NOTRE DAME, Ind. – Elon University cross country runner Eric Garren (Bristol, Conn./Bristol Eastern) has been selected to the 2007-08 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Men's Track and Field/Cross Country Third Team (University Division) as announced Monday afternoon by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
The athletes were nominated by their sports information directors and named to eight Academic All-District squads by a vote of CoSIDA members, leading to over 80 candidates on the national ballot for ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America consideration. Garren emerged as the lone Southern Conference athlete and one of just five District III honorees to be chosen to the 45-member Academic All-America team.
A two-time First Team Academic All-District III selection, Garren graduated Summa Cum Laude with a bachelor of science degree from Elon last month with a 3.96 cumulative grade-point average as a business administration/management major and an accounting minor. The eight-time President's List and Athletics Director's Honor Roll student appeared regularly on the TIAA-CREF Academic All-Southern Conference team and the Southern Conference Commissioner’s Medal list during his time at Elon.
Garren was recognized as the male A.L. Hook Scholar-Athlete at the annual Elon Athletics Awards Banquet last month, acknowledging him as the Phoenix student-athlete who possesses the highest cumulative GPA. It marked the second consecutive year that he received that accolade. The four-year cross country letterman finished in 31st place out of 84 competitors at the Southern Conference Championship last fall. He was also honored as his team's MVP in 2006 and captain in 2007.
An Elon Leadership Fellow, Garren was also inducted into four National Honor Societies – Beta Gamma Sigma (International Business), Phi Eta Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi and Pi Gamma Mu (Social Science). He served on the recruitment and scholarship committees for his Pi Kappa Phi fraternity and was also a Student-Athlete Advisory Council representative and a Student Government Association class senator and student election committee member.
In Elon’s nine years as an official NCAA Division I member, Phoenix student-athletes have commandeered CoSIDA Academic All-America accolades on 13 occasions. Winner of the National Magazine Award for General Excellence in both 2003 and 2006, ESPN The Magazine is a provocative sports publication that is full of insight, analysis, impact and wit. With a circulation of 1.9 million, the oversized biweekly magazine looks ahead to give fans a unique perspective on the world of sports.
2007-08 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Men's Track and Field/Cross Country (University Division)
First Team
Jangy Addy, Tennessee (Senior, Norcross, Georgia, 3.56, Journalism/Electronic Media)
Ian Burrell, Georgia (Senior, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 3.54, Criminal Justice)
Ian Butcher, Saint Francis of Pennsylvania (Senior, Georgetown, Ontario, Canada, 3.99, English)
Mat Clark, Northern Iowa (Junior, Ames, Iowa, 3.73, Biology)
Mike Duncan, Western Kentucky (Senior, Henderson, Kentucky, 4.00, Physical Education)
Jacob Dunkleberger, Auburn (Senior, Smyrna, Georgia, 3.48, Business Administration)
David Ebersole, Ohio State (Senior, Cleveland, Ohio, 3.85, Accounting)
Bret Ferrier, Weber State (Senior, Winnemucca, Nevada, 3.98, Computer Engineering Technology)
Javier Garcia-Tunon, Florida State (Graduate, Miami, Florida, 4.00, Business Administration)
Kenneth Grosselin, U.S. Air Force Academy (Senior, Ramstein AB, Germany, 3.94, Mathematics)
Clendon Henderson, Liberty (Senior, Meadow, Texas, 3.72, Kinesiology)
