LA MIRADA, Calif. --- Biola senior Chris Stutzman and sophomore Christine Tixier have been named Capital One College Division Second Team Academic All-Americans. The honor is selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and academically.

Stutzman, a senior from Hershey, Penn., was a third-team Academic All-American last year and capped off an impressive career with three top-six finishes at the NAIA National Swim Championships in March. Stutzman placed third in the 100 free to earn NAIA All-America honors and also finished sixth in the 50 free and the 200 free. He established school records in each event.

Tixier, a sophomore in Benton City, Wash., continued to excel as one of Biola's top women's swimmers in program history. Tixier successfully defended her NAIA title in the 100 butterfly with a time of 54.75 (just .15 seconds off her NAIA record) and just missed out on the 200 butterfly title by one-tenth of a second. She also placed third in the 200 individual medley and holds four school records.

The pair of honorees gives Biola a total of five on the year including Scott Hayes (MSOC), Benji Sutherland (BB) and Nick Turner (BB) earlier this year. Biola had a school-best 12 Academic All-Americans last year and has had 19 in the 60 years Academic All-America awards have been given.

The college division first-team is comprised of the NAIA, Canadian and junior colleges in Washington, Oregon, California, Hawaii, Alaska and the 13 provinces and territories in Canada.

To be eligible for Academic All-America® consideration, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative G.P.A. of 3.30 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current institution and be nominated by his/her sports information director. Only student-athletes who earned first-team Academic All-District status are eligible for Academic All-America honors.

Since the program's inception in 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-America honors on more than 15,000 student-athletes in Divisions I, II, III and NAIA, covering all NCAA championship sports.