November 9, 2008

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA . . . A total of 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 Thursday, November 6.

University of Dubuque offensive lineman Dustin Vertin (Morgan Hill, Calif./Live Oak) and Coe College defensive back Tommy Breitbach (Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Xavier) were named to the Academic All-District VII College Division First Team, while Central College offensive lineman Jordan Edgerly (Lisbon, Iowa/Lisbon), Cornell College defensive back Don Bladt (Shelby, Iowa/AHST) and linebacker Brian King (West Des Moines, Iowa/Valley), and Wartburg College defensive back Marcus Hemesath (Watkins, Iowa/Benton Community) and linebacker Kyle Goodchild (Van Horne, Iowa/Benton Community) were named to the Second Team.

Vertin is a senior criminal justice major with a 3.96 grade point average. Breitbach is a senior business and economics major with a 3.87 GPA. Edgerly is a 3.84 math/computer science/spanish/secondary education major with a 3.84 GPA. Bladt is a junior chemistry major witha 3.56 GPA. Hemesath is a senior biology major with a 3.59 GPA. Goodchild is a senior accounting and business administration major with a 3.59 GPA. King is a junior biochemistry and molecular biology major with a 3.79 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 Monday, November 24.

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 3.30 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale).

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

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