NORTHFIELD, Minn. — Although competitions have been over for two months, Carleton College senior swimmer Ted Marschall (Burnsville, Minn.) continues to collect awards and honors. The latest recognizes his performance in both the water and the classroom, as he was named to the ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District At-Large First Team.
A physics major with 3.80 GPA, he was also an academic all-district first-team selection in 2008 en route to receiving Academic All-American® third-team honors. By virtue of being a first-team all-district selection this year, he will once again be on the national ballot with winners announced in mid-June. Last month, he was awarded the prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship.
In the pool, Marschall is an eight-time All-American with three additional All-America Honorable Mentions for his performances during four trips to the NCAA Championships. He concluded his collegiate career at the 2009 national meet with All-American performances in the 200 individual medley (fifth place) and 200 breaststroke (eighth), plus an honorable-mention swim (ninth) in the 400 individual medley.
Marschall is one of five Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) student-athletes to be selected to the Academic All-District At-Large Team. He is joined on the first team by Saint John’s golfer Joe Daly. Gustavus Adolphus had three athletes recognized; swimmer David Pearson and hockey player David Martinson were first-team choices and tennis player John Kauss was a second-team selection.
The Academic All-America program honors male and female student-athletes annually who have succeeded at the highest level on the playing field and in the classroom. Individuals are selected through voting by CoSIDA, the College Sports Information Directors of America; a 2,000-member organization consisting of sports public relations professionals for colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. Eligible sports for men's at-large consideration include fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming, tennis, volleyball, water polo and wrestling.
To be eligible, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.30 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current institution and be nominated by his/her sports information director. Since the program’s inception in 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-America honors on more than 14,000 student-athletes in Divisions I, II, III and NAIA covering all NCAA championship sports.
For more information about the Academic All-America Teams program, please visit www.cosida.com.
