BALTIMORE, MD – Johns Hopkins men's fencing senior Solomon Polansky has been named to the 2018-19 Google Cloud Academic All-District At-Large Team, selected by CoSIDA. This is his first career selection and the first for the men's fencing team since 2015-16. In addition, he is one of only two men's fencer in Division III and one of just four across all three divisions to be named Academic All-District.
 
The District II region includes Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, Rhode Island and West Virginia. The be nominated for the Google Cloud Academic All-America program, a student-athlete must be at least a sophomore with a 3.3 or higher cumulative grade point average and be a starter or significant reserve.
 
The Men's At-Large Team consists of athletes from the following sports: fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming, tennis, volleyball, water polo and wrestling. Polansky now moves on to the national ballot, with the Google Cloud Academic All-America teams set to be announced on June 19.
 
A two-time captain of the fencing team, Polansky will graduate this week with a degree in mechanical engineering. He was the recipient of both the Robert G. Gerstmyer and Charles A. Miller Awards through the Johns Hopkins Department of Mechanical Engineering. Polansky was a teaching assistant for two semesters for "Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Design and CAD" and one semester of "Freshman Mechanical Engineering Lab". He was a summer intern for BAE Systems, Daikin Applied and the Minneapolis Federal Reserve.
 
Polansky led the Foil squad and the entire team in wins (75) this season and ranks 11^th in JHU history with 313 career Foil wins. He finished in the top-25 at the NCAA Regional three times and boasts three top-10, including two top-three finishes, at the MACFA Championships. Polansky led the Blue Jays to 73 wins, two MACFA titles and two runner-up finishes in his career. In addition, he was a volunteer fencing coach at the Homewood and Twin Cities Fencing Clubs. He was a Relay for Life team captain and a member of Johns Hopkins' Student-Athlete Advisory Club.