Shepherd's Collins Earns Academic A-A Honors
by Chip Ransom, Shepherd SID
5/25/2010 6:16:28 PM
Shepherd third baseman Brian Collins has been selected as a third team College Division Academic All-American.
(TOWSON, MD)---Junior third baseman Brian Collins (Martinsburg, WV/Jefferson) of the Shepherd University baseball team has been named to the 2010 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® Baseball Team as selected by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Collins was a third team selection.
Collins, who boasts a 3.79 grade point average as an elementary education major, joins Keith Koenig (a second team choice in 1997) and Ty Hart (a third team selection in 1997) as the only Shepherd baseball players to garner Academic All-America honors.
To be eligible for Academic All-America® consideration, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative G.P.A. of 3.30 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.
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