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Hu and Leuker Named CSC Academic All-Americans
Date Posted: 2/2/2024
The 2023 season may be over, but University of Chicago men's soccer is still making headlines. College Sports Communicators (CSC) released their Academic All-American teams on Tuesday afternoon with the honor roll containing two Maroon student-athletes.
Junior midfielder Lyndon Hu was named to the CSC Academic All-American second team based on his achievements on the field and his 4.0 GPA in biology in the classroom. Hu, already an All-UAA first team member and United Soccer Coaches first team all-region selection, started 19 of the 20 games he played in this season. The midfielder scored three goals and added three assists for a total of nine points on the year. He was also a perfect 1-for-1 on penalty kick attempts.
Joining Hu is junior defender Jack Leuker who was named to the third team after turning in a 3.54 GPA in public policy. The end of the year awards season has already been kind to the third-year student-athlete. Leuker was named defensive player of the year in the UAA, made the conference's first team, and was tabbed with second team honors in the all-region selections from the United Soccer Coaches. Leuker played and started in all 20 games for the Maroons and helped anchor a defense that allowed less than a goal per game. He scored three goals and assisted on five others for a career single season high of 17 points. He also had the game winning goal against Emory back on October 28th.
The awards going to Hu and Leuker serve as each student-athletes first CSC Academic All-American honors. The four Academic All-America® teams, spanning all three levels of the NCAA and NAIA while totaling 126 players, had a combined 3.86 average grade-point average with 30 members posting a perfect 4.0 GPA. When standing on its own, the complete Division III team had an average 3.87 GPA.
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