AUSTIN, Texas – Jonah Theisen has been named a 2018-19 Google Cloud First Team Academic All-American in Men's Track and Field and Cross Country, the College Sports Information Directors of America announced Wednesday morning.

Theisen was honored for his strong performance in both the academic and athletic realms. The recent graduate was a physical science major with a 3.89 GPA. He is just the second Yellow Jacket to earn Academic All-American honors (Mitch Kraft, 2014-15), and the first in school history to garner First Team accolades.

As a student-athlete, the Kenai, Alaska, native recently placed second in the steeplechase at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships, earning All-American accolades. He won the event at the RMAC Championships, being named to the All-RMAC First Team. He was also an All-American this year in indoor track and field, taking part in the national meet in the distance medley relay team, which placed sixth. Opening his senior year, Theisen was an All-American for the 2018 cross country season, placing 14th at the national meet.

On the academics side, Theisen recently was named the RMAC Male Scholar Athlete of the Year. He has also been named a recipient of the prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. He is a three-time RMAC Academic First Team member during the 2018-19 year, making the team for cross country, indoor track and field, and outdoor track and field.

Overall in his four years at BHSU, Theisen is a six-time RMAC Academic First Team member and nine-time national meet competitor. He was the National Champion in the steeplechase in 2016.

Theisen joins 16 other men on the First Team from across Division II. Six of the 17 First Team members hail from the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, including Derrick Williams of CSU-Pueblo who was named the Academic All-American of the Year.

The teams are nominated and voted on by the nation's sports information directors; candidates must be sophomores or above with a 3.3 or higher cumulative GPA.