Full Academic All-District Baseball List

PASADENA, Calif. — The awards continue to pour in for Pacific University senior outfielder Walker Olis. This time, he was honored as much for his classroom work as for his record-setting season on the baseball field.

Olis was named today to the 2016 Academic All-District Team for District 8. The team is selected by CoSIDA, the College Sports Information Directors of America.

The standout rightfielder, who last week was named the Northwest Conference Player of the Year, carries a 3.64 grade point average in his major of Physics and his minor of Mathematics. He joins 11 other NCAA Division III student-athletes that were named to the team from the western part of the country. District 8 encompasses 21 states, from as far southeast as Louisiana and as far north as North Dakota.

Only two other Northwest Conference players were on the list: Eric Lawson (Linfield) and Joel Condreay (Whitworth).

Olis, a four-time All-NWC selection, set Pacific single-season records this year in runs scored (57), walks (44) and stolen bases (28). He finished the season with a .415 batting average, had 12 doubles and 11 home runs. He ranked first in all of NCAA Division III in runs scored and walks, and was in the top ten in stolen bases, on base percentage (.565) and home runs.

The Burlington, Wash. native is a strong candidate for regional and national honors when they are announced later in the month.