AUSTIN, Texas – University of South Alabama track and field's Jan-Louw Kotze has earned another honor as he was named to the Capital One Academic All-America® Men's Track & Field/Cross Country first team the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced on Friday.
This is the second-consecutive occasion the Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa, native has earned the honor making it his third academic distinguishment in four years. Kotze is the first South Alabama student-athlete to be named academic All-American from CoSIDA three times and the first athlete to earn the title in consecutive years since Brey Curtis was voted to the first-team Academic All-America baseball squad in 1996 and 1997.