Hunt Earns CSC Academic All-American Honors
Concordia senior Elijah Hunt was named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) (formerly CoSIDA) Academic All-America Team in the NCAA Division III Men's At-Large Category.
MOORHEAD, Minn. (7/23/24)---Concordia senior Elijah Hunt (St. Peter, Minn.) was named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) (formerly CoSIDA) Academic All-America Team in the NCAA Division III Men's At-Large Category.
The Academic All-American honor marks the first time in his career that Hunt has earned the top academic honor in college athletics. He becomes the third student-athlete in the history of the wrestling program to earn CSC Academic All-American honors. Hunt gives the Cobber wrestling program three Academic All-Americans in the last eight years.
| Complete List of 2024 CSC Men's At-Large Academic All-Americans |
Hunt becomes the 28th Cobber student-athlete to earn Academic All-American honors in the past 25 years.
In the men's at-large category, a total of 45 NCAA Division III student-athletes were selected (15 first-team, 16 second-team, 14 third-team) from 10 different NCAA men's sports -- fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, volleyball, water polo and wrestling.
Hunt is a 4-year NWCA Scholar All-American honoree. He is a Mathematics Education major with a minor in Spanish and has a 4.00 grade point average.
Hunt appeared in 15 meets during the 2023-24 season and went 20-11. He was a member of the Cobbers' Upper Midwest Region team where he finished in the Top 8 of the 165-lb weight class. It marked the second straight season that he has posted a podium finish at the Upper Midwest Regional.
In the CSC Academic All-America program, top student-athletes are originally nominated for inclusion on Academic All-District teams by college and university sports information directors. Student-athletes must have a grade-point average above 3.50 (4.0 scale) and have outstanding athletic credentials. Sports information directors in each division vote to select Academic All-America honorees and the Academic All-America of the Year in each category.
The Division III Academic All-America program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division III national governance structure, to assist CSC with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the Division III Academic All-America team's program.
Past Cobber CSC/CoSIDA Academic All-Americans
2023 - Collin Thompson - Football
2021 - Benjamin Bogart - Wrestling
2017 - Matthew Lillehaugen - Men's Track & Field
2017 - Adam Presler - Wrestling
2016 - Matthew Lillehaugen - Men's Track & Field
2016 - Tim Carlson - Baseball
2013 - Kaari Jensen - Women's Track & Field
2012 - Kaari Jensen - Women's Track & Field
2012 - Brett Baune - Football
2012 - Brett Harmelink - Football
2011 - Erica Nord - Women's Basketball
2010 - Riley McGlynn - Men's Soccer
2009 - Sam Johnson - Women's Soccer
2009 - Erika Swenson - Women's Soccer
2008 - Melanie Hageman - Women's Basketball
2008 - Justin Foss - Men's Soccer
2008 - Levi DeVries - Football
2007 - Grant Weller - Football
2006 - Annie Cullen - Women's Swimming and Diving
2006 - Natalie Hanson - Women's Track & Field
2006 - Angie Pfeiffer - Women's Track & Field
2005 - Angie Pfeiffer - Women's Track and Field
2004 - Jordan Talge - Football
2004 - Jessica Walden - Women's Volleyball
2000 - Micah Benson - Men's Track & Field
1999 - Micah Benson - Men's Track & Field
1999 - Laura Utke - Women's Track & Field
1998 - Bob Zacher - Football
1997 - Renee Erickson - Women's Track & Field
1996 - Renee Erickson - Women's Track & Field
1992 - Kristi Farver - Women's Track & Field
1992 - Kris Kuehl - Women's Track & Field
1991 - Chris Reimertz - Football