Donovan Kilmartin, Texas (Graduate, Eagle, Idaho, 3.55, Petroleum Engineering)
David Kinsella, Portland (Senior, Redmond, Washington, 3.95, Biology)
Greg Liebl, North Dakota State (Senior, Montevideo, Minnesota, 4.00, Business Administration)
Scott Sellars, Kansas State (Junior, Katy, Texas, 3.68, Finance)
Ryan Vail, Oklahoma State (Graduate, Gresham, Oregon, 3.63, International Studies)
Brent Vaughn, Colorado (Senior, Aurora, Colorado, 3.31, Applied Mathematics/Engineering)
Xuehan Xiong, Arizona (Junior, Wuhan, China, 4.00, Computer Sciences)
Second Team
Chris Dickman, Wichita State (Junior, Grinnell, Kansas, 3.96, Mechanical Engineering)
Ryan Graddy, Brown (Senior, Del Mar, California, 4.00, History/PLME)
Andrew Hayner, Detroit Mercy (Senior, Royal Oak, Michigan, 4.00, Political Science/History)
Michael Hogue, Tennessee (Senior, Germantown, Tennessee, 3.41, Nursing)
Kevin Kumlien, U.S. Military Academy (Junior, Bozeman, Montana, 3.78, Management)
Scott Nei, North Dakota State (Sophomore, Maple Grove, Minnesota, 4.00, Zoology)
Brett Olson, Rice (Senior, Flower Mound, Texas, 3.95, Mechanical Engineering/Civil Engineering)
Seth Pilkington, Weber State (Senior, Roy, Utah, 3.61, Professional Accountancy)
Jeff Scull, Syracuse (Junior, Jordan Station, Ontario, 3.99, Nutrition)
Patrick Sovacool, Miami of Ohio (Junior, Lakewood, Ohio, 3.60, Zoology)
Ryan Whiting, Arizona State (Sophomore, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 3.49, Civil Engineering)
Walt Willis, Western Illinois (Senior, Loda, Illinois, 3.97, Law Enforcement/Justice Administration)
Third Team
Ryan Byrne, Detroit Mercy (Graduate, Essex, Ontario, Canada, 3.90, Mechanical Engineering)
Steve Delice, Coppin State (Junior, Brooklyn, New York, 3.77, Global Studies)
Eric Fattig, Kansas (Junior, Kearney, Nebraska, 4.00, Engineering)
Eric Garren, Elon (Senior, Bristol, Connecticut, 3.96, Business Administration/Management)
Alex Godell, Colorado State (Junior, Littleton, Colorado, 3.90, Economics)
Mike Hall, Pennsylvania (Senior, Avondale, Pennsylvania, 3.92, Chemistry/Biology)
Chip Heuser, Oklahoma (Senior, Louisville, Kentucky, 3.39, Zoology)
David Mante, Bucknell (Senior, Warwick, New York, 3.71, Civil Engineering)
Scott Reed, Wichita State (Junior, Omaha, Nebraska, 4.00, Aerospace Engineering)
Mike Rolek, Marist (Senior, Maplewood, New Jersey, 3.90, Communications/Sports Communications)
Shadrack Songok, Texas A&M (Senior, Kapsabet, Kenya, 3.21, Chemistry)
Jarrod Stevens, Boise State (Senior, Adelaide, Australia, 3.93, Finance)
Phillip Warsaw, Wake Forest (Junior, Elizabethtown, Kentucky, 3.90, Mathematical Economics)
Kent Wories, Butler (Senior, Edwardsville, Illinois, 3.96, Finance)
Jaroslaw Zakrzewski, Kent State (Senior, Gdansk, Poland, 3.82, Business Management)
Elon CoSIDA Academic All-Americans (University Division)
2000 – John Marshall, Men’s Golf (Second Team Men’s Spring At-Large)
2001 – Julianne Treme, Women’s Tennis (Second Team Women’s Spring At-Large)
2001 – John Marshall, Men’s Golf (First Team Men’s Spring At-Large)
2002 – Jim Swenson, Baseball (Second Team)
2003 – Brandon Mason, Football (Second Team)
2004 – Gary Morris, Baseball (Third Team)
2004 – Brandon Mason, Football (First Team)
2005 – Pramote Malasitt, Men’s Tennis (Second Team Men’s At-Large)
2005 – John Tumbleston, Men’s Cross Country (First Team Men’s Track and Field/Cross Country)
2006 – John Tumbleston, Men’s Cross Country (First Team Men’s Track and Field/Cross Country)
2007 – Chris Chalko, Men’s Basketball (Third Team)
2007 – Paige Goss, Softball (Third Team)
2008 – Eric Garren, Men’s Cross Country (Third Team Men’s Track and Field/Cross Country)
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