BEREA, OHIO --  Two Baldwin-Wallace College student-athletes,  Division III national qualifying men's tennis student-athletes in senior Alex Trzeciak (Avon Lake) and sophomore Brad Minrovic (Akron/ Ellet), have been named to the 2012 CAPITAL ONE Academic All-District VII team for their efforts in the classroom and on the court.

The program is sponsored in conjunction with CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America) and CAPITAL ONE. Student-athletes are nominated and selected by the SIDs.  To qualify, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum 3.30 grade point average, be a starter or key reserve who has appeared in more than half of his/ her teams games/ events.  This is the first appearance on the CAPITAL ONE Academic All-District VII team for Trzeciak, and Minrovic.

Trzeciak, who has a 3.8 grade average in mathematics  and economics and will attend Washington (Mo) University for graduate school this fall, helped B-W win the OAC title and advance to the second round of the NCAA Division III National Tournament as its number one singles and No.1 doubles player. He is a 2-time ITA (Intercollegiate Tennis Association) Scholar All-American, B-W's 2012 Clyde Lamb Scholar-Athlete Award winner and a 4-time first-team All-OAC selection who compiled an 87-22 singles and 82-28 doubles record. His 87 singles wins ranks second in school history, his 82 doubles wins are third and his 169 combination wins are second. This season, Trzeciak posted a 26-6 singles and 25-8 doubles mark. In the classroom, he is a member of three honors societies and was awarded the Toni and Max Dehn Prize in Mathematics. This is his second CAPITAL ONE Academic All-District honor.

Minrovic, who carries a 3.82 grade average in the pre-med and chemistry, also helped B-W to the OAC title, an NCAA tourney berth and a school-record 29 wins and 29-1 overall record. He split time at No.6 singles and No.3 doubles and compiled a 10-3 singles and 13-4 doubles record. After just two seasons, Minrovic has a 30-12 singles and 33-11 doubles mark, including a 20-7 singles and 20-7 doubles mark in 2010-11. In the classroom, he is member of two academic honor societies and a Jacket Scholar.  This is Minrovic's first CAPITAL ONE Academic All-District selection.

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