BREVARD, N.C. – A program-record three Brevard College football student-athletes have been named 2022 Academic All-District performers, selected by College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA). Brevard College’s Luis Alvarez, Cooper Hogan and Justin Parker were all named to the Academic All-District team for the Fall 2022 season. All three Tornados now advance to the ballot for the CSC Academic All-America team.
The Academic All-District team is part of the Academic All-America program that has been honoring outstanding academic and athletic achievement by student-athletes throughout the landscape of college sports since 1952. The Football Academic All-America teams will be announced in December.
Alvarez, a wide receiver from Guadalupe, Arizona, is a junior majoring in Criminal Justice. Alvarez has registered 23 career receptions in his career, including a touchdown in a win over Maryville on October 9, 2021.
A sophomore wide receiver from New London, North Carolina, Hogan is majoring in Business and Organizational Leadership Science at BC. On the field in 2022, Hogan pulled down nine catches, while leading the team in kickoff returns with an average of 27 yards-per-return and a long of 45 yards.
Parker, a graduate student in Brevard College’s Health and Human Performance Master’s program was named Academic All-District for the third consecutive year. The stalwart offensive lineman from Candler, North Carolina played in 39 career games for the Tornados and was a Second-Team All USA South Conference selection as a sophomore.
The 2022 Academic All-District Football teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America program separately recognizes soccer honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA.
The Division II and III CSC Academic All-America programs are partially financially supported by the NCAA Division II and III national governance structures to assist CSC with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2022-23 Divisions II and III Academic All-America programs. The NAIA CSC Academic All-America program is partially financially supported through the NAIA national office.
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