(Portions of the story courtesy of Texas Lutheran Athletics)
LAWRENCEVILLE, GA - Texas Lutheran junior Mitchell Long became the 41st Academic All-American® in school history when he was named Tuesday to the 2019 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-America® Men's Soccer Team.
2019 marks the 11th time in the last 12 years the SCAC has placed at least one student-athlete on the CoSIDA Academic All-America® Men's Soccer Team.
Long was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America® Third Team. He was one of 12 student-athletes on the Academic All-America® Team to have a perfect 4.0 grade point average.
A Round Rock, Texas native, Long is the second Academic All-America® selection in TLU Men's Soccer History. Long joins two-time Academic All-America® honoree David Stahl as TLU Men's Soccer Academic All-Americans®.
Long is the 14th Academic All-America® honoree for TLU Athletics in the last five years.
An exercise science major, Long is a three-year letterman on the TLU Men's Soccer Team. This year, Long helped the Bulldogs to their first-ever Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship and to their second-ever appearance in the NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship.
The Bulldogs won a school-record 15 matches. TLU went 15-6 overall and 7-2 in the SCAC. The Bulldogs won the SCAC Championship with a 2-0 semifinal victory over tournament host Trinity and a 3-1 championship final win over Colorado College.
The Bulldogs played in the NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship and fell in the first round to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif.) by a score of 2-0.
Long played in 16 matches and started 15 before missing the last five matches due to illness. As a defender, Long had three assists and led a TLU defensive effort that finished the year with seven total shutouts.
