Sam Stockton Named to Academic All-District Team

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Kentucky’s Sam Stockton was named to the 2017 CoSIDA Academic All-District® Men’s Soccer Team.
 
First-team Academic All-District® honorees advance to the CoSIDA Academic All-America® Team ballot, where first-, second- and third-team All-America honorees will be announced in December.
 
The CoSIDA Academic All-America program recognizes the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom.
 
Stockton has a 4.0 GPA in finance and the first 14 of Kentucky’s 18 games. The junior midfielder played a key role in a deep-lying midfield role screening the UK defense, which led the league in regular-season goals-against average (.89).
 
Stockton was also named to the Conference USA All-Academic Team alongside teammate Alex Bumpus.

Stockton and Bumpus have been perennial Honor Roll students honored by UK, the C-USA and SEC.
 
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