COMMERCE – Texas A&M University-Commerce safety Alex Shillow has been named to the Academic All-District® Team, as announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) on Thursday.
 
First-team Academic All-District® honorees advance to the Academic All-America® ballot. First-, second- and third-team (if necessary) Academic All-America® honorees will be announced in early December. Shillow is the only Academic All-District selection from the Lone Star Conference in 2019.
 
Shillow is a redshirt junior safety from Pflugerville who has excelled in every aspect of his collegiate career. He is the national chair of the NCAA Division II Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and president of the A&M-Commerce SAAC, which has won last the last three Lone Star Conference SAAC Cups. He was a 2019 nominee for the American Football Coaches' Association's Good Works Team and recipient of the NACDA John McLendon Minority Postgraduate Scholarship.
 
He has been named to the President's List four times, Dean's List two times, and LSC Commissioner's Honor Roll six times, and was D2ADA Academic Achievement Award winner twice. He earned his bachelor's degree in sports management in August.
 
On the field, the 2017 National Champion has 151 career tackles with four interceptions, 13 pass breakups, three fumble recoveries, a forced fumble, a blocked kick returned for a two-point conversion, and 4.5 tackles for loss. He has 35 tackles, two fumble recoveries, and three pass breakups in the 2019 season. The Lions have gone 32-6 in Shillow's three seasons in the blue and gold.
 
Shillow and the Lions wrap up the 2019 regular season in a key regional battle at Angelo State at 3 p.m. Saturday.
 

Pos.	Name	School	Yr.	Major
QB	Ryan Schlichte	Minnesota State	Sr.	Social Studies Teaching
RB	Austin Micci	Colorado State - Pueblo	Sr.	Business Management (UG) / MBA (G)
RB	Justin Taormina	Minnesota State	Jr.	Management
WR	Dakota Larson	Northern State	So.	Environmental Science
WR	Shane Zylstra	Minnesota State	Sr.	Biomedical Science
TE	Preston Guerra	Colorado State - Pueblo	Jr.	Business Management
OL	Nathan Belisle	Minnesota State	Sr.	Accounting
OL	Tyson Kauffman	Concordia-St. Paul	Jr.	Biology
OL	Rich Kelly	Concordia-St. Paul	Sr.	Biology
OL	Dan List	Colorado State - Pueblo	Sr.	History
OL	Cody Ullestad	Colorado School of Mines	Sr.	Mechanical Engineering
OL	Nick Zimmerman	Sioux Falls	Gr.	Business, Management, & Marketing
K	Ethan Knudson	Wayne State (Neb,)	Sr.	Industrial Technology & Construction Management
ST	Stevann Brown	Chadron State	Sr.	Education
DL	Calder Forcella	Chadron State	Sr.	Education
DL	Kolbie Foster	Wayne State (Neb.)	Sr.	Family Consumer Science & Fashion Merchandising
DL	Zach Mohs	Northern State	Sr.	Biology / Chemistry
DL	Dan Monson	Minnesota Duluth	Sr.	Civil Engineering
LB	Alex Goettl	Minnesota State	Sr.	Biology
LB	Cole Peterson	South Dakota Mines	So.	Undeclared
LB	Kyle Rosenbrock	Colorado State - Pueblo	Sr.	Engineering
DB	Gunnar Feldhege	Bemidji State	So.	Wildlife Biology
DB	Ben Gutschow	St. Cloud State	Sr.	Pre-Dental
DB	Geoff Keating	Colorado School of Mines	Sr.	Mechanical Engineering
DB	Alex Shillow	A&M-Commerce	Gr.	Sports Management (UG) / MBA (G)