Quartet of Swimmers Earn All-Academic Honors
March 16, 2011 | Men's Swimming & Diving
March 16, 2011
Boston University senior swimmer Bryon Kallert has been named to the 2011 Swimming and Diving All-Academic team, while seniors Sarah Colton and Amanda Schmitz along with junior Kristen Connors earned it on the women's side. The conference office made the announcement on Wednesday afternoon.
For Kallert, this is his third selection to the America East All-Academic team, while all three Terrier women made the team in 2010.
The All-Academic squads are a product of the June 2005 Athletics Director meetings, where faculty representatives and athletics directors from each of the conference's nine member institutions decided to honor the league's top student-athletes, whom excel equally in the classroom as they do on the playing field.
For the third straight year, America East will select the All-Academic teams using CoSIDA's Academic All-America program as a model. Student-athletes worthy of consideration are nominated by member sports information directors and voted on by a committee of SIDs, academic advisors and faculty representatives from all nine member institutions.
All-Academic squads for team sports are based on the number of athletes that participate in a contest at one time or are made up of 10 student-athletes for individual sports. To be nominated for the distinction, student-athletes must be a starter or important reserve for their team and participate in at least 50 percent of their team's games or competitions. In the classroom, student-athletes must have a 3.30 GPA and have completed at least one calendar year at their institution. Freshmen are not eligible for consideration.
