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Martin Adds Another Academic Honor to Postseason Resume
4/9/2009 1:14:59 PM | Men's Basketball
RADFORD, Va. – Phillip Martin (Roanoke, Va./Roanoke Catholic) of the Radford men's basketball team has been named to the Division I-AAA Athletic Directors Association Scholar-Athlete Team as announced Thursday by the association.
Martin, who holds a 3.91 GPA, is double-majoring in social science and philosophy, and religious studies at Radford. For his outstanding work in the classroom, Martin has been selected to the Dean's List every semester and earned Big South All-Academic recognition each of the last two seasons.
On the court, Martin started 21 contests this season, including 19 of the last 20, 17 of which were victories for the Highlanders. The junior forward hit double figures four times in 2008-09, including a career-high 16 points in Radford's 17-point win over Presbyterian Feb. 7, 2009.
Basketball players from all Division I-AAA ADA member institutions are eligible for these prestigious awards. Each of the nominees was required to have a minimum grade point average of 3.20 (on a 4.00 scale) in undergraduate study and have been a starter or important reserve with legitimate athletics credentials. He/she must have reached junior athletics and academic standing at the nominated institution (true freshmen, red-shirt freshmen and ineligible athletics transfers are not eligible) and have completed at least three academic semesters/five quarters at the nominated institution. Nominated student-athletes must have participated in at least 50 percent of the team's games listed on the nomination form.
A special Review Committee of Division I-AAA athletics directors were responsible for selecting the winners. Completing this task were Committee Chair Jean Lenti Ponsetto, DePaul; Pete Carlon, Texas Arlington; Don DiJulia, St. Joseph's; Gene Doris, Fairfield; Bill Husak, Loyola Marymount; Kelly Mehrtens, North Carolina Wilmington; John Planek, Loyola (Ill.); and Scott Street, Texas A&M Corpus Christi.
About Division I-AAA ADA: Now in its eighth year, the Division I-AAA Athletics Directors Association's mission is to enhance initiatives common to its Division I-AAA membership (the 95 Division I institutions that do not sponsor football), in particular, aspects related to their flagship basketball programs.
For more information on the Division I-AAA ADA, please visit www.div1aaa-ada.com. The Division I-AAA ADA is administered by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), which is in its 44th year. For more information on NACDA and the 11 professional associations that fall under its umbrella, please visit www.nacda.com.
Martin, who holds a 3.91 GPA, is double-majoring in social science and philosophy, and religious studies at Radford. For his outstanding work in the classroom, Martin has been selected to the Dean's List every semester and earned Big South All-Academic recognition each of the last two seasons.
On the court, Martin started 21 contests this season, including 19 of the last 20, 17 of which were victories for the Highlanders. The junior forward hit double figures four times in 2008-09, including a career-high 16 points in Radford's 17-point win over Presbyterian Feb. 7, 2009.
Basketball players from all Division I-AAA ADA member institutions are eligible for these prestigious awards. Each of the nominees was required to have a minimum grade point average of 3.20 (on a 4.00 scale) in undergraduate study and have been a starter or important reserve with legitimate athletics credentials. He/she must have reached junior athletics and academic standing at the nominated institution (true freshmen, red-shirt freshmen and ineligible athletics transfers are not eligible) and have completed at least three academic semesters/five quarters at the nominated institution. Nominated student-athletes must have participated in at least 50 percent of the team's games listed on the nomination form.
A special Review Committee of Division I-AAA athletics directors were responsible for selecting the winners. Completing this task were Committee Chair Jean Lenti Ponsetto, DePaul; Pete Carlon, Texas Arlington; Don DiJulia, St. Joseph's; Gene Doris, Fairfield; Bill Husak, Loyola Marymount; Kelly Mehrtens, North Carolina Wilmington; John Planek, Loyola (Ill.); and Scott Street, Texas A&M Corpus Christi.
About Division I-AAA ADA: Now in its eighth year, the Division I-AAA Athletics Directors Association's mission is to enhance initiatives common to its Division I-AAA membership (the 95 Division I institutions that do not sponsor football), in particular, aspects related to their flagship basketball programs.
For more information on the Division I-AAA ADA, please visit www.div1aaa-ada.com. The Division I-AAA ADA is administered by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), which is in its 44th year. For more information on NACDA and the 11 professional associations that fall under its umbrella, please visit www.nacda.com.
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