Dane Lundgren named to Verizon Academic All-America Football Team

Wheaton,

Ill. (12/2) - Wheaton College senior Dane Lundgren (Arden Hills,

Minn./Mounds View) has named to the Verizon Academic All-America College Division

Football Team, selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America

(CoSIDA). Lundgren, a defensive tackle for the Thunder football team, was

selected to the College Division Second Team with a 3.39 GPA in English Literature

at Wheaton.

Lundgren is a four-time All-College Conference of Illinois and

Wisconsin (CCIW) selection and has been chosen to the first team on three

occasions. The team tri-captain made 57 total tackles this season with a team-high

ten quarterback sacks (-45 yards) and 16 tackles for lost yardage (-51). He

was named the CCIW "Defensive Player of the Week" for the Week of Nov. 2 for

his 10- tackle effort in a 41-7 win over Conference foe North Central.

In his stellar career Lundgren has recorded 22 career sacks

(-154 yards) and 48 career tackles for lost yardage. The four-year starter

has also made 244 total tackles in his career.

Wheaton posted a 10-2 record this season, winning its second

CCIW Championship in the last three years. The Thunder advanced to the NCAA

Division III Playoffs for the first time since 1995.

The Verizon Academic All-America Team, selected by CoSIDA is

in its 51st year of selecting the top student-athletes in America. The program

sponsors teams at the university level (Division I and IAA) and the college

level (Division III, II and NAIA) in football, men's and women's basketball,

men's and women's soccer, softball, baseball, volleyball, cross country/track

and at-large sports.