Heiniger Repeats as CoSIDA Academic All-American
CoSIDA Release | TU Honors Page
AUSTIN, Texas – One year after becoming the first Taylor University lacrosse student-athlete to be named a CoSIDA Academic All-American, Teegan Heiniger repeated the honor, this time earning the program's first-ever First-Team Academic All-American nod.
The College of Sports Information Directors of America unveiled its list of 10 First-Team and 10 Second-Team At-Large Academic All-Americans recently, recognizing the top men's student-athletes from around the NAIA from the sports of lacrosse, rifle, skiing, fencing, swimming, tennis, golf, volleyball, gymnastics, water polo, hockey, wrestling and competitive cheer.
Heiniger earned a spot as a CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-American, as just one-of-three lacrosse athletes in the NAIA to do so. The senior concluded his career at Taylor with a 3.96 grade-point average in engineering.
The two-time Academic All-American and three-time Academic All-District performer played in every single game in the history of the Taylor men's lacrosse program during his four seasons in Upland. During that time, Heiniger became the program's all-time leader in games played, ground balls and faceoff win percentage.
Heiniger capped his decorated record-setting career with the Purple and Gold in 2022 with 15 games, 13 starts, nine goals, six assists, 59 ground balls and 101 faceoff victories for the Trojans.
In addition to his work on the field, Heiniger earned a pair of Academic All-Wolverine Hoosier Athletic Conference awards and will collect a second-straight NAIA Scholar-Athlete honor later this summer.
Heiniger is the only CoSIDA Academic All-American in the short four-year history of the TU men's lacrosse program.
Taylor now boasts 11 CoSIDA Academic All-American honors during the 2021-2022 year and 109 in school history, with 107 of those coming since 2010. Of those 109 CoSIDA Academic All-American honors, 57 have been First-Team selections.
The CoSIDA Academic All-District and All-America awards are designed to showcase student-athletes for outstanding achievements in the classroom, as well as on the court or field of play. In order to be eligible for the honor, an athlete must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.30, must have reached sophomore status academically with at least one full year at their current institution and must have participated in over half of the team's competitions as a key contributor during the current season.
Student-athletes are nominated for the awards by their institution's Sports Information Department and are selected via a vote by CoSIDA members from around the nation. To be eligible for All-American honors, a student-athlete must be selected as a First-Team Academic All-District performer.