Ten SAC Student-Athletes Named to Google Cloud Academic All-America At-Large Teams

June 13, 2018

AUSTIN, Texas – Ten South Atlantic Conference student-athletes have been named to the 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America® Division II Men's and Women'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 2017-18 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.

Headlining the selections from the SAC are First Team Academic All-America® selections Anthony Marcinelli from Carson-Newman and Wingate's Giacomo Viazzo for the men, and Tusculum's Franziska Funke and Mackenzie Stevens from Queens for the women. In addition to these first team selections, Lenoir-Rhyne's Noah McRae was a men's second team selection and Wingate's Sydney Homan was a women's second team pick. Earning third team honors for the men were Daniel Belsito and Nicolas Martin of Wingate, along with Carson-Newman's Pade Duke. On the women's side, Carson-Newman's Mary Northcutt was a third team selection.

Thirty-five (23 women, 12 men) student-athletes on the Google Cloud Academic All-America® Division II At-Large Teams have a 4.00 GPA. The Google Cloud Academic All-America® Division II Women's At-Large First Team had an overall 3.98 GPA, while the Google Cloud Academic All-America® Division II Men's At-Large First Team had an overall 3.95 GPA.

Nine men and nine women are repeat performers on this year's at-large teams. Three senior men and two senior women earned Google Cloud Academic All-America® Division II At-Large recognition for third time in their respective careers. For the women, Tusculum College tennis player Funke and Mercyhurst University tennis player Saioa Gomez de Segura complete the Google Cloud Academic All-America® triple play with their inclusion on this year's first team.

2017-18 Academic All-America® Men's At-Large Team - Division II

FIRST TEAM

Sport	Name	School	Yr.	GPA	Major
Lacrosse	Cody Bartusiak	Lynn University	Jr.	4.00	Investment Management
Swimming	Andrea Bazzoli	Drury University	Sr.	4.00	Psychology & Sociology
Golf	John Coultas (1,@)	Florida Southern College	Sr.	3.87	Business Administration
Tennis	Thomas Grinberg	Saint Leo University	Jr.	3.70	Economics
Tennis	Nils Hoffacker	University of Indianapolis	Jr.	3.98	Business Administration & Management
Wrestling	Nolan Kistler (1)	California Baptist University	Sr.	3.99	Criminal Justice
Golf	Anthony Marcinelli	Carson-Newman University	Sr.	4.00	Accounting
Swimming	Stuart Mossop (3)	Missouri University of Science & Tech.	Sr.	4.00	Chemical Engineering
Volleyball	Robert Poole (2)	University of Mount Olive	Sr.	3.95	Chemistry
Tennis	Torben Semrau	Southwest Baptist University	Sr.	3.97	Business Management
Swimming	Thomas Steenberg	Florida Tech	Sr.	3.97	Business Administration & Entrepreneurship
Swimming	Bernardo Valentim	California Baptist University	Sr.	3.94	Business Administration
Wrestling	Brett Velasquez (2)	St. Cloud State University	Jr.	3.89	Biomedical Sciences
Swimming	Giacomo Viazzo	Wingate University	So.	4.00	Chemistry
Swimming	Justin Winnett	Lindenwood University	Sr.	4.00	Biological Sciences

SECOND TEAM

Sport	Name	School	Yr.	GPA	Major
Tennis	Chase Bartlett	St. Edward's University	So.	4.00	Religious / Theological Studies
Golf	Matt Barto (2, @)	Gannon University	Sr.	3.90	Mechanical Engineering
Lacrosse	Charlie Bertrand	Merrimack College	So.	3.95	Mechanical Engineering
Golf	Chandler Blanchet (1)	University of West Florida	Sr.	3.65	Exercise Science
Lacrosse	Zach Bodeau	Rockhurst University	So.	4.00	Criminal Justice
Tennis	Jaime Bueno (3)	Saint Leo University	Sr.	3.79	Economics
Golf	Brad Currier	Lindenwood University	Jr.	4.00	Exercise Science
Fencing	Ziad Elsissy	Wayne State University	Sr.	3.57	Mechanical Engineering
Tennis	Alessandro Evangelisti	Concordia College (New York)	Jr.	3.89	Biology
Tennis	Tiago Fernandes	Southern New Hampshire University	Sr.	3.96	Business Administration
Tennis	Oliver Frank	Azusa Pacific University	Gr.	3.50/3.81	MBA
Tennis	Calum Hayes	Metropolitan State University of Denver	Sr.	3.98	Finance
Swimming	Noah McRea	Lenoir-Rhyne University	Sr.	3.98	Psychology
Swimming	Tim Samuelsen	Missouri University of Science & Tech.	So.	3.70	Mechanical Engineering
Lacrosse	Kyle Souza	Dominican College	Jr.	3.97	Criminal Justice
Swimming	Jonathan Stewart	Oklahoma Baptist University	Jr.	4.00	Management
Tennis	Austin Thomas	Shepherd University	Sr.	4.00	Elementary Education
Wrestling	Noel Torres	Newman University	Gr.	3.62/3.50	Information Technology (UG) / MBA (G)
Tennis	Justin Zhang (2, @)	UC San Diego	Sr.	3.88	Human Biology

THIRD TEAM

Sport	Name	School	Yr.	GPA	Major
Lacrosse	Connor Bateman	Rockhurst University	So.	3.88	Biochemistry
Tennis	Mikhail Belov	Merrimack College	Sr.	3.85	Electrical Engineering
Tennis	Daniel Belsito	Wingate University	Jr.	3.86	Sport Management
Swimming	Rodrigo Codo Berti	University of Indianapolis	Jr.	3.46	Sport Management
Lacrosse	Preston DeHerrera	Colorado State University - Pueblo	Sr.	3.89	Business Administration & Business Management
Swimming	Pade Duke	Carson-Newman University	So.	4.00	Chemistry
Swimming	Austin Hussain	Fresno Pacific University	Jr.	3.94	Finance
Golf	Aniruddh Kedlaya	Hawai'i Pacific University	So.	3.97	Computer Science
Swimming	Niklas Martin	Wingate University	Jr.	3.96	Finance
Lacrosse	Brendan McDougal	Adelphi University	Jr.	3.73	Physics
Wrestling	Tyler Mies	Newman University	Sr.	3.80	Healthcare Science
Golf	Kalle Nilsson	Spring Hill College	Sr.	3.95	Business Administration
Tennis	Eric Tseng	UC San Diego	Sr.	3.88	Cognitive Science / Human Computer Interaction
Tennis	Oskar Unger	Rockhurst University	Sr.	3.89	Business Administration
Golf	John VanDerLaan	Florida Southern College	Sr.	3.60	Business Administration

Google Cloud Academic All-America® of the Year: Nolan Kistler, California Baptist University

(1) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® College Division first team selection in 2017

(2) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® College Division second team selection in 2017

(3) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® College Division third team selection in 2017

(@) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® College Division third team selection in 2016

2017-18 Academic All-America® Women's At-Large Team - Division II