Press Release
2/10 - ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT: Bruins' Heu-Weller Named First Team Academic All-District VIII
NEWBERG, Ore. - Phil Heu-Weller, a multi-talented wing for George Fox University, has been named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VIII College Division Men's Basketball First Team as voted on by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Heu-Weller, a junior from Olympia, Wash., has fashioned a 3.96 grade point average while majoring in business administration and economics at the university. On the court, he averages 13.1 points per game and 4.5 rebounds per game as a starter, both figures second on the team for the 14-8 Bruins. He is 15th in the Northwest Conference in scoring and 17th in rebounding. His free throw percentage of .838 is third in the conference and 44th nationally. He also ranks eighth in the league in three-point field goal percentage (.414), 12th in threes per game (2.09), and 13th in blocked shots (0.41). He was the first NWC Player of the Week this season (Nov. 14-20) after scoring 32 points in the Bruins' season-opening 107-91 win over Northwest (Wash.) University.
Other First Team members, all of whom are automatically nominated for Academic All-America honors, include Chapman University's Zach Wheatley and Patrick Carney, Jason Greenlee of the University of La Verne, and Vince Inglima of Sonoma State University. District VIII of CoSIDA consists of institutions in Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, California, and Hawaii.
The Academic All-America Teams program honors 816 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, a 2,000-member organization consisting of sports public relations professionals for colleges and universities in the United States and Canada.
To be eligible, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 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 the NAIA.
Now in its second season of sponsoring the Academic All-America Teams program, ESPN The Magazine - winner of the 2003 National Magazine Award for General Excellence - is a provocative and innovative sports publication. Full of insight, analysis, impact and wit, the oversized bi-weekly with a circulation of 1.85 million looks ahead to give fans a unique perspective on the world of sports.
For more information about the Academic All-America Teams program, or to see the entire list of men's and women's basketball Academic All-District honorees, please visit www.cosida.com or e-mail rlipe@bentley.edu.