Fri., Dec. 14, 2007

     University of Saint Francis quarterback Jeff Wedding has been named to the 2007 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 5 Football Team.

   Wedding, a junior and an East Noble High School graduate, was named to the second team, one of just two quarterbacks chosen first or second team in each of eight districts nationwide in the college division. Wedding is an elementary education major and is carrying a 3.87 grade-point-average. He was the only member of an NAIA team selected in District 5. Wedding was one of just 16 underclassmen named to the 48 player team. 

   Wedding  becomes the first USF football player named to the team selected by sports information directors.

The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) selects Academic All-America teams in 12 programs: football, women's volleyball, men's soccer, women's soccer, men's basketball, women's basketball, baseball, softball, men's track & field/cross country, women's track & field/cross country, men's at-large and women's at-large. A first team, second team and third team are selected in both the University (Division I and I-AA) and College (Division II, III and NAIA) Divisions. Football consists of just first and second teams.

To be nominated, the student-athlete must be a starter or important reserve with at least a 3.20 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) for his/her career. No athlete is eligible until he/she has reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at his/her current institution (thus, true freshmen, red-shirt freshmen and ineligible transfers are not eligible). In the cases of transfers, graduate students and junior college graduates, the athlete must have completed one full academic year at the nominating institution to be eligible.

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