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Thirteen Football Ivies Named to Academic All-District Teams
Complete 2011 CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-District Football Teams
PRINCETON, N.J. -- For the second straight
year, the Ivy League saw 13 of its student-athletes named to
Capital One Academic All-District football teams after a vote by
members of the College Sports Information Directors of America
(CoSIDA), the organization announced Thursday.
All 13 were named to the first team in their respective districts,
making them eligible for Academic All-America honors. That
announcement will be made in December.
To be considered for inclusion on one of the academic all-district
teams, a student-athlete must be a sophomore or older, have a
cumulative GPA of at least 3.30 on a 4.0 scale and participate in
at least 50 percent of the team’s games as a starter or key
reserve.
Brown seniors Luke Landers and Nathan
Lovett, Columbia senior Bob Hauschildt,
Cornell seniors Nick Booker-Tandy and
Shane Savage and junior Hugh
Stewart, Dartmouth seniors John
Gallagher, Luke Hussey and Tim
McManus, Harvard senior Dan Minamide and
Yale seniors Jordan Haynes and Patrick
Witt all took home first team All-District 1 accolades
while Penn junior Scott Lopano was named first
team All-District 2.
Here is a team-by-team breakdown of the honorees with a link to
each school's release:
DISTRICT 1
Brown
Luke Landers (Friendswood, Texas) has a 3.60
grade point average while majoring in Commerce, Organizations and
Entrepreneurship. The 6-3, 285-pound senior has started all eight
games at right guard for the 7-1 Bears, helping the team to rank
third in the League in passing offense.
Nathan Lovett (East Providence, R.I.) is a
History major with a 3.72 grade point average. He ranks second in
the conference and 23rd in the country with an average of 41.3
yards per punt and he leads the conference with 20 punts inside the
20. The senior also earned CoSIDA Academic All-District honors last
season.
Columbia
Bob Hauschildt (Rosedale, Ill.) has a 3.83 grade
point average with a double major in Economics and Political
Science. The senior co-captain is a two-year starter along the
Lions’ offensive line. This season, he has started every game
at center for Columbia.
Cornell
Nick Booker-Tandy (Pompano Beach, Fla.) has a
4.00 grade point average while majoring in Applied Economics and
Management. He is a repeat selection on the Academic All-District
squad, though he earned that spot a season ago at running back.
This year he is honored for his play at corner back, where he leads
the team with three interceptions in just six games.
Shane Savage (Leesburg, Va.) has a 3.43 grade
point average and an Applied Science/Management double major. The
senior wide receiver has hauled in 50 passes for 732 yards and six
touchdowns this season, including a 152-yard, two-touchdown
performance against Ivy leader Harvard.
Hugh Stewart (Sugarland, Texas) is also majoring
in Applied Economics and Management and has a 3.62 grade point
average. Stewart suffered an injury early in the season but
still had four tackles for a loss and two sacks in just three
games.
Dartmouth
John Gallagher (Salem, Ore.) is an Economics
major with a 3.59 grade point average. He also earned CoSIDA
Academic All-District honors as a sophomore. This season, the
four-year starter is second on the Big Green with 19 catches for
169 yards and a team-leading two touchdowns.
Luke Hussey (Seattle) is majoring in Engineering
and sports a 3.94 grade point average. The senior linebacker is a
semifinalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy, given to the best
football scholar-athlete in the country. This year, he has a
career-high 63 tackles to rank third on the squad and 11th in the
Ivy League.
Tim McManus (St. Paul, Minn.) has a 3.48 grade
point average with a History major. He is the first three-time
captain at Dartmouth since the 19th century. He also previously
received Academic All-District honors as a sophomore. McManus has
played in just three games this year due to a concussion, catching
eight passes for 83 yards and a touchdown in his limited
action.
Harvard
Dan Minamide (Escondido, Calif.) is a Sociology
major with a 3.31 grade point average. The senior has played every
position in the defensive backfield and is second among Harvard
defensive backs in tackles with 29 (16 solo). He also has three
tackles for a loss, four passes defended and one forced fumble.
Yale
Jordan Haynes (Folsom, Calif.) has a 3.62 grade
point average while majoring in Political Science and International
Studies. The senior linebacker leads the team and ranks fifth in
the League with 70 tackles (49 solo). He also has four tackles for
loss and two fumbles recovered.
Patrick Witt (Atlanta) is a History major with a
3.91 grade point average. The senior quarterback has completed just
under 60 percent of his passes for 1,763-yards and 13 touchdowns.
He was selected to interview for the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship
and he is a semifinalist for the 2011 William V. Campbell Trophy,
which recognizes an individual as the absolute best scholar-athlete
in the nation.
DISTRICT 2
Penn
Scott Lopano (Southlake, Texas) has a 3.44 grade
point average while studying at the Wharton School of Finance. The
junior punter has started since his freshman season and currently
ranks fourth in the League in punting with a 38.2 average.
