YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. --- Tusculum College junior men's tennis student-athlete Lukas Winkelmann has been named to the 2013-14 Capital One Academic All-America® Men's At-Large first team for a second straight season, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

Winkelmann, a native of Böblingen, Germany, becomes the seventh Tusculum student-athlete to earn Academic All-America® honors on more than two occasions in their career, joining Denise Fliesser (women's soccer), Jarrell NeSmith (football), Simon Holzapfel (men's cross country), Taylor Rakes (baseball), Ashley Sarmiento (volleyball) and Jillian Corum (women's golf).

Winkelmann also becomes only the fourth two-time Academic All-America® first team selection in Tusculum history, joining Fliesser (2004, 2005), Holzapfel (2009, 2010) and Rakes (2012, 2013) in that elite group.

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

Last year, he was named to the Capital One Academic All-America® first team, becoming the first sophomore in school history to garner first team Academic All-America® accolades.

Winkelmann posted a perfect 23-0 singles record this year and finished the season as the No. 38th ranked singles player in NCAA Division II (No. 10 in Southeast Region). Winkelmann also posted a 20-3 record in doubles, including 19-2 with his younger brother Jonas at the No. 1 flight.

Winkelmann swept the top two South Atlantic Conference men's tennis awards for a second straight year, sweeping the SAC Player of the Year and SAC Scholar Athlete of the Year awards, becoming the first player in league history to achieve the feat.

In the classroom, Winkelmann sports a 3.97 cumulative grade point average as a pre-medicine major. 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.

He did not lose a set in singles in his 11 conference matches, and in the process became the first Tusculum player to be a two-time SAC Player of the Year and just the second in league history to win back-to-back Player of the Year awards.

Winkelmann has a 52-7 career singles record and has won 33 consecutive regular-season matches dating back to the middle of last year. He is a three-time All-SAC performer and was the SAC Freshman of the Year in 2012.

He is a three-time team most valuable player and has been named the Tusculum College Male Athlete of the Year in each of the last two seasons.

Winkelmann serves in numerous leadership roles, including as 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. He has volunteered with the local "Tennis in Schools" project, the Alpha Chi Angel Tree project, holiday adopt-a-family events, and with a local hospital.

The Pioneers finished the season with an 18-5 record after earning runner-up honors at the South Atlantic Conference Tournament in Rock Hill, S.C.

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 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 20,000 student-athletes in Divisions I, II, III and NAIA, covering all NCAA championship sports.

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2013-14 Capital One Academic All-America® Division II Men's At-Large Team
Name School Sport
First Team
Ryan Anderson Alaska Fairbanks Rifle
Rodrigo Avila King (Tenn.) Tennis
Corbin Bennetts Western State Colorado Wrestling
Marko Blazevski Wingate Swimming
BJ Boldog Lewis Volleyball
Luke Calkins UC San Diego Swimming
Mats Eriksson Alaska Fairbanks Rifle
Ruben Gimenez Bridgeport Swimming
Zachary Kempa Indiana (Pa.) Golf
Grey MacAulay Lindenwood Golf
Todd Nakasuji Limestone Lacrosse
Saul Shrom Colorado St.-Pueblo Tennis
Robbie Swan Florida Southern Swimming
Nick Watson Adelphi Lacrosse
Lukas Winkelmann Tusculum Tennis

Second Team
Gary Buffington West Florida Golf
Alex Bryson St. Cloud State Swimming
Dylan D'Urso Mercyhurst Wrestling
Jared Holliday Newberry Wrestling
Luke Hubert Indianapolis Tennis
Christian Larsen Limestone Swimming
Kristian Larsen Wayne St. (Mich.) Swimming
David McCormick West Chester Swimming
Petr Michnev Hawai'i Pacific Tennis
Reed Miller Wingate Swimming
Michael Mullmann UNC Pembroke Golf
Kowan O'Keefe Minot State Golf
Oscar Pereiro Bridgeport Swimming
Keith Sponsler Missouri S&T Swimming
Patrick Stiebinger USC Aiken Tennis

Third Team
Karl Burdis Tampa Swimming
Tim Crouch Florida Southern Golf
Lukas Ebner Alaska Anchorage Skiing
Mark Fiala Nebraska-Kearney Wrestling
Brady Heseltine Mercyhurst Lacrosse
Jeff Hunter SE Oklahoma State Golf
Sven Kardol Grand Valley State Swimming
Armand Levandi Lewis Tennis
Brendan McKeown East Stroudsburg Wrestling
Ryan Sage Mars Hill Lacrosse
Brennen Shaw Assumption Ice Hockey
Daisuke Takagi Gannon Water Polo
Matt Turek Gannon Wrestling
Miguel Uzcategui District of Columbia Tennis
Jesse Wood Mercy Lacrosse