Bowling Green State University Athletics
Nicolas Lopez-Acevedo Earns Academic All-District Honors
June 03, 2002 | Men's Tennis
June 3, 2002
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - Bowling Green State University student-athlete Nicolas Lopez-Acevedo has been named to the 2002 Verizon Academic All-District IV University Division At-Large Team. Lopez-Acevedo, a native of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, has been named to the second team.
Lopez-Acevedo, a junior on the 2001-02 Falcon squad, was an All-Mid-American Conference First-Team pick. He was named MAC Player of the Week twice this season.
Lopez-Acevedo posted a singles mark of 25-11 in the 2001-02 campaign, going 3-0 in the MAC and 2-0 in league tourney action. In doubles, his 21-10 record included an 11-4 mark with senior Vitek Wild. That duo went 3-1 in conference regular-season play.
Lopez-Acevedo has earned numerous honors this spring. On April 14, he was named BGSU's Male Junior Scholar-Athlete of the Year. A few days later, he was named to the first team on the prestigious Arthur Ashe, Jr., Sports Scholars List. Lopez-Acevedo was the MAC's Male Scholar-Athlete of the Week on March 19.
Lopez-Acevedo's 25 singles victories this year tie him for the fourth-most in a season in school history, and his 46 combined wins place him 10th on that BGSU list. In his three-year Falcon career, he amassed 134 total wins, good for seventh all-time. He had 69 singles wins (T-sixth) and 65 doubles victories (T-ninth).
In the classroom, Lopez-Acevedo entered the spring semester with a cumulative grade point average of 3.73 as a biology major with minor in Spanish.
The district team is made up of student-athletes from NCAA Division I schools in Alabama, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee.
To qualify, student-athletes must hold at least sophomore status, be a starter or important reserve on the team, and carry a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 or higher. Team members are selected by a vote of members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) within the district.
The Falcons posted an overall dual-match record of 19-11 this season, recording 19 victories for the second year in a row. The Brown and Orange went 5-0 in MAC play to win the third regular-season title, and the first-ever outright crown, in program history.
BGSU defeated Northern Illinois in the semifinal round of the MAC Championships, but lost a 4-3 decision to Ball State in the championship match. The Falcons' Jay Harris was named 2002 MAC Coach of the Year.
