BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- Moravian College is continuing its look back at its 2018-19 athletic campaign. The first entry in our second countdown of the summer – the Top 10 Stories of the Year selected by the athletic administration – is our No. 10 highlight – seniors Jordan Luciano and Nick Zambelli being named Google Cloud Academic All-Americans selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
To be eligible for Google Cloud Academic All-America® honors, a student-athlete must maintain at least a 3.30 grade-point average, be a sophomore, junior or senior and be a starter or significant reserve. To make the national ballot, each honoree must be on the Academic All-District Team, and District IV is NCAA Division III schools from Pennsylvania. Zambelli became the school's 51st Google Cloud Academic All-American in the fall by making the Division III Football First Team for the second straight year while Luciano earned the 52nd honor for Moravian with a spot on the Division III Women's Track & Field/Cross Country Third Team.
Zambelli majored in Economics and Computer Science with a minor in Mathematics at Moravian, and he finished his career with a 4.00 GPA. Last fall, Zambelli moved to a hybrid defensive back/linebacker position from safety the last three years and finished fifth on the squad with 54 tackles including 28 solo stops and one and a half tackles for loss despite missing a game with an injury. He also had two passes defended including one interception and a forced fumble. Zambelli, who served as a two-year captain and four-year starter at Moravian, contributed 218 tackles with 134 solo stops, eight interceptions, 19 passes defended, three forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, two and a half tackles for loss and one sack in 40 career games. He was also selected to the 2017 Centennial All-Conference Second Team.
Read the original story on Zambelli at https://www.moraviansports.com/sports/fball/2018-19/releases/20181212opdzbh.
Luciano completed her degree in computer science at Moravian in May and graduated with a 4.00 GPA. This year, she was a member of Moravian's winning 4x100-meter relay team as the Greyhounds won their 12th straight Landmark Conference outdoor championship, and Luciano also earned Landmark All-Conference Second Team honors for runner-up finishes in the 100-meter dash, 200-meter dash and long jump outdoors. Indoors back in February, Luciano was the runner-up in the 200-meter dash and long jump for Second Team accolades. She won the Landmark Conference Championship in the long jump both indoors and outdoors in 2018, and Luciano picked up a title in the 4x100-meter relay in 2018 as well as she helped the Hounds win four conference titles, two indoors and two outdoors, in her two seasons in Bethlehem.
Read the original story on Luciano at https://www.moraviansports.com/sports/wtrack/2018-19/releases/20190625kccit3.
The number nine story in the countdown will be released on Wednesday, July 10.
