AUGUSTA, Ga. - As the postseason gets underway, five Clayton State student-athletes have been recognized for their outstanding accomplishments in the classroom as well as on the field, as they were named to the 2015 Peach Belt Conference Men's Soccer All-Academic Team.
Leading the way for the Lakers was sophomore
Aleksi Tuominen (Helsinki, Finland), who is majoring in Biology with a GPA of 3.87. Following him, with an almost identical GPA of 3.83, was sophomore
Nick Hague (Sheffield, England). Wrapping up the honorees from Clayton State, were senior
Nikola Gazibara (Belgrade, Serbia), junior
Bilal Nakhli (Paris, France) and
Sekou Thornell (Atlanta,Ga). Gazibara is majoring in Information Technology while Nakhli and Thornell are Marketing and Business majors, respectively.
In order to qualify for the Academic All-Conference Team, student-athletes must have been at their institution for one calendar year, have achieved a cumulative Grade Point Average of 3.30 or higher on a 4.0 scale and competed in at least 50-percent of their sport as a significant contributor. The GPA is calculated through the previous semester.
The Peach Belt Conference is home to 35 NCAA Division II National Championships, 14 institutions spanning from North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Alabama sponsors championships in 15 sports. Each year prior to those sports championships, the PBC recognizes the academic accomplishments of the league's student-athletes.
2015 Peach Belt Conference Men's Soccer Academic All-Conference Team| Ewan Bain, North Georgia |
| Daniel Bennett, North Georgia |
| Diego Casillas, North Georgia |
| Jonny Cosgrove, Flagler |
| Lex Craggs, Flagler |
| Adria Dalmau, USC Aiken |
| Trevor Dempsey, Georgia Southwestern |
| Jonny Denton, Young Harris |
| Srdjan Dujkovic, Montevallo |
| Marcel Farenholz, Montevallo |
| Kevin Francis, Montevallo |
| D.J. Garrett, Georgia Southwestern |
| Nikola Gazibara, Clayton State |
| Rodrigo Goncalves, USC Aiken |
| Nick Hague, Clayton State |
| Lewis Hilton, Young Harris |
| Yannic Horn, Motevallo |
| Daniel Joyce, North Georgia |
| Nikola Klacar, Montevallo |
| Christoph Krekeler, Lander |
| Erlend Lofsgaard, Flagler |
| Sam Lofts, Lander |
| Onorio Molina, Georgia Southwestern |
| Bilal Nakhli, Clayton State |
| Victor Ohlin, North Georgia |
| Russell Parker, Lander |
| Kenneth Perkinson, UNC Pembroke |
| Josh Phelps, UNC Pembroke |
| Hayden Poell, UNC Pembroke |
| Silvio Polly, Georgia Southwestern |
| Sven Ricke, Francis Marion |
| Steven Rocca, Montevallo |
| Matt Shaftoe, North Georgia |
| Nathan Shanko, USC Aiken |
| Harrison Smith, Francis Marion |
| Jonas Sturesson, Young Harris |
| Joshua Swift, Georgia Southwestern |
| Branco Theis, UNC Pembroke |
| Sekou Thornell, Clayton State |
| Aleksi Tuominen, Clayton State |
| Ramin Varnhorn, Young Harris |
