• 2019 ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA TEAM (pdf)

AUSTIN, Texas – Seattle Pacific men's soccer standout Travis Swallow received national scholastic acclaim for the second straight year as he was honored among an elite national group selected to the prestigious CoSIDA Academic All-America team.
 
The junior defender was featured on the list of 33 NCAA Division II men's soccer student-athletes that is produced annually by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and factors in both classroom and on-field performance.
 
A third-team honoree in 2018, Swallow was named to this year's 10-man second team on Wednesday.
 
Swallow is the 12th player in the history of the Falcons men's soccer program to achieve recognition on Academic All-America team.
 
SPU has placed at least one player on the men's soccer scholastic squad for six consecutive years, including former Falcons Davis Karaica and Jordan Kollars who were each named to the team in both 2015 and 2016.
 
Swallow compiled a 3.98 grade point average in a business administration curriculum. He was a fixture on the Falcons back line in 2019 and distributed two assists, both of them in victories. The left outside back started all 14 games, one of only three Falcons to open every outing on the field this season.
 
A midfielder the previous two years, Swallow tallied three goals in his career and produced three assists.
 
The product of Lake City High School in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho was recently named to the Great Northwest Athletic Conference academic team for the second time.
 
The Falcons won their final four games to vault into third place in the final GNAC standings with a 6-6-0 record. They compiled a 7-9-1 overall mark against a schedule that was ranked among the nation's most difficult.
 
To be eligible for nomination into the CoSIDA academic awards program, student-athletes must have at least a 3.30 grade-point average, have already completed one season of competition and be a starter or significant reserve to be nominated.
 
The 33 men's soccer Academic All-Americans were selected based on voting from the pool of those that received first-team regional academic honors.