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Ewald, Bracha Earn At-Large Academic All-America
WU golfer chosen to second team, Truman netter on third team
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Two MIAA student-athletes were selected to the ESPN The Magazine College Division Men's At-Large Academic All-America Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), which was released Tuesday (June 9).
Washburn senior golfer Matt Ewald was honored on the second team, while Truman junior tennis player Peter Bracha was chosen to the third team.
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Ewald, a native of Leawood, Kan., spent much of his senior season ranked as the No. 1 golfer in NCAA Division II and earned PING All-American honors. Ewald, with a 3.40 grade-point average as an accounting major, is the first Ichabod golfer since Chris McGown following the 2005 season to be named to the team announced by CoSIDA.
Ewald finished in a tie for 14th at the NCAA Division II National Championships and earned All-MIAA honors for the fourth time in his career. He recorded a career stroke average at Washburn of 73.1, finished in the top five of 25 career tournaments and had 43 top-20 finishes.
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Bracha, from Ames, Iowa, carries a 4.00 GPA as a biology major at Truman. He had a combined record of 17-10 in singles and doubles during 2009, while playing No. 1 singles and No. 2 doubles for the Bulldogs.
Bracha earned his third consecutive honorable mention All-MIAA award for doubles this past year with partner Steven Hipkiss.
The Men's At-Large program for the Academic All-America includes the sports of fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, tennis and water polo. College Division of CoSIDA encompasses all NCAA Division II and III members, as well as NAIA, junior college and Canadian institutions.
To be eligible for Academic All-America consideration, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.30 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current institution and be nominated by his or her sports information director.
FIRST TEAM
Michael Bertucci (VB) Stevens Inst. of Tech. Sr. Gibbsboro, N.J. 4.00 Chemical Biology
Carlos Bes Comeras (Ten) Embry-Riddle (Fla.) Sr. Zaragoza, Spain 3.85 Computer Engineering
Alex Beyer (Sw) Washington (Mo.) Jr. Seattle, Wash. 3.78 Biology
Alex Boutin (Ten) Western New England Sr. Bristol, Conn. 4.00 Mechanical Engineering
Chase Carroll (Golf) Tusculum (Tenn.) Sr. Knoxville, Tenn. 3.88 Business Administration
David Gatz (Sw) Ohio Wesleyan Jr. Delaware, Ohio 3.99 Pre-Medicine & Biochemistry
John Kegelman (Sw) Johns Hopkins (Md.) Sr. Yorktown, Va. 4.00 Mechanical Engineering
Igor Kopylov (Fen) Mass. Inst. of Tech. Sr. Roseland, N.J. 4.00 Computer Science & Engineering
Dan Laurent (Wr) Wisconsin-La Crosse Jr. Mishicot, Wis. 3.92 Biochemistry
David Pearson (Sw) Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.) Sr. Woodbury, Minn. 4.00 Chemistry
Gautam Samarth (Ten) Trinity (Conn.) Sr. Pune, India 4.00 Economics
James Steward (Ten) John Carroll (Ohio) Sr. Monroe, Mich. 3.98 Biology
Kyle Vanderhyde (Wr) Olivet (Mich.) Sr. Sparta, Mich. 3.85 Mathematics Education
Aaron Wernimont (Wr) Wartburg (Iowa) Sr. Pocahontas, Iowa 3.55 Biology
Ben Youel (Wr) North Central (Ill.) Sr. Crystal Lake, Ill. 3.94 Chemistry
SECOND TEAM
Alec Bonander (Wr) Luther (Iowa) Sr. Larchwood, Iowa 3.82 Management
Seth Breunig (Ten) Wisconsin-Oshkosh Sr. Sauk City, Wis. 4.00 Secondary Education, Social Science
Bryan Carlisle (Sw) Rowan (N.J.) Sr. Somers Point, N.J. 3.74 Advertising
Keith Diggs (Sw) Emory (Ga.) Sr. Vienna, Va. 3.79 Political Science
Andi Dimke (Ten) Missouri-St. Louis Jr. Nuremberg, Germany 3.98 International Business
Jeremy Dwyer (Ten) Grove City (Pa.) Sr. Duncansville, Pa. 3.84 Electrical Engineering
Matt Ewald (Golf) Washburn Sr. Leawood, Kan. 3.40 Accounting
Todd Green (Ten) Washington (Md.) Sr. Ridgewood, N.J. 3.97 Mathematics
Tim Kurpis (Lax) Gettysburg (Pa.) Jr. Yorktown, N.Y. 4.06 Economics & Mathematics
Michael Machala (Sw) Kenyon (Ohio) Sr. Twin Falls, Idaho 3.78 Chemical Physics
Ted Marschall (Sw) Carleton (Wis.) Sr. Burnsville, Minn. 3.80 Physics
Kai Robinson (Sw) Amherst (Mass.) Sr. Vashon, Wash. 3.79 Economics & Mathematics
Evan Schaller (Lax) Wingate (N.C.) Sr. Kirkville, N.Y. 3.84 Accounting
Henri St. Arnault (IHky) Lindenwood (Mo.) Sr. St. Paul, Alb., Canada 3.68 Finance
Joel VandeBoom (Wr) Milwaukee Eng. (Wis.) Sr. Port Washington, Wis. 3.98 Architectural Eng. & Construction Mgmt.
THIRD TEAM
Ben Bench (Golf) Oklahoma City Jr. Oklahoma City, Okla. 3.98 Biomedical Sciences
Peter Bracha (Ten) Truman Jr. Ames, Iowa 4.00 Biology
Joe Daly (Golf) Saint John's (Minn.) Sr. Owatonna, Minn. 3.77 Accounting
Steve DuFlo (Lax) Geneseo (N.Y.) State Sr. Jamesville, N.Y. 3.90 Business Administration
Christoph Fuchs (Ten) Whitman (Wash.) Sr. La Center Wash. 3.92 Biology
Ilya Gendelman (Ten) California-Santa Cruz Sr. San Francisco, Calif. 3.59 Business Management & Economics
Derek Hansberry (IHky) Wisconsin-River Falls Sr. Arvada, Colo. 3.88 Business Finance
Alex Lowe (Ten) Wisconsin-Whitewater Sr. Oswego, Ill. 3.87 Finance
David Martinson (IHky) Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.) Jr. St. Louis Park, Minn. 3.83 Accounting
Collin Mayer (Golf) St. Edwards (Texas) Jr. Houston, Texas 4.00 Finance
Ryan Paul (Ten) Ohio Northern Sr. West Milton, Ohio 3.95 Business Mgmt. & Sport Mgmt.
Issac Stein (Ten) Washington (Mo.) So. Kalamazoo, Mich. 3.95 Biology
Ryan Story (Lax) Wooster (Ohio) Jr. Pittsburgh, Pa. 4.00 Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
David Sutton (Ten) Greensboro (N.C.) Gr. Greensboro, N.C. 4.00 Exercise and Sport Science
Cody Weitzel (Wr) Colorado Mines Sr. Fort Morgan, Colo. 4.00 Mechanical Engineering
Academic All-America of the Year: John Kegelman, Johns Hopkins
Legend: Fen=Fencing, IHky=Ice Hockey, Lax=Lacrosse, Sw=Swimming, Ten=Tennis, VB=Volleyball, Wr=Wrestling.
