Posted: Apr 21, 2020
Mitchell Long named TLU's Male Junior-Year Scholar-Athlete of the Year
SEGUIN, Texas -- Texas Lutheran Men's Soccer stand-out Mitchell Long (Round Rock/Round Rock) has been named the 2019-20 Male Junior-Year Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
Long is a kinesiology (exercise science) major, and he holds a cumulative GPA of 4.0. Long was named an Academic All-American in the fall of 2019. He was one of 12 student-athletes on the Academic All-America® Team for NCAA Division III Men's Soccer to have a perfect 4.0 grade point average.
The TLU Junior-Year Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year is awarded annually to the male student-athlete with the best combination of academic and athletic achievement. Last year's award winner was Alex Talley of TLU Men's Tennis.
A three-year letterman on the TLU Men's Soccer Team, Long helped the Bulldogs to their first-ever Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship and to their second-ever appearance in the NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship.
The Bulldogs won a school-record 15 matches. TLU went 15-6 overall and 7-2 in the SCAC. The Bulldogs won the SCAC Championship with a 2-0 semifinal victory over tournament host Trinity and a 3-1 championship final win over Colorado College.
The Bulldogs played in the NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship and fell in the first round to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif.) by a score of 2-0.
Long played in 16 matches and started 15 before missing the last five matches due to illness.
As a defender, Long had three assists and led a TLU defensive effort that finished the year with seven total shutouts.