{"id":723440,"date":"2026-06-08T17:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T17:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/723440\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T17:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T17:39:08","slug":"old-dominions-piet-steveker-named-to-csc-academic-all-america-team-for-mens-tennis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/723440\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Dominion\u2019s Piet Steveker named to CSC Academic All-America Team for Men\u2019s Tennis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                &#13;<br \/>\n                    Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                NEW ORLEANS \u2013 Old Dominion men\u2019s tennis student-athlete Piet Steveker has been named to the College Sports Communicators 2025-26 Academic All-America Division I Men\u2019s Tennis Second Team, as announced by the organization last week.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nSteveker became the 30th Monarch to earn the honor and the first men\u2019s tennis player in program history. Winning the Sun Belt Newcomer of the Year award, Steveker led the Monarchs with a 21-8 mark in singles as Old Dominion captured its fourth consecutive tournament title in Rome, Ga. this year.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nSteveker joined 16 additional Sun Belt men\u2019s tennis student-athletes on the CSC Academic All-District teams. James Madison and South Alabama led the league with four selections.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nAcademic All-District\u00ae honorees were considered for advancement to the CSC Academic All-America\u00ae ballot. Student-athletes selected as CSC Academic All-America\u00ae finalists are denoted with an asterisk and will advance to the national ballot to be voted on by CSC members.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe 2026 Academic All-District\u00ae Men\u2019s Tennis teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation\u2019s top student-athletes for their combined performances on the court and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America\u00ae program separately recognizes men\u2019s tennis honorees in four divisions \u2014 NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nTo be eligible for the CSC Academic All-District\u00ae Men&#8217;s Tennis Team, an individual must hold at least a 3.5 cumulative GPA (both undergraduate and graduate), be a sophomore or older and have played in at least 70% of the team&#8217;s matches during the spring.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nFor more information about CSC Academic All-District\u00ae and Academic All-America\u00ae Teams program, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/academicallamerica.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AcademicAllAmerica.com<\/a>.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n2026 CSC Academic All-America (Sun Belt Conference)<br \/>\nPiet Steveker, Old Dominion \u2013 Second Team All-America<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n2026 CSC Academic All-District (Sun Belt Conference)<br \/>\nMatthew Mitchell, Georgia Southern<br \/>\nGabriele Datei, Georgia State<br \/>\nCem Atlamis, Georgia State<br \/>\nRyan Morgan, James Madison<br \/>\nZach Fleishman, James Madison<br \/>\nHarrison Lee, James Madison<br \/>\nAurelien Schmitt, James Madison<br \/>\nAryan Saleh*, Old Dominion<br \/>\nPiet Steveker*, Old Dominion<br \/>\nJuan Accossatto, South Alabama<br \/>\nAdam Bouyacoub, South Alabama<br \/>\nVictor Frumholz, South Alabama<br \/>\nHarold van Raemdonck, South Alabama<br \/>\nEric Perkowski, Southern Miss<br \/>\nSaheb Sodhi, Southern Miss<br \/>\nYeray Andres Pastor, Troy<br \/>\nLouis Boilevin, Troy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; NEW ORLEANS \u2013 Old Dominion men\u2019s tennis student-athlete Piet Steveker has been named to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":723441,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-723440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=723440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/723441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=723440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=723440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=723440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}