NASHVILLE – Trevecca Nazarene University men's basketball player
Peter Lambesis is selected to the 2023-24 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-American® Men's Basketball team, selected by College Sports Communicators from across the country, recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the court and in the classroom.
For more information about CSC Academic All-District® and Academic All-America® Teams program, visit AcademicAllAmerica.com.
Lambesis made the 2023-24 Academic All-American® Men's Basketball Team NCAA Division II Third Team.
Lambesis joins four other Trojans who have garnered the honor over the years. For the first time, two Trojans received the recognition in the same school year.
| YEAR |
STUDENT-ATHLETE |
SPORT |
TEAM |
| 2024 |
Peter Lambesis |
Men's Basketball |
Third |
| 2024 |
Keeley Carter |
Women's Basketball |
Second |
| 2020 |
Makray Odom |
Softball |
Second |
| 2019 |
MaKray Odom |
Softball |
Second |
| 2015 |
Anna Hoffman |
Women's Soccer |
Third |
| 2013 |
Connor Inman |
Men's Soccer |
Second |
MORE ON PETER LAMBESIS
Lambesis, from Mt. Prospect, Illinois, majors in entrepreneurship and focuses on innovation.
He played 29 games for the Trojans and helped them to a revival with 16 wins and a trip to the conference tournament after the program earned just two wins last year.
Lambesis averaged 33.2 minutes per game and shot 54.5% from the field, 34.8% from three-point range, and 70% from the line. He averaged 12.9 points and 8.3 rebounds per game.
He was a crucial cog in taking the team from the lowest-scoring team in all of NCAA Division II to the second-best-scoring team in the Great Midwest. The team finished sixth in the G-MAC and made the conference tournament after being picked 11th of 12 teams in the preseason coach's poll.
Lambesis is an entrepreneurially driven student who is currently in the process of developing a business start-up focused on an innovative mobile app called "social fitness." The application is designed to help college students meet their fitness goals.
He and his teammates volunteer with KidPOWER. Lambesis served as a volunteer mentor to aid students in making positive life choices and overcoming the toxic stress of adverse childhood experiences. The graduate student is among 25 NCAA college basketball players invited to Athletes in Action Captains Academy Leadership Conference - Spring '24.
The Division II Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division II national governance structure to assist CSC with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2023-24 Division II Academic All-America® program.
