BEREA, OHIO -- Five Baldwin-Wallace College men’s and women’s soccer student-athletes have been named to the 2007 ESPN THE MAGAZINE Academic All-District IV teams, including three first-team selections who now qualify for the national ESPN THE MAGAZINE Academic All-America ballots and possible Academic All-America accolades.
With its five total selections, B-W tied with Maryville (Tenn.) College and Mt. Vernon Nazarene College (Ohio) for the most selections with the University of Montevallo (Ala.), The College of Wooster (Ohio), Denison University (Ohio) and Case Western Reserve University (Ohio) all tied for fourth with four each. Olivet (Mich.) College and Ohio Wesleyan University each had three student-athletes picked.
The Yellow Jacket men’s team, which finished its season with a 9-6-4 overall record, was represented by first-team selections in 2006 ESPN THE MAGAZINE second-team Academic All-American forward Matt Pietro (Canfield/ 3.96 grade point average in psychology) and senior forward Mike McCue (Louisville/ St. Thomas Aquinas/ 3.89 GPA in finance and accounting). In addition, senior defender Todd Alexander (Hudson/ 3.5 GPA in business and finance) was named to the second-team.
The women’s team, which ended its season with an 11-6-3 overall record, were represented on the first-team by junior forward Allie Wojtkun (North Olmsted/ Magnificat/ 3.94 GPA in psychology and business) and on the second-team by senior defender Brittan Davis (Poland/ Seminary/ 3.6 GPA in psychology).
FOR MORE INFORMATION, please contact B-W Sports Information Director Kevin Ruple by telephone at 440-826-2327, by FAX machine at 440-826-2329 or via e-mail at kruple@bw.edu. To contact Head Men’s and Women’s Soccer Coach Reid Ayers, please call his office at 440-826-3839 or e-mail him at rayers@bw.edu. You can get all of the latest B-W athletics information by visiting our Web site at www.bw.edu/athletics.
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