TOWSON, Md. --- Tusculum College tennis player
Luis Zamora has been named to the 2011-12 Capital One Academic
All-America® Men's At-Large Third Team, as selected by members
of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Zamora becomes the first player in program history to garner
Academic All-America® accolades.
Men's at-large sports include fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice
hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming, tennis, volleyball,
water polo and wrestling.
Zamora, a native of Santiago, Chile and a team captain, played
primarily at number-three singles and number-one doubles, earning
four singles victories and seven wins in doubles for the Pioneers
this season.
In the classroom, the two-time ITA Scholar-Athlete selection boasts a 3.96 cumulative grade point average majoring in business management and economics. He is a multi-year selection to the SAC Commissioner's Honor Roll, the Tusculum Athletic Director's Honor Roll, the Charles Oliver Gray Honor List and the Tusculum Dean's List.
Zamora is a member of the Alpha Chi Honor Society and is a two-time Duffield Award recipient, an honor given to the Tusculum student-athlete with the highest cumulative GPA.
An active member in the local community as well, Zamora is heavily involved with groups including the Tusculum Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, "Help Me Help You, Inc.", the TC Bonner Leader's Program and the TC Business Club.
He is also in the process of creating a Center for Economic Development and Entrepreneurship at Tusculum, and is the founder and president of the Study Abroad and Global Awareness organization on campus.
This is the first year of the expanded Academic All-America® program as CoSIDA moves from recognizing a University Division (Division I) and a College Division (all non-Division I) and doubles the number of scholar-athletes honored. The teams include NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II and NCAA Division III participants, while the College Division team combines NAIA, Canadian and two-year schools.
The Capital One Division II and III Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division II and III national governance structures, to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2011‐12 DII and DIII Academic All-America® teams program.
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