November 8, 2007

CEDAR RAPIDS , IOWA . . . Seven Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) football student-athletes were named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VII College Division Football Teams selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and announced on Thursday.

Wartburg College wide receiver Kyle Duchman (Cedar Falls, Iowa/Cedar Falls), Coe College defensive back Tom Breitbach (Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Xavier), University of Dubuque defensive back Mark Mashburn (Homedale, Idaho/Homedale), and Central College linebacker Greg Altmaier (Iowa City, Iowa/City) were named to the Academic All-District VII College Division First Team.

Luther College running back Tyler Sherden (Rochester, Minn./John Marshall), University of Dubuque offensive lineman Michael Fielding (Harvard, Ill./Harvard), and Cornell College linebacker Chris Gustafson (Lakewood, Colo./Bear Creek) were named to the Second Team.

Duchman is a senior biology major with a 3.98 grade point average. Breitbach is a junior business and economics major with a 3.88 GPA. Mashburn is a senior criminal justice major with a 3.61 GPA. Altmaier is a senior accounting major with a 3.74 GPA. Sherden is a senior physical education major with a 3.40 GPA. Fielding is a senior aviation major with a 3.53 GPA. Gustafson is a senior economics and business major with a 3.38 GPA.

Academic All-District First Team members move on to the national ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® ballot. The ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® Football Team is scheduled to be announced on Thursday, November 29.

To be eligible for selection to the Academic All-District Team, a student-athlete must have reached sophomore academic and athletic standing, be a starter or key reserve and possess at least a 3.20 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale).

District VII College Division includes NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA schools in Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Alberta and Saskatchewan.

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