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Meadows Named to 2001 Verizon Academic All-American Team
EDINBORO, Pa -- Sophomore defensive back Matt Meadows (Hampshire/Romney, WV) of the Shepherd College football team was named today to the 2001 Verizon Academic All-America College Division District II Football Team. The team is selected by members of CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America).
Meadows, a biology major with a 3.47 grade point average, is the first Shepherd football player to gain Academic All-America honors since Ron Branch in 1997. Meadows led Shepherd and the WVIAC in interceptions with seven.
The District II region includes Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Athletes named to the district team qualify for the national ballot with the team announced on December 10.
2001 Verizon Academic All-America College Division II Football Team
| Offense
| | Pos. | Player | Class | School | Major (GPA)
| | QB | Mike Bowman | Jr. | Susquehanna | Mathematics (4.00)
| | WR | Michael Abbate | Sr. | Moravian | Psychology (3.27)
| | WR | Zach Baylin | Sr. | Johns Hopkins | Film & Media Studies (3.38)
| | TE | Jared McNeilly | Sr. | Allegheny | Physics (3.29)
| | RB | Will Anderson | Jr. | Bethany | Communications (3.5702)
| | RB | Mike Smith | Sr. | Dickinson | Political Science/History (3.83)
| | OL | Andy Cardillo | Sr. | Lycoming | Biology (3.729)
| | OL | Eugene Ochap | Sr. | Bethany | Biology (3.717)
| | OL | Rob Rieck | Sr. | Rowan | Teacher of the Handicapped (3.32)
| | OL | Andrew Rossi | Jr. | Bethany | Communications (3.633)
| | PK | Jeremy Sprout | Sr. | Widener | Computer Science (3.714)
| | Defense
| | Pos. | Player | Class | School | Major (GPA)
| | DB | T.J. Hess | Sr. | Widener | Accounting (4.00)
| | DB | Matt Meadows | So. | Shepherd | Biology (3.47)
| | DB | Antonio Nash | Jr. | Susquehanna | Accounting (3.33)
| | DB | John Yurisinec | Jr. | Gannon | Business Administration (3.76)
| | LB | Mike Borisenko | Sr. | Indiana (PA) | Physical Education & Sport (3.31)
| | LB | Alex Daecher | Sr. | Kutztown | Elementary & Special Education (3.90)
| | LB | Jonathan Forbes | Sr. | Grove City | Biochemistry (3.79)
| | DL | Duane Cymmerman | Sr. | Bethany | Physical Education (3.40)
| | DL | Paul Graham | Sr. | Ursinus | Mathematics (3.72)
| | DL | Chris Roantree | Jr. | Lycoming | Accounting (3.60)
| | DL | Paul Smith | So. | Johns Hopkins | Economics/Russian (3.70)
| | P | Mark Rowand | Sr. | Franklin & Marshall | Chemistry (3.63)
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