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Phil Heu-Weller

Chris Parker

2/8 - ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT: Bruins' Heu-Weller, Parker Named to Academic All-District Team

NEWBERG, Ore. - Two George Fox University players, Phil Heu-Weller for the second straight year and Chris Parker for the first time, have been named to the 2006-07 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 senior wing from Olympia, Wash., has fashioned a 3.86 grade point average while majoring in business administration. On the court, he has played a major role in the Bruins' 11-10 record and fourth-place standing in the conference race, ranking second on the Bruins in scoring at 13.8 points per game and third in rebounding at 4.1 rebounds per game. He ranks sixth in the Northwest Conference in 3-point field goal pct. (.405), 10th in 3-point field goals (2.13), and 13th in scoring (13.8), despite missing five games in mid-season with a foot injury. He has been named the Bruin Athletic Association Men's Athlete of the Week once and received honorable mention for NWC Player of the Week once.

Parker, a senior post from Aloha, Ore., has a 3.70 grade point average while majoring in political science. He is the Bruins' leading scorer at 16.0 points a game and is second in rebounding with 4.8 boards per game. In the conference, he ranks second in free throw pct. (.824), seventh in scoring (16.0), ninth in field goal pct. (.523), and 19th in rebounding (4.8). He has been named the Bruin Athletic Association Men's Athlete of the Week five times, was honorable mention for NWC Player of the Week four times, and received the NWC Men's Player of the Week award for Nov. 13-19. He is closing in on 1,000 points for a career with 922, needing 78 in the Bruins' last four games to become the 33rd player in GFU history to reach that milestone.

Other First Team members of the Academic All-District VIII Team, which includes institutions in Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, California, and Hawaii, are Chapman University's Patrick Carney, Daniel Markus of the University of Redlands, and Kyle Born of Whitman College. All are automatically nominated for Academic All-America honors.

The Academic All-America Teams program honors over 800 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. 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.

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 or her current institution, and be nominated by the school's sports information director.

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.