May 27th, 2009
(Photo of Cody Fuller by Tim Clark)
SEGUIN, Texas – Texas Lutheran senior men’s tennis player Cody Fuller is a candidate for ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America honors after being named to the Academic All-District VI First Team for the Men’s At-Large category.
Fuller (Cedar Park/Cedar Park) was selected to the 11-man Academic All-District VI Team for the college division, which includes NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA colleges and universities in a six-state area. The six states represented in District VI are: Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, New Mexico, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
Academic All-America honors for the Men’s At-Large program will be announced June 9. Eligible sports for the Men’s At-Large program include: fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, swimming, tennis, volleyball, water polo, and wrestling.
Fuller, a recent graduate of TLU with a 3.83 cumulative GPA, was a 2009 ASC West Division Second Team selection after winning his final four matches (all in conference play) at No. 2 singles.
A tennis team captain, Fuller also was an ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VI First Team selection in 2006-07. He missed 2007-08 eligibility for an Academic All-District nomination because he studied in China for the 2008 tennis season.
Fuller was a two-time ASC Academic All-Conference selection and was the 2008-09 ASC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete for men’s tennis after a vote of the conference’s 15 sports information directors.
For the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America program, members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) nominate student-athletes and vote on district and national ballots to select Academic All-District and Academic All-America winners. First Team All-District award winners advance to the national ballots.
To be nominated for Academic All-District and Academic All-America honors, a student-athlete must have a minimum GPA of 3.30, be a starter or important reserve, and be a sophomore, junior or senior. Transfers must complete one full year at the new institution before becoming eligible for nomination.
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.
2009 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District
Men’s At-Large Team
District 6
College Division
FIRST TEAM
Name School Dist. Yr. Hometown GPA Major
Ben Bench OKLAHOMA CITY VI Jr. Oklahoma City 3.98 Biomedical sciences
Scott Crichton WESTERN NEW MEXICO VI Jr. Dalgety Bay, Scotland 3.93 Biology
John (Jack) Crowley SOUTHERN ARKANSAS VI Sr. Dryden, Mich. 3.83 Business administration / finance
Cody Fuller TEXAS LUTHERAN VI Sr. Cedar Park, Texas 3.83 Business administration
Nick Kreines TEXAS-TYLER VI Jr. Houston, Texas 3.96 Business
Alex Maurer ST. MARY’S (TEXAS) VI Jr. St. Louis, Mo. 3.82 International business
Collin Mayer ST. EDWARD’S VI Jr. Houston, Texas 4.00 Finance
Terry Richardson XAVIER (LA) VI Sr. Ellenwood, Ga. 3.56 biology / pre-med
Robert Sajovich TEXAS-TYLER VI So. Austin, Texas 3.86 Finance
Vitas Van Dijk ST. MARY’S (TEXAS) VI Jr. Paramaribo, Suriname 3.85 Mathematics
Taylor Wallner ARKANSAS TECH VI Sr. Fayetteville, Ark. 3.47 History / political science
University Division
FIRST TEAM
Name School Dist. Yr. Hometown GPA Major
Bill Allcorn BAYLOR VI Sr. Abilene, Texas 3.77 Economics
Bram ten Berge MISSISSIPPI VI Sr. Maarssen, Netherlands 3.97 Classics
Arnau Brugues TULSA VI Gr. Barcelona, Spain 3.67 Business administration (MBA)
Russell Czeschin OKLAHOMA VI Sr. Independence, Mo. 3.78 Health and exercise science
Gustave Diep NEW MEXICO STATE VI Jr. Paris, France 4.00 Biochemistry
Tor-Hakon Hellebostad NEW MEXICO VI Jr. Nesoddtangen, Norway 3.98 University studies
Brandon Mason OKLAHOMA STATE VI Sr. Shenandoah, Iowa 3.70 Biology / Human Nutrition (Pre-med)
Dominik Mueller BAYLOR VI Jr. Frankfurt, Germany 3.94 Finance
Oleksandr Nedovyesov OKLAHOMA STATE VI Jr. Alushta, Ukraine 3.58 Economics
Jon Sauer NEW MEXICO VI Sr. St. Cloud, Minn. 4.02 Management
Blake Strode ARKANSAS VI Sr. St. Louis, Mo. 3.97 International economics / Spanish