GREENWOOD, Ind. – The 2019 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Google Cloud Academic All-District Men’s At-Large Teams were released Thursday and Gustavus men’s tennis players Chase Johnson (Sr., Golden Valley, Minn.) and Michael O’Neil (Jr., Edina, Minn.) are named to the 10-member District 6 Team, which features student-athletes from institutions in Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.
Chase Johnson
The Google Cloud Academic All-District Teams recognize the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom. Johnson and Whaling are two of three tennis student-athletes on the All-District Team, which also includes athletes competing in ice hockey, swimming, volleyball, golf, and skiing.
Johnson, a statistics major with a 3.82 GPA, is the No. 24-ranked Division III singles player and has posted a 22-5 record in singles, primarily playing at the No. 2 slot where went 17-3. Johnson finished his singles career on an eight-match winning streak and over four years went 78-26. As an All-American and the No. 3-ranked doubles tandem in the nation with Whaling as his partner, Johnson is 29-6 this season and has posted a career mark of 86-22. Johnson finished his MIAC career a perfect 40-0 combined between singles and doubles and is a two-time All-Conference Team member. Johnson has been on four MIAC championship teams, having never lost a single conference match, and has been on four NCAA tournament teams.
Michael O’Neil
O’Neil, a philosophy and economics double major with a 4.00 GPA, earned All-Conference for the first time this season after going 14-9 overall and 6-0 in the MIAC in singles, and 17-10 overall in doubles with a 6-1 mark in the conference. O’Neil spent the majority of the season at No. 4 singles and No. 3 doubles. He was last season’s MIAC Elite 22 Award winner and is projected to win the award again this season. O’Neil has been on three MIAC championship teams, having never lost a single conference match, and has been on three NCAA tournament teams.
First-team Academic All-District honorees advance to the Google Cloud Academic All-America ballot. First-, second- and third-team (if applicable) Academic All-America honorees will be announced later this month.
Congratulations to both players for outstanding performances in academia as well as athletics. So proud of you. More bragging material for this grandma, Chase!