La Crosse, Wis. - University of Wisconsin-La Crosse seniors Josh Dedering of Neenah (H.S.) and Jacob Peterson of Nekoosa (H.S.) have been named to the 2014 Capital One Academic All-America® Men's Track & Field/Cross Country Team, as voted by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).  Dedering has been selected to the Academic All-America® Second Team while Peterson has been named to the Academic All-America® Third Team.  It is the second Capital One Academic All-America® honor for Dedering after being selected to the third team in 2013. 

Dedering and Peterson were both voted to the 2014 Capital One Academic All-District® Six Team earlier this month. 

A sport management major at UW-L with a 3.77 grade point average, Dedering is a member of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Scholastic Honor Roll in cross country and track & field and been named to the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic Team in both sports. 

Selected the 2013 WIAC Cross Country Scholar-Athlete, Dedering competed in seven meets during the season.  He earned All-WIAC Second Team honors after placing ninth at the league championships and National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III All-Midwest Region accolades with a 30th-place finish.   Dedering finished 49th at the 2013 NCAA III Championships.  He was 10th at the UW-River Falls Invitational and 15th at the University of Minnesota Roy Griak Invitational. 

A team captain, Dedering was a member of UW-L's indoor and outdoor track & field team in 2014, competing in the 1,500; 3,000 and 5,000-meters.  He captured the 5,000-meter run at the 2014 WIAC Indoor Championships and finished 10th in the 10,000-meter run at the 2014 NCAA III Outdoor Championships. 

Peterson is a middle childhood education major at UW-L with a 3.69 grade point average.  He competed in seven cross country meets during the 2013 season, placing 40th at the NCAA Division III Championships.  He was named to the All-WIAC Second Team with an 11th-place finish at the league championships while also earning NCAA Division III All-Midwest Region honors with a 28th-place finish.  Peterson, a team captain, placed 12th at the UW-La Crosse Jim Drews Invitational in 2013 and 16th at the UW-River Falls Invitational. 

Named to the WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll and USTFCCCA All-Academic Team in cross country and track & field, Peterson was a member of UW-L's indoor and outdoor track & field team in 2014.  He finished second in the mile run and ninth in the 3,000-meters at the 2014 WIAC Indoor Championships.   Peterson was second in the 1,500-meter run at the WIAC Outdoor Championships.  He earned NCAA III All-America honors at this year's outdoor track & field championships with a seventh-place finish in the 1,500-meter run.  

Peterson was a member of UW-L's national champion distance medley relay at the 2013 indoor championships.

In order to be eligible for the Academic All-America® program, nominees must: be a starter or important reserve with legitimate athletic credentials; have a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.30 (on a 4.0 scale) in both undergrad and graduate work; have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at the institution and completed at least one calendar year at the institution; and have participated in at least 50 percent of the team's games.