CoSIDA Announces Men's 1998 GTE Academic All-American Fall/Winter At-Large Team

STAMFORD, Conn. - - The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced the 1998 GTE Academic All-America Fall/Winter Men's At-Large Team today. Three student-athletes on the University Division first team posted perfect 4.00 Grade Point Averages (GPA), including the GTE Academic All-America Team Member of the Year, Marcos Scrivner of West Virginia.

Scrivner (air rifle), an accounting/finance major, is a senior from Corbelt, Ore. Joining him with perfect GPA's on the first team are John Cahoy of Minnesota (swimming), a junior chemistry major from Hudson, Wis.; and Pedro Delgado of Evansville (soccer), a junior global business/psychology major from Caracas, Venezuela.

Torsten Seifert, a senior swimmer from Kenyon College, was named Team Member of the Year in the College Division. A native of Halle, Germany, Seifert has a 3.73 GPA as an economics major. He is a three-time Division III national champion, an 11-time All-American, and one of three student-athletes from Kenyon on the first team. He is joined by Dan Denning (cross country), a senior from Upper Arlington, Ohio (3.96/molecular biology); and Richard Thoms (swimming), a senior from Rhinelander, Wis. (3.67/chemistry/philosophy).

Two swimmers from Cal.-Davis also made the first team -- Tadashi Kaneko, a junior from Santa Cruz, Calif. (3.78/mechanical engineering); and Chuck Young, a junior from Bakersfield, Calif. (3.98/biological sciences).

The GTE Academic All-America Teams are selected by a vote of the 1,800-member CoSIDA. To be eligible, an athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve and maintain a cumulative GPA of at least 3.20 on a scale of 4.00. Sports information directors nominate eligible athletes from their schools who are named to district teams prior to being voted upon on the national level. CoSIDA has been selecting Academic All-America teams since 1952.

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Following is a complete list of the 1998 GTE Academic All-America Men's At-Large Teams in the University and College Divisions:

1998 GTE Academic All-America Mens Fall/Winter At-Large Teams

University Division Second Team

University Division Third Team

* GTE Academic All-America Team Member of the Year - University Division

1998 GTE Academic All-America Mens Fall/Winter At-Large Teams

College Division First Team

College Division Second Team

College Division Third Team

* GTE Academic All-America Team Member of the Year - College Division