SCHENECTADY, N.Y. – Sophomore Jack Plesser of the Union College men's basketball team was recognized for his excellence on the court and success in the classroom with a spot on the 2024-25 Men's Basketball Academic All-District Team, selected by College Sports Communicators and announced on Tuesday.
 
To be nominated for College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA) Academic All-District honors, student-athletes must compete in 90 percent of or start at least 66 percent of an institution's games, maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or higher, and reach sophomore athletic and academic standing at the school. As a result of his nomination, Plesser will advance to the CSC Academic All-America ballot, the results of which will be announced in April.

Plesser had a breakout sophomore campaign for the Garnet Chargers, leading the squad by averaging 17.3 points per game while also grabbing 5.9 boards per game and adding a team-best 24 blocks to earn a spot on the All-Liberty League second team. He ranked fourth in the Liberty League in scoring average and also finished top-three in both field-goal percentage (49.2 percent) and free-throw percentage (82.3 percent), while his 32.3 minutes per game ranked fourth among conference players. He scored in double figures in 25-of-27 games on the year, including a career-high 35 points at St. John Fisher University on November 26, and registered nine games of 20 or more points.
 
After more than doubling his scoring output from a year ago, Plesser will enter his junior season with 681 points and 250 rebounds, having averaged 13.6 points per game and shot 50.5 percent from the field over his first 50 games in garnet.
  
With his honor, Union student-athletes have now earned 238 Academic All-District honors since 2001, including five members of the men's basketball team.