jr.		3.88	Financial Services
Tennis	Danrich Kruger	Southeastern Oklahoma State University	Sr.		3.98	Biology
Tennis	Paul Lenz	Lenoir-Rhyne University	Sr.		3.97	International Business Management
Tennis	Jason Prince	University of Charleston	Sr.		4.00	Accounting
Wrestling	Bret Romanzak	Ashland University	Sr.		3.77	Finance
Volleyball	Francisco Salinger Cenzual	Limestone College	Sr.		4.00	Business Management / Sport Management
Skiing	Tristan Sayre	University of Alaska Fairbanks	Gr.		4.00/3.92	Civil Engineering
Golf	Ellis Yoder	Bentley University	Sr.	3.96	Computer Information Systems

CoSIDA Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year: Zach Bodeau, Rockhurst University

(1) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division II first-team selection in 2018-19 (#) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division II first-team selection in 2017-18

(2) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division II second-team selection in 2018-19 (@) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division II second-team selection in 2017-18

(3) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division II third-team selection in 2018-19 (!) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division II third-team selection in 2017-18