COMMERCE – Texas A&M University-Commerce safety Alex Shillow has been named to the Academic All-America® Second Team, as announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) on Thursday.
 
The Division II Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division II national governance structure to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2019-20 Division II Academic All-America® teams program. Shillow is the only Football Academic All-America selection from the Lone Star Conference in 2019.
 
Shillow becomes the 16th CoSIDA Academic All-America in A&M-Commerce history, and the sixth football honoree. The Lions have had at least one CoSIDA Academic All-America in each of the last four years, which marks the longest streak in Lion Athletics history.
 
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 159 career tackles with four interceptions, 15 pass breakups, three fumble recoveries, a forced fumble, a blocked kick returned for a two-point conversion, and 5.5 tackles for loss. He had 43 tackles, two fumble recoveries, and three pass breakups in the 2019 season in which the Lions advanced to the regional final round of the NCAA Division II playoffs. The Lions have gone 35-7 in Shillow's three seasons in the blue and gold.
 
LION ATHLETICS ALL-TIME CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAS
FIRST TEAM

1977	Mike Hall	Football
2002	Summer Sparnon	Women's Basketball
2011	Taylor Fore	Football
2012	Desmond King	Men's Basketball
2013	Andrew Davis	Men's Basketball
2018	Mariah Jameyson	Softball
2018	Kristov Martinez	Football

 
SECOND TEAM

1972	Will Cureton	Football
1994	Tammy Scott	Women's Track & Field
1994	Andrea Hines	Women's Basketball
2017	Jaslyn Wacker	Volleyball
2018	Jaslyn Wacker	Volleyball
2018	Garrett Blubaugh	Football
2019	Alex Shillow	Football

 
THIRD TEAM

2012	Andrew Davis	Men's Basketball
2016	Kylene Hatton	Softball

 
2019 ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA DIVISION II FOOTBALL
FIRST TEAM

Pos.	Name	School	Yr.	Major
QB	Brant Grisel	Charleston (W. Va.)	Sr.	Biology / Pre-Medical
RB	Deonte Glover	Shepherd	Gr.	MBA
RB	Austin Micci (1)	Colorado State-Pueblo	Sr.	Business Management (UG / MBA (3+2)
WR	Henry Litwin	Slippery Rock	Jr.	Safety Management
WR	Shane Zylstra (1)	Minnesota State	Sr.	Biomedical Science
TE	Preston Guerra	Colorado State-Pueblo	Jr.	Business Management
OL	Ronnie Clifton (2)	Lenoir-Rhyne	Gr.	Business Administration
OL	Ryan Dodd	Pittsburg State	Gr.	Business Administration (UG) / MBA (G)
OL	Derek Ivey	Stonehill	Jr.	Economics
OL	Shawn Rouse	Missouri Western State	Sr.	Construction Engineering
OL	Ryan Spelhaug (1)	Northwest Missouri State	Sr.	Business Economics
K	Ethan Knudson	Wayne State (Neb.)	Sr.	Industrial Tech. & Construction Mgmt.
ST	Stevann Brown	Chadron State	Sr.	Education
DL	Ned Bingaman	Pittsburg State	Sr.	Justice Studies
DL	Zach Mohs	Northern State	Sr.	Biology / Chemistry
DL	Ricky Robinson	Shepherd	Jr.	Business Administration
DL	Levi Wyrick	Pittsburg State	Sr.	Education
LB	Tyler Bradfield (2)	Grand Valley State	Jr.	Finance
LB	Kyle Rosenbrock	Colorado State -Pueblo	Sr.	Engineering
LB	Clay Shreve	Ashland	Sr.	Music Education
DB	Sam Fareri (2)	Clarion	Sr.	Rehab Science
DB	Brandon Morrison	West Liberty	Gr.	Criminology (G)
DB	Braden Sweet (#)	Southwestern Oklahoma State	Gr.	Accounting (UG) / Business Admin. (G)
DB	Kyle Toth	Wayne State (Mich.)	Sr.	Kinesiology
P	Logen Neidhardt	Ohio Dominican	Jr.	Exercise Science

 
SECOND TEAM
 

Pos.	Name	School	Yr.	Major
QB	Jaden Barr	Truman State	Gr.	Leadership
RB	Deshawn Jones (2, #)	Missouri S&T	Sr.	Biological Sciences
RB	Antonio Wimbush	Carson-Newman	Sr.	Business
WR	Nate Couturier	Davenport	Gr.	Accounting
WR	Dakota Larson	Northern State	So.	Environmental Science
TE	Marqus Andrews (1)	Northwest Missouri State	Sr.	Chemistry
OL	Nathan Belisle	Minnesota State -Moorhead	Sr.	Accounting
OL	Dan List	Colorado State-Pueblo	Sr.	History
OL	Levi Murphy	East Stroudsburg	Sr.	Secondary Education / History
OL	Andrew Strickland	Wingate	Sr.	Accounting
OL	Nick Zimmerman	Sioux Falls	Gr.	Business, Management, Marketing
K	Tanner Harding	Notre Dame (Ohio)	Jr.	Psychology
ST	Pippin Davis	Valdosta State	Jr.	Middle Grades Education
DL	Kolbie Foster (2)	Wayne State (Neb.)	Sr.	Family Consumer Sci. & Fashion Merch.
DL	Dan Monson	Minnesota Duluth	Sr.	Civil Engineering
DL	Mikal Toliver (2)	Urbana	Sr.	Sport Management
DL	J.T. Turner	Concord	Jr.	Business Administration
LB	Alex Goettl (1)	Minnesota State	Sr.	Biology
LB	Clayton Horn	Lenoir-Rhyne	Sr.	Accounting
LB	Jace McDown	Emporia State	Sr.	Health & Human Performance
DB	Ben Gutschow	St. Cloud State	Sr.	Bio-Medical Studies
DB	Geoff Keating (1)	Colorado School of Mines	Sr.	Mechanical Engineering
DB	Vincent Persichetti	Frostburg	Sr.	Sociology / Law & Society
DB	Alex Shillow	A&M-COMMERCE	Gr.	Sports Management (UG) / MBA (G)
P	Todd Morrow	Pittsburg State	Sr.	Construction Management

 
CoSIDA Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year: Brant Grisel, University of Charleston (W.Va.)
 
(1) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® first team selection in 2018
(2) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® second team selection in 2018
(#) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® second team selection in 2017