Swimmers Score ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Honors

WALTHAM, Mass., June 13. SWIMMERS dominated the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Men’s At-Large teams, as announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) on Tuesday. Overall, 28 swimmers and divers snared Academic All-America honors, while a pair of water polo players picked up kudos of their own.

Additionally, Missouri-Rolla junior Bill Gaul captured the College Division Academic All-American of the Year. Gaul, a two-time Academic All-America selection after earning second team honors in 2005, has earned 10 All-America certificates for the Miners, including three honors at the 2006 NCAA Division II Championships. In the classroom, Gaul has posted a perfect 4.00 cumulative grade point average in six semesters at Missouri-Rolla as a Chemical Engineering major and is a two-time MIAA All-Academic selection.

The Men’s At-Large program for the Academic All-America program includes the sports of fencing, golf, gymnastics, hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, tennis, volleyball, water polo and wrestling.

The Academic All-America Teams program honors 816 male and female student-athletes annually who have succeeded at the highest level on the playing field and in the classroom. Individuals are selected through voting by CoSIDA, a 2,000-member organization consisting of sports public relations professionals for colleges and universities in the United States and Canada.

To be eligible, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current institution and be nominated by his/her sports information director. Since the program’s inception in 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-America honors on more than 14,000 student-athletes in Divisions I, II, III and NAIA covering all NCAA championship sports.

Swimmers and Divers
University
First Team
Travis Beckerle, Minnesota
Kurt Cady, Auburn
Matt Miklius, Seton Hall
Ben Wildman-Tobriner, Stanford

Second Team
Guido Arroyo, Alabama
Brian Flaherty, Denver
Tyler Gustafson, Tennessee
Christopher Johansen, Saint Louis
Michael Krayer, UNC-Wilmington

Third Team
Levi Benson, Colgate
Philip Griffin, SMU
Kellen Harkness, Ohio State
Giordan Pogioli, Purdue
Vlad Polyakov, Alabama

College
First Team
Tripp Davis, Delta State
John Erickson, Case Western Reserve
Nick Frankle, Ohio Northern
Bill Gaul, Missouri-Rolla
Steven Hawley, Lycoming

Second Team
Jimmy Berger, Kenyon
Travis Brennion, Kenyon
Greg Derevianko, Rensselaer Poly
Tyler Harris, Johns Hopkins
Garth Newport, Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Mike Salmon, Hamilton

Third Team
Aaron Burg, Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Dustin Meisner, Olivet
Patrick Rodjom, Case Western Reserve

Water Polo Players
University
Third Team
Andy Wiener, Brown

College
Third Team
Chris Finegold, UC-San Diego

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