ROCKFORD, Ill. - Senior third baseman Jake Bilotta added yet another award to his collection on Tuesday morning when he was selected Third Team Academic All-America by the College Sport Communicators (CSC). Academic All-America is by far one of the most difficult awards to receive at the collegiate level. Recipients must have both exemplary academic and athletic accomplishments, while also first being named CSC Academic All-District. Bilotta becomes the first Rockford University baseball player to earn the award since 1985 (John Wood), and he is also the only NACC baseball player to receive the prestigious honor this season. 

Jake Bilotta concluded his collegiate career with a plethora of awards during his senior season, capped off by a CSC Third Team Academic All-America selection. Previously this year, he was also named Third Team All-America by the American Baseball Coaches Association, First Team All-Region, Second Team All-NACC, Chi Alpha Sigma, a NACC Scholar-Athlete and to the RU Athletic Director's Honor Roll. Athletically this season, he broke four school records (career at bases, runs scored, doubles and single-season stolen bases), tied the single-game stolen bases record and ended his career on a 29-game hitting streak. Statistically, Bilotta hit .362 with a .456 on-base percentage and a .621 slugging percentage. He had 63 hits, 65 runs scored, 17 doubles, 2 triples, 8 home runs, 30 runs batted in and 28 stolen bases. Throughout his career, Bilotta garnered numerous additional awards both athletically and academically. He was named Second Team All-NACC twice at two different positions (shortstop and third base), voted to the D3baseball.com Team of the Week, named Chi Alpha Sigma three times, a NACC Scholar-Athlete three times, Academic All-District twice and selected to the RU Athletic Director's Honor Roll four times. As a team, Rockford qualified for the NACC Tournament in each of his final two seasons and posted its most overall wins in a season since 2010 during his final year.

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2025 CSC Academic All-America Baseball Teams