Quartet of UT Runners Named to Academic All-District Team
MCLEAN, Va. - A total of four University of Tampa cross country/track runners have been selected to the 2015 Capital One Academic All-District® team for their work in the classroom as a student-athlete. The award was selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Among the four Spartans were three from the men's team and one female. Lars Benner, Steven Dennig and Matt Hoffman were each selected as was Danielle Kissel from the women's team.
Dennig and Kissel earn the award for the second consecutive year and Benner and Hoffman are first-time honorees.
The list has been released to recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom. Capital One has been the entitlement rights holder to CoSIDA's Academic All-America teams programs since 2011.
Voting for Academic All-District is conducted among member sports information directors across the district.
The Academic All-District® teams include the student-athletes that are divided into eight geographic districts across the United States and Canada. This is the third year of the expanded Academic All-America® program as CoSIDA moved from recognizing a University Division (Division I) and a College Division (all non Division I) and has doubled the number of scholar-athletes honored. The expanded teams include NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II and NCAA Division III participants, while the College Division Academic All-America® Team combines NAIA, Canadian and two-year schools.
The Capital One Division II and III Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division II and III national governance structures, to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2013-14 DII and DIII Academic All-America® teams program.
Academic All-District® honorees advance to the Capital One Academic All-America® Team ballot, where first-, second- and third-team All-America honorees will be selected at a later date.
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