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AUSTIN, Texas – Baldwin Wallace University senior All-Ohio Athletic Conference and Academic All-OAC linebacker Nick Pankow (Medina) has been named to the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-America first-team.

Pankow, who garners his first accolade and carries a perfect 4.00 grade point average in business analytics, becomes the 125th BW student-athlete to be named as an Academic All-American and the 35th football player to earn the honor.  The 125 Yellow Jackets that have been honored is more than college or university in the OAC and ranks 12th nationally in Division III. Pankow was the lone OAC player named to the first-team and just one of three conference players selected.

This season, he led the team and was tied for second in the OAC in tackles with a career-high 86 and was second on the team and ninth in the conference with a career-best 11.5 tackles for loss. Pankow also recorded a career-high four sacks, career-best two interceptions and forced his first career fumble. He was named both a first-team D3football.com All-Region 4 and All-OAC selection

For his career, Pankow was an All-OAC linebacker in 2021. He played and started in 22 games after transferring from NCAA Division II Ashland University.  Pankow tallied 189 tackles, 19 tackles for a loss, six sacks, five pass breakups, two interceptions, forced one fumble and recovered one fumble. 

Off the field, he is a two-time Academic All-OAC performer, College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District 7 selection, Dean's List student, Jacket Scholar and a member of the Chi Alpha Sigma and Dayton C. Miller honoraries.

BW finished the 2021 fall campaign with and 8-2 overall record and a 7-2 mark in the OAC.