VALDOSTA, Ga. – Valdosta State men's cross country senior Logan Kraus was named Second Academic All-America as selected by CoSIDA, announced earlier this week.  Kraus is the first Blazer men's or women's cross country student-athlete to be named Academic All-America by CoSIDA in school history.  
 
Kraus, a native of Melbourne, Fla., is earning his master's degree in business administration from VSU and has a perfect 4.0 grade point average.  He is one of just two student-athletes from the Gulf South Conference to earn Academic All-America honors this season as Alabama Huntsville's Alex Herbst also earned second team honors.
 
This past season, Kraus helped lead VSU to a sixth-place finish at the GSC Championships and helped lead the team to the second fastest team average in 40 years at the NCAA South Regional (34:35).  Kraus and the Blazers finished ninth at the regional for first time earning a top ten finish as a team since 2014.    He set a PR with a time of 25:59.8 at the Royals Challenge (8K) in Charlotte, N.C., on Oct. 8, 2021.
 
Kraus earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors in 2021 and 2019, while he earned CoSIDA Academic All-District accolades in 2021.  He also has been a member of the GSC Academic Honor Roll each of his years in Titletown and a multiple honoree on the VSU Dean's List.  
 
He became the 24^th different VSU student-athlete to earn Academic All-America honors as selected by CoSIDA in school history and is 27^th overall honoree.  Of the Blazers' 12 intercollegiate athletic sports, men's cross country became the 11^th to have an Academic All-American as selected by CoSIDA.