USD Football 2008

The ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Football Team, selected annually by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America, honors the nation's best stu- i"i'ZI'....,._ dent-athletes. Just as the balancing of football and academics is difficult, the standards for nomination and selection to the team are rigorous. To be nominated, a varsity starter or key reserve player must have a minimum 3.200 cumulativegrade-pointaverage (on a 4.000 scale). The program began in the 1950s with honorees in football; later, basketball and baseball all-academic teams were added. Aca– demic and athletics biographical data of nominees are prepared in ballot form and mailed to the CoSIDA membership, who vote in each of eight districts. From the eight district teams comes a national ballot, distributed to the 1,400 members for the final all-academic team. "The achievements of these young men should truly be com– mended," said NBC sportscaster Dick Enberg, spokesperson for the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America team. In 2004 Evan Harney joined six former Torero gridders after being named First Team. The record-setting Torero running back carried a

Wes Doyle

3.90 grade-point average as a Business Administration major. Below is a look at USD's other football players named as ESPN The Magazine Academic All-Americans:

Torero Success On The Field & In The Classroom

Doug Popovich Defensive Back 1994, 1995

Dan Herbert Defensive Back 1981

Bryan Day Defensive Back 1987, 1988

Philip Bretsch Defensive Back 2005 Wes Doyle Wide Receiver 2007, 1st Team 2006, 2nd Team ESPN THE MAGAZINE ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA Toreros elected to National Honors ', Nick Garton Wide Receiver 2005

Evan Harney Running Back 2004

Defensive Back 1995, 1996

Patrick O'Neill Free Safety 2007, 1st Team 2006, 2nd Team