Seven Student-Athletes Named to the Spring CACC All-Academic Team at Concordia

New Haven, CT - The Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) has introduced its All-Academic Team for the 2012 spring athletic season today. A total of 105 student-athletes from the 14 conference schools have earned a place on the list, five more than those recognized last spring. Concordia is represented with seven student-athletes named to the team.

In order to be named to the CACC All-Academic Team, recipients must have participated in a CACC-Championship sport in the spring. They must be at least a sophomore academically and athletically, have been a student-athlete at their current school for at least two semesters, and achieve a cumulative grade-point-average of 3.50 or higher through the spring semester.

Christopher Rodriguez (Queens, NY) a sophomore majoring in Nursing from the baseball team was named for the first time in his career. Joining Rodriguez from the baseball team is senior Christopher Motta (Bronx, NY) who is an Education major. Motta was named for the third time in his career at Concordia.

On the softball team junior Laura Brezovsky (Yonkers, NY), a Psychology major, was named to the team for the second time in her career while Victoria Pisciotta (New Hyde Park, NY), a senior majoring in Elementary Education, earned a spot for the third time.

Sophomore David Tisserand (Lyon, France) and senior Geza Bazula (Budapest, Hungary) of the men’s tennis team were named for the first time in their careers with the Clippers. Both Tisserand and Bazula, who are Business Administration majors, helped Concordia reach the NCAA Round of 16 match last month.

Sam Deitte (St. Louis, MO), a sophomore majoring in Business Administration, was recognized for the first time in his career. Deitte recently qualified for the NCAA Super Regionals in Hershey, PA where he placed 71st overall.