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Wideman named Academic All-America Player of the Year

PostPosted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 5:25 pm
by PonyPride
Matt Wideman named ESPN The Magazine's Academic All-America Player of the Year

Senior goalkeeper honored with top academic award

Nov. 20, 2006

DALLAS (SMU) - SMU senior goalkeeper Matt Wideman (Fairview, Texas) has been named the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America University Division I Player of the Year, as voted by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) members. Wideman was also named to the ESPN The Magazine University Division Academic All-America first team.

A complete list of Academic All-America first team selections for the University Division is as follows:

University Division Player of the Year Voting
Name

First Place (WINNER) Wideman, Matt

FIRST TEAM
University Division
Goalkeeper Matt Wideman SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY VI Sr. Fairview, Texas 3.83 Finance
Midfielder Jeff Stepan ST. JOHN'S UNIVERSITY (NY) I Jr. Fremont, Calif. 3.99 Chemistry
Midfielder Nick Christman DARTMOUTH COLLEGE I Jr. Falmouth, Mass. 4.00 Computer Science & Mathematics
Midfielder Tyler Hemming HARTWICK COLLEGE I Sr. London, Ontario, Canada 3.73 Sports Management
Defender Stephan Hall ALBANY, UNIVERSITY AT I Gr. Denver, Colo. 3.98 Urban Planning
Defender Matt Haney DELAWARE, UNIVERSITY OF II Sr. Newark, Del. 3.96 Biological Sciences
Defender Greg Cass COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY I Sr. [deleted], Pa. 4.09 Chemical Engineering
Defender Devin Sheppard CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY III Sr. Roxborough, Tobago 3.95 Pharmacy
Forward George Josten GONZAGA UNIVERSITY VIII Jr. Idaho Falls, Idaho 3.85 Civil Engineering
Forward Lukasz Kwapisz ALABAMA, UNIVERSITY OF, AT BIRMINGHAM IV Sr. Oshawa, Ontario 4.0 Chemistry
Forward Eugene Brooks CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY AT FULLERTON VIII Sr. El Paso, Texas 3.84 Bio-chemistry

PostPosted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 3:32 pm
by ClassOf81
What a huge honor -- CONGRATULATIONS, MATT!