2022 Academic All-District Football teams (PDF)
 
Austin, Texas----Wingate University has four football student-athletes on the Academic All-District® team for Super Region 2, as selected by the College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA) this week. Two Bulldogs are repeat selections: three-time Academic All-District® wide receiver Trevor Grant and two-time quarterback pick Shaw Crocker.
 
Junior offensive lineman Porfirio Acosta and junior wide receiver Trevor Bryan join Crocker and Grant on the Academic All-District® list. The Wingate quartet has helped the Navy Blue and Vegas Gold-clad Bulldogs (10-2 overall) advance to the second round of the NCAA Division II playoffs. Wingate faces Benedict College Saturday in Columbia, South Carolina.
 
Porfirio Acosta
Junior offensive lineman (Woodstock, Ga.)
 
- Has played in eight games with four starts
- Has recorded 384 snaps with a 92 percent grade between effort and execution
- Has posted 26 knockdown blocks while allowing only one sack
- Academically, Acosta holds a 3.54 GPA as a finance major
 
Trevor Bryan
Junior wide receiver (Charlotte, N.C.)
 
- Has 10 receptions for 83 yards and one touchdown
- Recorded four catches each in road victories over Shaw and Lenoir-Rhyne
- Snagged a touchdown pass in a road triumph against Tusculum
- In the classroom, Bryan has a 3.85 GPA with his sport management major
 
Shaw Crocker
Graduate student quarterback (Greenville, S.C.)
2019 All-South Atlantic Conference, second team
 
- Entering the second round of the 2022 NCAAs, Crocker has a 39-13 overall record as a starter
- Has 90 career touchdown passes (second on the WU career charts)
- 2022 statistics ledger: 173-of-309 passing for 2164 yards and 22 touchdowns
- Graduated in 2021 with a degree in mathematics and education and a 3.64 GPA
- Holds a perfect 4.00 GPA in Wingate's master of arts in sport management
 
Trevor Grant
Senior wide receiver (Matthews, N.C.)
2022 William V. Campbell Trophy®, semi-finalist
 
- Ended '22 regular season with six catches, 144 yards, 2 TDs in win over UVA Wise
- Has compiled 19 receptions for 308 yards and four touchdowns so far this season
- Posted four catches for 53 yards and the game-winning TD at Limestone
- Academically, Grant holds a 3.96 GPA with an accounting major
 
What's Next
 
Academic All-District® honorees advance to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot. First- and second-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced in December. The CSC Academic All-District® teams include the student-athletes listed on the release linked in this story.
 
NCAA Division II CSC Academic All-America® programs
 
The Division II CSC Academic All-America® programs are partially financially supported by the NCAA Division II national governance structures to assist CSC with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2022-23 Divisions II Academic All-America® programs.
 
District III (Super Region 2) includes schools with affiliations to the South Atlantic Conference, the Gulf South Conference and the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. To be nominated for Academic All-America® honors, a student-athlete must be at least a sophomore with a 3.50 cumulative grade point average and must be a starter or a significant reserve on his team.
 
Wingate University
 
Founded in 1896, Wingate University is a laboratory of difference-making that serves more than 3,400 students in North Carolina. Wingate offers 38 undergraduate majors as well as seven master's and four doctoral degrees. The University is home to the Cannon College of Arts and Sciences; the Levine College of Health Sciences; the Byrum School of Business; the Thayer School of Education and the School of Sport Sciences. 

Wingate is a leader in healthcare education, and nearly one in five Wingate undergraduate students is preparing to be a pharmacist, physician assistant, physical therapist, occupational therapist or nurse. Student-athletes on Wingate's 25 teams compete in NCAA Division II and have brought home the SAC Echols Athletic Excellence Award for 14 years straight. The University's motto is "Faith, Knowledge, Service." View current news and videos at www.wingate.edu.