TOWSON, Md. --- Tusculum College men's tennis standout Lukas Winkelmann has been named to the 2013 Capital One Division II Academic All-America® Men's At-Large first team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

Winklemann, a sophomore from Boeblingen, Germany, becomes the second Academic All-America® in program history, but its inaugural first team selection. He was also one of only five sophomores selected to this year's Academic All-America® Men's At-Large Team and the only sophomore chosen to the first team list.

Men's at-large sports include: fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming and diving, tennis, water polo and wrestling.

The 2013 South Atlantic Conference Men's Tennis Player of the Year and Scholar-Athlete Award winner, Winkelmann compiled a 17-2 record at number-one singles and a 13-6 mark at number-one doubles for the Pioneers, who won the SAC championship for the fourth time in program history. Tusculum finished 15-5 overall and 8-1 in SAC matches during the 2012-13 season.

Winkelmann, the 2012 SAC Freshman of the Year, finished the regular season with 12 consecutive victories and compiled a perfect 9-0 record in singles action in conference matches. In two seasons, Winkelmann has a 29-7 record in singles for the Pioneers.

In the classroom, Winkelmann accounted for a 3.93 cumulative grade point average while majoring in pre-medicine. He has earned selections to the Tusculum Athletic Director's Honor Roll, the TC President's List, the Charles Oliver Gray Honors List, the SAC Commissioner's Honor Roll and the ITA All-Academic Team.

Winkelmann serves in numerous leadership roles, including as a team captain and as a representative on the Pioneer Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. He has also volunteered with Tusculum fundraisers and assisted the school in hosting the 2012 SAC Cross Country Championship.

Winkelmann becomes the eighth Tusculum student-athlete to earn Academic All-America® first team distinction joining: Simon Holzapfel (men's cross country), Denise Fliesser (women's soccer), Dustin Morrow (baseball), Cody Coffman (baseball), Taylor Rakes (baseball), Chase Carroll (men's golf) and Jarrell NeSmith (football). But Lukas Winkelmann becomes the first sophomore in TC history to garner Academic All-America® first team honors.

The Capital One Division II 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 2012-13 Division II Academic All-America® teams program.

To be eligible for Academic All-America® consideration, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative G.P.A. of 3.30 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current institution and be nominated by his/her sports information director. Since the program's inception in 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-America honors on more than 14,000 student-athletes in Divisions I, II, III and NAIA, covering all NCAA championship sports.

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2013 Capital One Academic All-America® Division II Men's At-Large Team
Name School Sport
First Team
Matt Atkins USC Aiken Golf
Matt Baker Maryville (Mo.) Swimming
Marko Blazevski Wingate Tennis
Ben Boesing Southern Indiana Swimming
Luke Calkins Cal-San Diego Swimming
Brian Donohoe Cal-San Diego Water Polo
Rodolfo Guato-Mariotti Rockhurst Tennis
Kyle House Queens Swimming
Jacob Kahnke St. Cloud State Wrestling
Matt Michel Bentley Golf
Ivan Nechunaev Grand Canyon Swimming
Mark Rubin Incarnate Word Swimming
Robbie Swan Florida Southern Swimming
Luke Weber St. Cloud State Swimming
Lukas Winkelmann Tusculum Tennis

Second Team
Ryan Anderson Alaska Fairbanks Rifle
Mark Austen Concordia-St. Paul Golf
Dana Borges Stonehill Ice Hockey
Domingos Carissimo Southwest Baptist Tennis
Nathan Nesche Wayne State (Mich.) Swimming
Shikhar Kapur Bluefield State Tennis
Zack Kempa Indiana (Pa.) Golf
Greg MacAulay Lindenwood Golf
Julian Marcon New York Tech Tennis
Petr Michnev Hawaii Pacific Tennis
Reed Miller Wingate Swimming
Marco Mokrzycki Barry Tennis
Mason Simpson Virginia Union Golf
Dylan Szegedi Wayne State (Mich.) Swimming
Lex Treinen Alaska Fairbanks Skiing

Third Team
BJ Boldog Lewis Volleyball
Seiji Borja Newberry Wrestling
DC Bastos Da Silva Indianapolis Swimming
Hans Hach Abilene Christian Tennis
Andreas Hammar Adelphi Tennis
Ryan Joyce Metro State Tennis
Sven Lalic Armstrong Tennis
John Lazenby Rockhurst Tennis
Brendan McKeown East Stroudsburg Wrestling
Dan McQueen Bentley Golf
Micheal Mullmann UNC Pembroke Golf
Aaron Niemiec Cedarville Tennis
Andrew Schranck Missouri S&T Swimming
Patrick Stiebinger USC Aiken Tennis
Miguel Uzcategui District of Columbia Tennis