Dennis Mudd Named Capital One Academic All-American
TOWSON, Md. (SabreAthletics.com) – Senior defender Dennis Mudd has been named to the 2012 Capital One Academic All-America Men's Soccer Third Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and announced today, Nov. 27. Mudd, a four-year starter and elite student-athlete at Marian University, enjoys his first such honor.
Entering this season, the Libertyville, Ill. native posted a cumulative GPA of 3.97, while double-majoring in biology and chemistry. He is just the third Academic All-American recipient at Marian, joining men's basketball's Scott Jaeger (2000-01) and baseball's Jesse Blum (2011-12).
Mudd was an NSCAA All-North/Central Region Scholar selection last season and a Capital One Academic All-District 6 First Team pick this year. He scored his first career goal for the Sabres this season, converting a game-tying penalty kick at Concordia Wisconsin on Oct. 10. In his first game back after missing four games due to injury, Mudd helped the Sabres to a shutout over highly-touted UW-Oshkosh at home.
An aspiring doctor, Mudd had his paper on water quality published in the Journal of Environmental Protection in late October. Prior to that, he secured two summer internships, one of which he was chosen by an EPA approved lab and the other as a researcher at the University of Texas Medical Branch Pediatric Department.
To be eligible for Academic All-America consideration, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative G.P.A. 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.
2012 Capital One Academic All-America Men's Soccer Team - NCAA Division III
Academic All-American of the Year: Nate Bascom, Ohio Northern
FIRST TEAM
Pos. Name School Yr. Hometown GPA Major
GK Peter Maxted Swarthmore Jr. Port Washington, N.Y. 3.92 Economics
D Kevin Burke (3) Rutgers-Camden Sr. Sewell, NJ 3.88 Accounting
D Tyler Iosue Rensselaer Polytechnic Sr. Spofford, N.H. 3.95 Mechanical Engineering
D Danny Kenny Illinois Wesleyan Sr. Wildwood, Mo. 4.00 Environmental & Hispanic Studies
D Kevin Parma Western New England Jr. Peconic, N.Y. 3.93 Accounting, Finance
M Ryan Greenhill (2) Hiram Sr. Solon, Ohio 3.98 Management, Accounting
M Bill McGuiness Scranton Sr. Forty Fort, Pa. 3.93 Finance
M Matt Sarett Carnegie Mellon Jr. Huntersville, N.C. 4.00 El. & Computer Eng., Biomed.Eng.
F Nate Bascom (2) Ohio Northern Sr. Maderia, Ohio 3.71 Biology
F Simon Ginet Carleton Jr. Arlington, Mass. 3.96 Sociology / Anthropology
F Mahir Mameledzija Lake Forest Jr. Visoko, Bosnia-Herzegovina 3.82 Spanish / Chemistry
SECOND TEAM
Pos. Name School Yr. Hometown GPA Major
GK Greg Payne Norwich So. State College, Pa. 4.00 Political Science
D Pat Bauer Tufts Sr. Portland, Ore. 3.85 Civil Engineering
D Ben Bryant Carnegie Mellon Sr. Toledo, Ohio 3.62 Chemistry / Hispanic studies
D Nathan Haywood Birmingham Southern Sr. Fairhope, Ala. 4.00 Chemistry (pre-med)
D Austin Windsor Ohio Northern Sr. Dublin, Ohio 3.67 Mechanical Engineering
M Kyle Buchwalder (2) Colorado College Sr. Yellow Springs, Ohio 3.94 Biochemistry
M Ryan Gordon Rowan Sr. Cherry Hill, N.J. 3.60 Chemical Engineering
M Adam Updegrove (3) Rensselaer Polytechnic Sr. Carson City, Nev. 3.98 Mechanical Engineering
F Andrew Aurit Edgewood Jr. Monroe, Wis. 3.94 Business
F Spencer Noon Amherst Sr. Farmington, Conn. 3.44 American Studies
F Daniel Wright Colorado College Sr. Steamboat Springs, Col. 3.68 Anthropology
THIRD TEAM
Pos. Name School Yr. Hometown GPA Major
GK Jonas Poster New York University Sr. Newton, Mass. 3.81 Economics / Sociology
D Andrew Bellis Gettysburg Jr. Hershey 4.02 Philosophy / Political Science
D Sean Coots Rochester Inst. of Tech. Sr. Binghamton, N.Y. 3.87 Mechanical Engineering
D Nick Lammers Colorado College Sr. San Antonio, Texas 3.86 Physics
D Dennis Mudd Marian (Wis.) Sr. Libertyville, Ill. 3.97 Biology / Chemistry
M Eric Erb Case Western Reserve Sr. Worthington, Ohio 3.96 Nutr. Biochem., Metabolism, Chem.
M Dustin Kiaski Otterbein Sr. Massillon, Ohio 3.81 Accounting
M Tresor Mukiza Hendrix Sr. Kigali, Rwanda 4.00 Biochemistry / molecular biology
F Andrew Belk Rose-Hulman Jr. Jasper, Ind. 3.74 Electrical engineering
F Danny Nasry Pomona-Pitzer Sr. Portland, Ore. 3.83 Philosophy
F Scott Jarosz Sage Colleges Jr. Brunswick, Maine 3.41 Physical therapy / management
(1) Capital One Academic All-America® first team selection in 2011
(2) Capital One Academic All-America® second team selection in 2011
(3) Capital One Academic All-America® third team selection in 2011
