Texas Tech University Athletics
Haddrell Named to Academic All-America Team
June 15, 2004 | Men's Golf
June 15, 2004
LUBBOCK, Texas - Red Raider sophomore golfer William Haddrell (London, England) was named to the 2003-04 Academic All-America? Men's At-Large third team, which was announced today by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Haddrell, a native of London, England, holds a 4.0 grade point average in business. He led the Red Raiders to a tie for fifth-place finish at the Big 12 Championships, tying the best finish in school history, and helped guide Tech to a 13th-place finish at the NCAA Central Regional.
The Men's At-Large program for the Academic All-America program includes the sports of fencing, golf, gymnastics, hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, tennis, volleyball, water polo and wrestling.
The Academic All-America Teams program honors 816 male and female student-athletes annually who have succeeded at the highest level on the playing field and in the classroom. Individuals are selected through voting by CoSIDA, the College Sports Information Directors of America; a 2,000-member organization consisted of sports public relations professionals for colleges and universities in the United States and Canada.
To be eligible, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative G.P.A. of 3.20 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing 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 Division I, II, III and NAIA covering all NCAA championship sports.
For more information about the Academic All-America Teams program, please visit www.cosida.com or email rlipe@bentley.edu.
