Press Release
June 6, 2007
Isley Earns Second Team Academic All-District Honors
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| Eric Isley |
Isley is a four-time MIAA Champion in the 800-meter run between the indoor and outdoor seasons and set the MIAA Indoor Championship record in 2006. He is a two-time All-American in the event, placing fourth at the 2007 NCAA Indoor Championships and sixth at the 2006 national outdoor meet. His 1:50.77 outdoor personal record set at the Emporia State Qualifier on May 12 is the second-fastest time ran in Northwest history, and a 1:51.15 time at the NCAA Indoor Championships this season was four-hundredths of a second from the school record.
He is also a two-time MIAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll recipient. He placed on the Northwest Honor Roll seven times, including three times on the President's Honor Roll with a 4.0 semester GPA.
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/her current institution and be nominated by his/her sports information director. 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 NAIA covering all NCAA championship sports.
For a complete listing of the Academic All-District teams, go to www.cosida.com.
For more information, please contact:
Phillip Dowden, Media Relations/Sports Information
sid@nwmissouri.edu | 660.562.1118 | Fax: 660.562.1582
Northwest Athletics
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