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Story by Kevin Juday, Elmhurst College

ELMHURST, Ill. -- Elmhurst's Luke Deel has been named to the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Division III Academic All-America men's soccer team. 

Deel was named a first-team Academic All-America selection as a defender. He was one of just 33 student-athletes named to the national Academic All-America team. Deel was the only player from the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) selected to the team. 

Deel started 19 games for the Bluejays as a defender. He helped Elmhurst's defense limit opponents to only 11 shots per game. He totaled two goals and four points for the season. He maintains a 4.00 grade-point average. 

Deel is the 43rd Elmhurst student-athlete to earn Academic All-America honors. Since the year 2000, Elmhurst student-athletes have earned 35 Academic All-America honors. Only two CCIW schools have more academic All-Americans in that time frame.
The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) was founded in 1946 and currently services nine member institutions including Augustana College (Rock Island, IL), Carroll University (Waukesha, WI), Carthage College (Kenosha, WI), Elmhurst College (Elmhurst, IL), Illinois Wesleyan University (Bloomington, IL), Millikin University (Decatur, IL), North Central College (Naperville, IL), North Park University (Chicago, IL) and Wheaton College (Wheaton, IL). During the 2018-19 academic year, the CCIW honored over 2,200 academic all-conference recipients, 18 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, 43 CoSIDA Academic All-District recipients, and over 100 all-Americans.