May 27, 2005

Charleston, SC -

The 2005 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District III University Division Men's At-Large Team was announced on Thursday. Junior Nick Medica was named to the first Academic All-District III team. The district team is made up of student-athletes from Division I schools in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.

To be nominated, student-athletes must be a starter or important reserve, and carry a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 or higher. Team members are selected by a vote of members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) within the district.

Medica was 8-14 in the 2005 season with a 6-6 Southern Conference record at No. 5 singles for The Citadel. Medica, an Atlanta, GA native, received a Dean's List gold star and has maintained a 4.00 GPA for three years.

The ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Team is part of the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America program. First team selections will appear on the national ballot for the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Men's At-Large team.

2005 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District III Men's At-Large Team

(FIRST TEAM NAME (SPORT) SCHOOL DIST. Yr. HOMETOWN GPA MAJOR

Roberto Castro (Golf) Georgia Tech III So. Alpharetta, Ga. 3.86 Industrial Engineering

Brian Dowis (Tennis) Coastal Carolina III Jr. Yorktown, Va. 3.922 Mathematics

Seth Hoffman (Swimming) North Carolina State III Jr. Cary, N.C. 4.00 Mech. Engineering

Zvi Lantsberg (Tennis) Charlotte III Jr. Beer-Shiva, Israel 3.91 Intl. Business

Pramote Malasitt (Tennis) Elon III Sr. Bangkok, Thailand 3.92 Computer Science

Nicholas Medica (Tennis) The Citadel III Jr. Atlanta, Ga. 4.00 Accounting Thomas Petykowski (Swimming) VMI III Sr. Virginia Beach, Va. 4.00 Civil Engineering

Tommy Rappold (Swimming) Clemson III Sr. Roanoke, Va. 3.96 Comp. Info Systems

Christopher Shuford (Golf) Longwood III So. Fredericksburg, Va. 3.909 Chemistry & Physics

Emmett Turner (Golf) Augusta State III Sr. Greenwood, S.C. 3.80 Accounting

Justin Zumsteg (Swimming) Florida III Sr. Rochester Hills, Mich. 3.97 Astrophysics/Astronomy

SECOND TEAM NAME (SPORT) SCHOOL DIST. Yr. HOMETOWN GPA MAJOR

Nathan Bragg (Fencing) Duke III Sr. Millington, N.J. 3.61 History

Mike Faust (Wrestling) Virginia Tech III Jr. Baltimore, Md. 3.48 Business

Martin Hehensteiger (Tennis) Jacksonville III Jr. Schechen, Germany 3.888 Marketing

Neil Savage (Swimming) Virginia Tech III Jr. Roswell, Ga. 3.90 Marketing

Chan Song (Golf) Georgia Tech III Sr. Orlando, Fla. 3.36 Management

Doug Stewart (Tennis) Virginia III Jr. Malibu, Calif. 3.38 Systems Engineering

Nicholas Thompson (Golf) Georgia Tech III Sr. Coral Springs, Fla. 3.25 Management

Dave Werry (Lacrosse) North Carolina III Jr. Oshawa, Ont., Canada 3.746 Economics & Pol. Science

Zach Wilcox (Swimming) Florida III Sr. Yarrow Point, Wash. 3.485 Aerospace/Mech. Eng.