BLACKSBURG – Bashir Mosavel-Lo of the Virginia Tech track and field team was named to the 2019 Google Cloud Academic All-District Team in District 3, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
The All-District team recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom. Mosavel-Lo will also be eligible to be voted on the upcoming Academic All-America Team, which will be released on June 27.
Mosavel-Lo has had a great sophomore campaign for the Hokies. The Richmond, Virginia native finished fourth in the 800 meters at the ACC Indoor Championships and earned second team All-America honors with his showing in the 800 at the NCAA Indoor Championships. Outdoors, He helped the men secure their ninth ACC team title as he won his first ACC individual title with his time of 1 minutes, 49.90 seconds in the 800 and ran a leg on the 4x400-meter relay team that clinched the title with their time of 3:13.49 to finish fourth.
The Industrial and Systems Engineering major holds a 3.82 GPA and has twice been named to the Dean's List, was twice named to the All-ACC Academic Team and was once announced as a member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
The Hokies return to action on June 5-8 as 14 student-athletes travel to Austin Texas for the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
