Wheaton, Ill. - Wheaton College senior Eric Stevenson has been named to the 2018 Associated Press Division III All-America football team on Thursday afternoon. Stevenson was among five CCIW honorees on the Associated Press All-America Team and one of three First Team selections from the conference

Stevenson, a linebacker for the Thunder, is a First Team selection Associated Press All-America Team. Stevenson made a team-high 74 total tackles this fall, including 41 solo stops. The senior registered 9.5 tackles for lost yardage (-29 yards), including two quarterback sacks (-13 yards). 

Stevenson, the 2018 CCIW Don Larson Defensive Player of the Year is a two-time First Team All-CCIW honoree. He was recently honored as a D3football.com First Team All-North Region selection after earning Third Team honors in 2017. He was recently named a semifinalist for the Gagliardi Trophy and was this year's only Division III finalist for the Campbell Trophy.  

Wheaton's leading tackler in each of the past three seasons, Stevenson made 268 career tackles, including 150 solo tackles. The linebacker made 27 tackles for loss (-79 yards) in his career, with 5-1/2 sacks (-27 yards).

The 2018 season marks the second year that the Associated Press has named student athletes to a Division III All-America Team. Previously Division III football players were named to the Associated Press "Little All-America Team" that also consisted of NCAA Division II player and NAIA standouts. In 2017, Wheaton seniors Zach Lindquist (tight end) and Chase Greenlee (defensive end) were named to the inaugural Associated Press Division III All-America Team.