SEWARD, Neb. – A budding star at linebacker, junior Zac Walter became the sixth student-athlete in Concordia University football history to be named a Google Cloud Academic All-District® Team honoree. Walter was announced as one of the 2018 all-district award winners by College Sports Information Directors of America on Thursday (Nov. 15).
The Google Cloud CoSIDA Academic All-District® Football Teams have been released to recognize the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom. For more information about the Academic All-District® and Academic All-America® Teams program, please visit http://cosida.com.
Also an honorable mention All-GPAC choice, Walter is studying business administration at Concordia. On track to be named an NAIA Scholar-Athlete, the Lincoln, Kan., native recorded 80 tackles, eight stops for loss, two sacks, two interceptions and a forced fumble during the 2018 season. He notched at least 10 tackles in four separate games this fall. Walter helped extend the Bulldog football program’s streak to seven-straight years with a CoSIDA all-district winner.
First-team Academic All-District® honorees advance to the Google Cloud Academic All-America® ballot. First-, and second-team (if necessary) Academic All-America® honorees will be announced in early December.
Football Academic All-District Honorees
Mitchell Cherney (2012)
Le’Dontrae Gooden (2016)
Dylan Heithoff (2013)
Hallick Lehmann (*2015, *2016, *2017)
Adam Meirose (2014)
Zac Walter (2018)
*Academic All-American