Luke Fischer, a CoSIDA Academic All-American in track & field and soccer.
NU's Fischer Named CoSIDA Academic All-American
TOWSON, Md. - Northwest University's senior, Luke Fischer of Kalispell, Mont., was named to the 2012 Capital One CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America) Academic All-American® College Division Cross Country/Track & Field First team as announced by the national office today.
Fischer joins 14 other student-athletes from 12 states and Kenya on the first team. A recent graduate with a business major at NU, Luke maintained a 3.75 grade point average. Fischer placed third at the 2012 Cascade Collegiate Conference championship meet in the javelin and was a national runner-up in the event at the NAIA outdoor track & field national championship meet with a career-best throw of 212 feet and 10 inches – 10 feet better than his previous personal best. A three-time All-CCC scholar-athlete as well as a two-time Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete in two sports, Fischer also made the 2011 Capital One Academic All-America® college division men’s soccer second team in the fall. Luke was also the recipient of the 2011 CCC Champions of Character Award.
Luke is exploring the possibility of returning to NU in the fall for graduate school and has one year of eligibility remaining in track & field.
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 15,000 student-athletes in Divisions I, II, III and NAIA, covering all NCAA championship sports.