Galloway, NJ – Stockton University senior
Jared Lewis (Westville/Deptford) was voted to the
Google Cloud Academic All-America Division III Men's Cross Country/Track & Field Second Team by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Lewis, a Hospitality & Tourism Management major with a 3.39 grade-point average, completed his sterling career at Stockton last month.
Lewis earned the 16th Academic All-America honor in Stockton history, following up senior softball player Hannah Bibeault earlier this month. He becomes the sixth member of the track & field teams to receive Academic All-America status, the last being Alicia Belko in 2017.
Lewis is the most decorated student-athlete in Stockton history, winning two NCAA championships in the indoor triple jump (2017-18) and earning nine All-American honors (seven triple jump, two long jump). He qualified for the NCAA Championships in all eight of his seasons (four indoor, four outdoor) and was the NCAA runner-up in the triple jump twice in addition to his two national titles.
Lewis won 11 NJAC event championships (six triple jump, five long jump) and earned a total of 16 NJAC All-Conference honors as well as seven USTFCCCA All-Atlantic Region accolades during his career. He registered a whopping 50 event wins in an Osprey uniform.
Lewis was voted NJAC Most Outstanding Athlete for men's track & field and NJAC Outstanding Field Athlete twice each. In addition, the senior was the 2016 NJAC Male Athlete of the Year for all sports and was voted Stockton Male Athlete of the Year for the three straight years (2016-18).
Lewis was recognized by the publication Diverse: Issues in Higher Education as an Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar twice as well.
