NORTHFIELD, Minn. – Carleton College senior swimmer Ted Marschall (Burnsville, Minn.) was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® Men's At-Large Team as released by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). He was recognized for excellence in the classroom and in competition.

Marschall earned a spot on the second team and is first Knight to earn the prestigious honor of Academic All-American® twice, having been a third-team selection in 2008. Carleton student-athletes have won the award a total of 15 times, including four times by members of the men’s swim program, tops among athletic programs at the College.

Marschall is one of the most dominating and successful student-athletes in recent history at Carleton. He earned a trip to the NCAA Swimming Championships all four years, and in 12 individual events at the national meet, he earned All-America or All-American Honorable Mention distinction a total of 11 times. Earlier this year, he was also awarded a NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship.

He added four All-MIAC awards in 2009, raising his career total to 19. He then concluded his collegiate career with All-American performances in the 200 individual medley (fifth place) and 200 breaststroke (eighth), plus an honorable-mention swim (ninth) in the 400 IM.

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Carleton College Academic All-Americans®
1992 - Scott Hanks (1st team) --- Football
1995 - Jon Bougie (2nd team) --- Men’s At-Large (CC/Track)
1995 - Lydia Neilsen (2nd team) --- Women’s At-Large (Swimming)
1996 - Kevin Theissen (3rd team) --- Men’s At-Large (CC/Track)
1998 - Max Harper (2nd team) --- Men’s At-Large (Swimming)
1999 - Josh Wilhelm (2nd team) --- Men’s Basketball
2000 - Jeff Thurk (2nd team) --- Football
2000 - Sandra Helquist (3rd team) --- Women’s At-Large (Track & Field)
2001 - Carl Tape (2nd team) --- Men’s At-Large (Soccer)
2003 - Jason Brown (1st team) --- Men’s At-Large (Swimming)
2003 - Matt Hooley (3rd team) --- Men’s Cross Country/Track & Field
2004 - Britta Vietenheimer (2nd team) --- Women’s At-Large (Swimming)
2005 - Watson David (3rd team) --- Men’s Soccer
2008 - Ted Marschall (3rd team) --- Men’s At-Large (Swimming)
2009 - Ted Marschall (2nd team) --- Men’s At-Large (Swimming)

Marschall holds seven individual school records, owning the top spot in the 500-yard freestyle (4:43.34), 1000-yard freestyle (9:43.11), 1650-yard freestyle (16:18.63), 100-yard butterfly (51.49), 200 breaststroke (2:01.97), 200-yard individual medley (1:49.66) and 400-yard individual medley (3:55.70). He also swam a leg the record-setting 400-yard freestyle, 200-yard medley and 400-yard medley relays. Additionally, he possesses two MIAC Championship Meet records, having set the standard in the 200 IM (1:49.72) in 2008 and the 400 IM (3:55.70) this season.

A physics major with a 3.80 grade-point average, Marschall is enrolling at the University of Rochester (N.Y.) in the fall of 2009 to study quantum optics or condensed matter physics.

Marschall, is one of only four student-athletes from the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference to be named to Academic All-American® teams. Gustavus swimmer David Pearson was a first-team selection, while David Martinson of the Gusties’ hockey team and Saint John’s golfer Joe Daly were third-team choices.

The Academic All-America Teams 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.