UW-Platteville's Nathan Petesch Earns CoSIDA Academic All-District Honor

University of Wisconsin-Platteville senior Nathan Petesch, a member of the Pioneers' men's track and field and cross country team has been named to the College Sports Information Directors of American (CoSIDA) Academic All-District V First Team, it was announced Thursday.

Petesch, who recently finished 18th at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the 5,000-meter run, is a recent graduate from UW-Platteville as a double major in biology and geography.

The Bellevue, Iowa native broke the school record earlier this year in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 14:22.69 at the Gina Relays to eclipse the previous mark of 14:26.97 set in 2007 by Tyler Sigl. Petesch won the 10,000-meter run at the WIAC Championship in a UW-Platteville Track and Field Complex facility record time of 30:41.65. 

Earlier in the year, he finished 32nd at the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships as the Pioneers posted a program-best fourth-place finish.

To be nominated, a student-athlete must be a starter or important reserve with at least a 3.30 cumulative grade point average, completed one full calendar year at his/her current institution, and reached sophomore athletic eligibility.  Voting is conducted by current CoSIDA members. With being a first-team selection, Petesch moves on to the All-American ballot, later this month.