Eight Eagles Named to ESPN the Magazine/ CoSIDA Academic-All District Team

Eight members of the Emory University track and field and cross country teams have been named to the ESPN the Magazine/ CoSIDA Academic all-District team, as juniors Steve Dry, Tommy Fyffe, Tyler Faits, Alex Greenhouse, and Charles Meade were named to men's first team, while Jordan Beall, Melissa Jones, and Katie Sheehan were named to the women's first team.

Academic all-district athletes are selected for their performance both athletically and academically.  Emory awardees represent five of the nine athletes selected to the men's team, and three of the 12 honorees on the women's team.

By virtue of being named to the all-district first team, all eight nominees will be place on the ESPN the Magazine/ CoSIDA Academic All-America ballot.  Men's academic all-Americans will be announced on Thursday, June 18th, while the women's team will be announced on Friday, June 19th.

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.