(72dpi).jpg) Nine
Delaware Student-Athletes Named to
Atlantic 10 Academic All-Conference
Team
Date:
December 14, 2004
PHILADELPHIA
-- The University of Delaware football
team placed a league-high nine
student-athletes on the 2004 Atlantic 10
Football Conference Academic
All-Conference team announced Tuesday by
the league office.
Delaware,
Villanova, and James Madison each placed
nine players on the squad and a total of
71 student-athletes were honored for their
work in the classroom. To be eligible,
student-athletes must be in their second
year of eligibility at their school, be a
starter or key reserve, and have a
cumulative grade point index of 3.0 or
higher.
Named to
the team for Delaware were junior wide
receiver Joe Bleymaier, senior defensive
end Ben Cross, graduate linebacker Mondoe
Davis, senior defensive lineman Brian
Jennings, junior tight end/running back
Dominic Madigan, senior defensive lineman
Chris Mooney, senior linebacker Mark Moore
(right), junior defensive lineman Tom
Parks, and graduate defensive lineman
Dominic Santoli.
Bleymaier
(Bishop Kelly/Boise, ID) carries a 3.39
graduate point index in history and caught
32 passes for 350 yards and four
touchdowns this past season; Cross
(Loudoun Valley/Hamilton, VA) carries a
3.95 gpa in civil engineering and posted
23 tackles, including 5.5 for loss this
season when he was named first team ESPN
The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-American;
and Davis (Woodside/Newport News, VA)
carries 3.67 gpa in his public
administration and public policy graduate
curriculum and earned first team
All-Atlantic 10 honors this past season
when he posted a team-high 123 tackles and
two interceptions.
Also,
Jennings (St. Stephen's/Arlington, VA) has
a 3.03 gpa in wildlife conservation and
posted 20 tackles and five tackles for
loss in 2004; Madigan (New Britain/New
Britain, CT) carries a 3.21 gpa in
business and caught two passes and posted
two tackles this fall; and Mooney
(Huntington/Huntington, NY) has a 3.51 gpa
in accounting and earned first team
All-Atlantic 10, third team The Sports
Network All-American, and second team ESPN
The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-American
honors this fall when he posted 42 tackles
and 6.5 sacks.
Also,
Moore (Cape Henlopen/Lewes, DE) has a 3.34
gpa in biology education and earned first
team ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA District 2
All-Academic honors and recorded 67
tackles; Parks (North
Allegheny/Pittsburgh, PA) carries a 3.27
gpa in accounting and earned first team
All-Atlantic 10 and third team The Sports
Network All-American honors after
compiling 48 tackles and a team-high 15.5
tackles for loss and 10 sacks this fall;
and Santoli (Bergen Catholic/Westwood, NJ)
has a 3.04 gpa as a graduate student in
post-secondary education and registered 30
tackles and two sacks this past season.
William
& Mary quarterback Lang Campbell, a
finalist for the Walter Payton Award as
the top player in I-AA football and the
2004 Atlantic 10 Offensive Player of the
Year, was named the Atlantic 10 Football
Student-Athlete of the Year from a vote of
league sports information directors.
Delaware's Cross won the inaugural
Student-Athlete of the Year Award in 2003.
In
addition the nine honorees each by
Delaware, Villanova, and James Madison,
New Hampshire and Hofstra each had eight
players, William & Mary placed seven
players on the team, Northeastern and
Towson each had six, Rhode Island and
Massachusetts had two players each,
Richmond had two selections, and Maine had
one.
- DDD
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