June 10, 2009

ESPN Academic All-American Teams

Fort Wayne, IN- IPFW graduate and Fort Wayne native Patrick Kelley has been named to the 2009 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America At-Large Third Team as voted on by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSida).

This is the second time in as many years that Kelley has been named an Academic All-American. He is the third IPFW student-athlete to earn Academic All-America honors, joining Colin Lundeen (2006-07/At-Large) and Claire Jackson (2006-07/Women's Volleyball), as the aforementioned pair was each named to the All-America Second Team.

The men's at-large program for the Academic All-America program includes the sports of fencing, golf, gymnastics, hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, tennis, men's volleyball, water polo, swimming and diving, and wrestling.

Kelley is one of 15 student-athletes named on the 33-person list and just one of 10 student-athletes from the University Division in District V (schools within the states of Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Canadian provinces of Ontario and Manitoba).

Kelley, a member of 2008-2009 men's golf team, competed in 12 rounds this spring for IPFW, leading the team in numerous statistical categories and scoring average, with a 75.50. On April 5, 2009, Kelley and the Mastodons brought home the program's first ever team invitational victory at the Norm Bullock Collegiate hosted by Wright State. Kelley shot a pair of 75s and finished in 18th place, while the Mastodons fired a tournament-best 582. Kelley's best finish this past season was at the North-South Collegiate in Jacksonville, Florida, where he fired a two-day total of 149 (1-), taking 12th place in a talent packed tournament field.

To be eligible, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current institution and be nominated by his sports information director.

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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