Brown and Diggs Earn Academic All-District Honors

Emory University senior swimmers Harrison Brown and Keith Diggs earned ESPN The Magazine/ CoSIDA Academic All-District honors for their performance both athletically and academically during the 2009 season.  By virtue of being named to the all-district first team, both will be placed on the Academic all-America ballot.

Brown is a nine-time all-American, which includes the six all-America certificates he earned at the 2009 NCAA Championships.  The senior has been part of six school-record setting performances during his time at Emory, three in individual events and three in relays.  He has also helped the team to four top-four finishes at the NCAA Championships, including a second-place finish in 2009.

Academically, Brown has recorded a grade point average of 3.6 as a business major at Emory.  He was named to the Dean's List in 2008, and is a two-time academic all-American.  Brown plans on attending medical school in the fall of 2010.

Diggs, the NCAA Division III Champion in the 400-yard individual medley in 2008, earned five all-America certificates and four all-America honorable mentions over his career.  At the 2009 NCAA Championships, he earned all-America honors in the 400-yard individual medley and the 1,650-yard freestyle, setting a school-record in the former.

Diggs has recorded a 3.788 grade point average as a political science major with a minor in music.  He is both a National Merit Scholar and a John Emory Scholar, and has been named to the Dean's List four times during his academic career.  Keith tentatively plans to attend law school after graduation.

Earlier in the season, both Brown and Diggs earned NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships.

Voting for the Academic All-District 3 team is conducted by the members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) in the states of Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.  To be eligible, a nominee must have completed at least one year at their respective institution with a 3.3 cumulative grade point average and be a starter or key reserve on his team.  Emory nominees are placed in the "college division" category, which is composed of all NCAA Division II and III schools, along with NAIA programs.