AUGUSTA, Ga. – Continuing an impressive academic tradition, Clayton State men's soccer has landed five individuals on the 2019 Peach Belt Conference All-Academic Team as announced by the league on Thursday, November 7.
 
Qualifying for the Lakers were senior defender Jordan Knight (Javea, Spain), graduate defender Tim Neusesser (Bad Berleburg, Germany), senior midfielder Dusan Stankovic (Belgrade, Serbia), sophomore midfielder Jack Stevens (Brisbane, Australia) and junior midfielder Mitro Turunen (Vantaa, Finland).
 
Knight earned his spot on the team with a 3.86 GPA in Political Science and was joined by Neusesser with a 4.0 in his MBA, Stankovic at 3.91 in Business, Stevens with 3.85 in Mathematics and Turunen at 3.84 in Business Management/Marketing.
 
For Knight it is the maximum third time he has picked up the honor while Turunen earns his second. Neusesser, Stankovic and Stevens are all first time honorees in their first year of eligibility.
 
In order to qualify for the Academic All-Conference Team, student-athletes must have been at their institution for one calendar year, have achieved a cumulative Grade Point Average of 3.30 or higher on a 4.0 scale and competed in at least 50-percent of their sport as a significant contributor.
 
The GPA is calculated through the previous semester and an individual that is a graduate transfer to an institution other than where they earned their undergraduate degree is immediately eligible.
 
The Peach Belt Conference Men's Soccer Academic All-Conference Team is released near the close of the regular season each year and prior to the conference championship. Clayton State men's soccer has clinched a berth in the 2019 PBC Tournament and will close out the regular season tomorrow, Saturday, November 9 against USC Aiken at 3:30 p.m.

2019 Peach Belt Conference Men's Soccer Academic All-Conference Team
David Box, USC Aiken
Giuseppe Cimino, USC Aiken
Evan Davis, North Georgia
Conner Domaleski, North Georgia
Rafael Faria, Georgia Southwestern
Kyle Ferguson, Lander
Dani Fischer, Young Harris
Alex Gschewend, Young Harris
Oakley Hanger, Lander
Magnus Hoejland, Francis Marion
Alex Inglesias, Young Harris
Adam Jackson, Georgia Southwestern
Jordan Knight, Clayton State
Tim Lammertz, North Georgia
Oliver Macallan, USC Aiken
Luke Narker, Lander
Tim Neusesser, Clayton State
Ricardo Pineda, USC Aiken
Dusan Stankovic, Clayton State
Jack Stevens, Clayton State
Jervel Tobierre, USC Aiken
Mitro Turunen, Clayton State
Yesin Van Der Puijm, Young Harris
David Weidner, USC Aiken
Caleb Zolman, Georgia Southwestern