SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Wofford College football student-athlete Blake Jeresaty has been named to the 2019 Academic All-District Football Team for the second straight season. Selected by CoSIDA, the program recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom.
 
Jeresaty is a junior offensive lineman from Charleston, South Carolina. He has started all nine games this season at center and has made 26 career starts in 32 games played. He is part of an offensive line that is second in the nation in rushing yards per game at 340.6 and is also first in the nation in fewest sacks allowed. He has been named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll and the Southern Conference Fall All-Academic Team. The last two seasons he was recipient of the Southern Conference Pinnacle Award, presented to the player on a championship team with the highest grade point average. He is majoring in finance and economics.
 
This marks the 20th straight season at least one Wofford football student-athlete has been named CoSIDA Academic All-District.
 
The Academic All-District team is selected by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Wofford is in the fourth district, which includes schools in Alabama, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Puerto Rico. Nominees must have at least a 3.30 grade point average. First-team Academic All-District honorees advance to the CoSIDA Academic All-America Team ballot, where first-, second- and third-team All-America honorees will be selected in December.