Dry Named to ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Team
Emory University junior Steve Dry, of the track
and field team, was named to the ESPN the Magazine
Academic All-America third team, as selected by the College Sports
Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
During the indoor track and field season, Dry helped lead the
Eagles to a University Athletic Association (UAA) championship,
earning all-UAA honors in the 55-meter hurdles. During the
outdoor season, he recorded a provisional qualifying matk of 14.84
seconds in the 110-meter hurdles, a personal-best mark. Dry
is a four-time all-UAA honoree, and won the UAA Championship in the
55-meter hurdles during the 2008 season.
Dry has recorded a 3.99 grade point average while majoring in
Chemistry and Religion. A four-time academic all-UAA honoree,
this year marks the first time Dry has been recognized by CoSIDA
for his academic and athletic achievements.
Dry is the 114th Emory student-athletes to receive Academic
All-America honors as selected by CoSIDA and the seventh for the
2008-09 school year.
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. The Academic all-Americans are then selected from
the pool Academic all-District first team honorees from each of the
eight districts.
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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