On the soccer pitch, Indiana junior midfielder A.J. Corrado leads the team with nine assists.

Thursday, the Zionsville, Ind., native and a biology major earned a spot on the Capital One Academic All-District Men's Soccer Team. He was one of 11 players chosen.

The Southern Methodist University transfer sports a 3.75 GPA.

Redshirt sophomore midfielder Dylan Lax, a 2011 Academic All-Big Ten honoree, said before the Hoosiers' game at Kentucky Oct. 3 that, for him, balancing academics and soccer is a labor of love.

"You come into college, you play soccer, you take that in [to consideration]," he said. "We love playing soccer. Stress on us academic-wise, it isn't bad. We enjoy playing soccer so we make it work.

"It's awesome."

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Here is the release from IU Athletics.

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