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.
