AUSTIN, Texas -- Three Peach Belt Conference student-athletes were named Academic All-Americans as the College Sports Communicators (CSC) released the men's At-Large team. Montevallo lacrosse players Alex Egorshin and Gerry York along with Lander golfer Linus Jonsson were named first-team Academic All-Americans, widely regarded as the highest honor a student-athlete can receive.
York, a senior faceoff specialist for the Falcons, earned his second CSC Academic All-American after posting a 3.95 cumulative GPA in his business administration courses. On the field, York became the Falcons' all-time record holder with a .725 faceoff win percentage on a 140-for-193 mark which finished the 2024 season as the top mark in all of NCAA Div. II. Over the course of this latest season, the Hazel Green, Ala. native tallied three goals while scooping up a team-high 71 ground balls.
The Falcons' faceoff man tallied multiple post-season honors with a First Team All-PBC nod while also being one of the program's first USILA All-American Honorable Mention selection. Another All-American selection came in the form of a USA Lacrosse Magazine Honorable Mention with York also named as a third-team USILA All-South Region faceoff specialist.
York's second-consecutive First Team Academic All-American selection makes him the first Falcon ever to be named First Team All-American in consecutive seasons and just the fourth Falcon to win the award multiple times.
Egorshin, a sophomore goal keeper from Hoover, Ala., earned the All-American recognition after posted a 4.00 cummulative GPA in his chemistry studies. The second-year keeper finished the season with a PBC second-best 13.47 saves per game with a total of 202 saves. The Falcons' keeper started all 15 games in 2024 with an average of 12.23 goals allowed per game. Egorshin set a season low with just three goals allowed in Montevallo's win over Shorter on April 6.
The sophomore recieved post-season recognition in the form of a 2024 PBC Defensive Player of the Year honor while being named first team all-conference. The Hoover, Ala. native also garnered national recognition with one of the program's first USILA All-American selection while also earning the title of USILA All-South Region Honorable Mention.
Jonsson graduated from Lander University this spring with a degree in Business Administration with a concentration in marketing and a minor in Entrepreneurship and a 4.0 cumulative GPA. A native of Skänninge, Sweden, was the PBC Scholar-Athlete of the Year, the Elite 18 Award winner in back-to-back seasons and is now a CSC Academic All-American for the second time. Winner of the Lander Athletic Academic Award, he was also given the Student Emphasis Award from the college of business and a part of the Beta GammA Signa International Business Honor Society.
On the course, he was named the PBC Freshman of the Year in 2021 and the PBC Player of the Year in 2024. The 18th-ranked men's golfer in Division II, he led the PBC with a 71.03 stroke average, the fifth-lowest in PBC history. He played all 12 events for Lander in 2023-24, finishing in the top 10 seven times and in the top five four times with 24 of his 36 competitive rounds at or under par. A three-time All-Conference selection, he was named a PING/GCAA All-American in 2023 and twice nominated for the Palmer Cup.
The Division II Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division II national governance structure to assist CSC with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2023-24 Division II Academic All-America® program.