Five America East student-athletes have been named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District At-Large team, as announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) on Thursday, May 22.
Albany's Steve Ammann, a second-team all-conference and all-academic selection in men's lacrosse, was chosen to the District I Men's At-Large first team. His teammate and twin brother, Mike, who carries a 3.87 GPA, was chosen to the second team.
Vermont's Kristen Millar, a first-team all-conference honoree in women's lacrosse, earned second-team All-District I honors. Millar, who earned IWLCA all-region recognition for the third consecutive year, has also received America East All-Academic accolades each of the past two seasons.
UMBC's Cornelia Carapcea received first-team Women's At-Large honors in District II. A second-team all-conference choice in women's tennis, Carapcea holds a 4.00 GPA.
Maine's Erin Reusch, a second-team All-America East performer in field hockey, was selected to the District I second team. She was also a member of the league's All-Academic squad and has been named to the National Field Hockey Coaches Association national academic sqaud each of her four years.
To be nominated for Academic All-America recognition, the student-athlete must be a starter or important reserve with at least a 3.20 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) for his/her career. No athlete is eligible until he/she has reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at his/her current institution (thus, true freshmen, red-shirt freshmen and ineligible transfers are not eligible). In the cases of transfers, graduate students and junior college graduates, the athlete must have completed one full academic year at the nominating institution to be eligible.
CoSIDA selects Academic All-America teams in 12 programs: football, women's volleyball, men's soccer, women's soccer, men's basketball, women's basketball, baseball, softball, men's track & field/cross country, women's track & field/cross country, men's at-large and women's at-large.
Eligible sports for at-large selection are women's bowling, women's crew, men's and women's fencing, women's field hockey, men's and women's golf, men's and women's gymnastics, men's and women's ice hockey, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's rifle, men's and women's skiing, men's and women's swimming, men's and women's tennis, men's volleyball, men's and women's water polo and men's wrestling.
In the at-large program, nominations are limited to three per school per gender. Thus, each institution may nominate a total of three men's at-large candidates and three women's at-large candidates. If an institution participates in both the college and the university divisions, it may nominate a total of three men and three women between the two divisions. There is no limit to the number of candidates that may be nominated for a particular sport.
First-team All-District selections are named on the national ballot from which the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America teams are chosen.