Capital One Academic All-America Division II At-Large Teams

Romeoville, Ill. - Lewis University tennis players Zsofia Lanstiak (Budapest, Hungary/Karinthy Frigyes Gimnazium) (Budapest, Hungary/Karinthy Frigyes Gimnazium) and Uno Lapimaa (Tallinn, Estonia/Audentese) (Tallinn, Estonia/Audentese) have been selected to the 2012 Capital One Academic All-America Division II Women's and Men's At-Large Third Teams, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), released on Wednesday (June 6).

Lanstiak and Lapimaa are the 17th and 18th Academic All-Americans in Lewis history. The duo combines for 50% of the All-America At-Large selections who played tennis in the Great Lakes Valley Conference in 2011-12.

"I'm extremely proud of how both of the leaders of our programs have performed in both the classroom and on the tennis court," Lewis head men's and women's tennis coach Brett Bridel said.

Lanstiak, a sophomore, owns a 3.77 cumulative grade point average in psychology. The 2012 Great Lakes Valley Conference Player of the Year helped the Flyers win their first-ever GLVC Women's Tennis championship and advance to the 'Sweet 16' of the NCAA Division II Women's Tennis Championship. She finished the season with a singles record of 36-2 and a combined doubles mark of 36-3, as the Flyers finished the campaign with a record of 24-3. Following the year, Lanstiak was selected as the 2012 Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Midwest Region 'Player To Watch'.

Lapimaa, a senior sport management major, collected a 3.31 cumulative GPA heading into the spring semester. In his final season in a Flyer uniform, Lapimaa compiled a singles record of 36-6 and a combined doubles mark of 32-7, as he helped Lewis to a berth in the NCAA Midwest Regional Tournament. For his efforts, Lapimaa was the only unanimous selection to the All-GLVC Team and was named the ITA Midwest Region 'Senior Player of the Year'.

Lapimaa is the second Lewis men's tennis player to receive Academic All-America At-Large accolades in as many years, as former teammate Lorenz Pestinger (Bad Homburg, Germany/Humboldtschule) earned Third Team honors in 2011.

The Capital One Academic All-America Division II Women's At-Large program includes the sports of bowling, crew, fencing, field hockey, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming and diving, tennis and water polo.

The Capital One Academic All-America Division II Men's At-Large program includes the sports of fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming and diving, tennis, water polo and wrestling.