The members of the College Sports Information Directors of America by districts selected the teams and the first-team members will now be considered for Academic All-America® honors. District III consists of NCAA Division II institutions in the Peach Belt, South Atlantic and Conference Carolinas conferences. To be nominated, a student-athlete must be at least a sophomore with a 3.30 cumulative grade point average and must be a starter or a significant reserve on his team.

LUKE SUROWIEC

• Surowiec is a sophomore runner from Buford, Georgia.
• Surowiec has a 4.00 cumulative grade-point average as a Spanish major with a minor in English.
• Surowiec was the 2021 Peach Belt Conference Elite 16 Award winner. The award goes to the runner with the highest cumulative GPA at the championship. He is the first YHC men's cross country runner and the 12th Mountain Lion overall to earn the award.
• Surowiec's best 8K time in 2021 was 27:43.2 at the PBC Championship, while his top finish was 27th at the Bobcat Invitational.
• It is the second time that Surowiec has been named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District® team.
• Surowiec, who has been named to the PBC All-Sportsmanship Team twice, has been named to the league's Team of Academic Distinction and the PBC Presidential Honor Roll two times each. He also received the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award.

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