ANDY ALLSTADT VOTED TO ESPN THE MAGAZINE ALL-ACADEMIC TRACK & FIELD TEAM
Long Beach, Calif. -- University at Albany's Andy Allstadt has been named to the 2005-06 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Men's Track and Field Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) on Tuesday, June 20. Allstadt, a second-team selection, is the first UAlbany track athlete to be chosen to the national academic squad.
A native of Endicott, N.Y., Allstadt presently owns a 3.94 cumulative grade point average in ecology as a graduate student. He earned a B.S. in biology in the spring of 2005. Allstadt recently received his second consecutive Chancellor's Scholar-Athlete Award and UAlbany's Presidential Scholar-Athlete Award for the senior male student-athlete with the highest GPA. He was voted to the 2006 America East Winter and Spring all-academic teams.
Allstadt was named the America East Conference's most outstanding track performer of the year at the indoor track & field championships last March. He finished first in both the 3,000- and 5,000-meter run events. In addition, he won the coaches award by the winning the most points for his team, as the Great Danes captured the America East championship. At the conference's outdoor meet, Allstadt won the 10,000-meter run for the second year in a row as UAlbany garnered the team championship. He has placed first in the 10,000 in three of the last four years.
The Academic All-America program honors 816 male and female student-athletes annually who have succeeded at the highest level on the playing field and in the classroom. Since the program's inception in 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-America honors on more than 14,000 student-athletes in Division I, II, III and NAIA covering all NCAA championship sports.
