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Block named Third Team Capital One Academic All-America
6/25/2015 11:25:00 AM | Track & Field
2014-15 Capital One Academic All-America® Division I Men's Track & Field/Cross Country Teams
ABILENE - Senior distance runner Daniel Block Thursday was tabbed to the 2014-15 Capital One Academic All-America® Division I Men's Track & Field/Cross Country Team by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
A convergence journalism major with a 3.95 cumulative grade-point average, Block was only one of 45 student-athletes nationwide to make one of the three Academic All-America teams and joined Lamar's Sam Stabler and Incarnate Word's Chris DeWitt as the lone representatives from the Southland Conference. DeWitt received first team honors, while Stabler was assigned to the third team along with Block and competitors from nationally recognized programs from Michigan, Arizona, Penn State, Ohio State, Purdue and Florida State.
Block is a native of Dalmeny, Saskatchewan, who transferred to ACU at the start of the 2013-14 school year following two years at the University of Saskatchewan.
Academically, he has earned his way onto several Southland Conference Commissioner's Honor Rolls in addition to earning the title of Top Scholar from ACU's Department of Journalism and Mass Communication. He posted a 4.0 grade-point average in the spring 2014 semester.
On the track, Block was the Wildcats' leading distance runner for a majority of the 2014 cross country season and during the program's indoor campaign he won the Southland Conference championship in the 800-meter run behind a personal best time of 1:50.01. He also was part of a distance medley relay that placed second in Birmingham, Ala. (10:07.63).
Block competed at only three outdoor meets due to injury, but recorded top-10 showings at the prestigious Texas and Drake Relays before taking third in the Southland 800m (1:52.74).
Since 1963, 58 individual Wildcats have received Academic-All America distinction, beginning with football linebacker Jack Griggs. Soccer's Brie Buschman was the most recent Wildcat prior to Block to receive this prize, as she earned first-team honors in the fall of 2013.
Nebraska senior John Welk, a nutrition science major with a 3.99 G.P.A., was selected as the winner of the Capital One Division I Academic All-America® of the Year award for Division I Men's Track & Field/Cross Country. A two-time All-American, Welk earlier this year was awarded a Big Ten Postgraduate Scholarship and the Big Ten Medal of Honor.
About Capital One
Capital One Financial Corporation (www.capitalone.com) is a financial holding company whose subsidiaries, which include Capital One, N.A., and Capital One Bank (USA), N. A., had $206.9 billion in deposits and $289.9 billion in total assets as of September 30, 2013. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Capital One offers a broad spectrum of financial products and services to consumers, small businesses and commercial clients through a variety of channels. Capital One, N.A. has more than 900 branch locations primarily in New York, New Jersey, Texas, Louisiana, Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. A Fortune 500 company, Capital One trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "COF" and is included in the S&P 100 index.
To be eligible for Academic All-America® consideration, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative G.P.A. 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/her sports information director.
ACU Athletics' 2014-15 CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-America Honorees
Track and Field: Daniel Block (third team)
ACU Athletics' 2014-15 CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-District Honorees
Men's Basketball: Jr. Parker Wentz (first team)
Women's Basketball: So. Sydney Shelstead (first team)
Football: Sr. Angel Lopez (first team)
Soccer: So. Kelsie Roberts (second team)
Track and Field: Sr. Daniel Block (first team)
Volleyball: Sr. Neely Borger (second team)
ACU Track and Field Academic All-America
1986: Camille Coates
1990: Wendell Edwards
1991: Wendell Edwards, Candi Evans
1992: Candi Evans
1994: Kim Bartee
1995: Kim Neece
1997: Glenn Griffin
1998: Ranessa Crawford
2002: Meredith Garner
2003: Katie Eckley
2004: Katie Eckley, Val Gorter
2005: Katie Eckley, Val Gorter
2006: Angie Aguilar
2007: Angie Aguilar
2015: Daniel Block
ABILENE - Senior distance runner Daniel Block Thursday was tabbed to the 2014-15 Capital One Academic All-America® Division I Men's Track & Field/Cross Country Team by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
A convergence journalism major with a 3.95 cumulative grade-point average, Block was only one of 45 student-athletes nationwide to make one of the three Academic All-America teams and joined Lamar's Sam Stabler and Incarnate Word's Chris DeWitt as the lone representatives from the Southland Conference. DeWitt received first team honors, while Stabler was assigned to the third team along with Block and competitors from nationally recognized programs from Michigan, Arizona, Penn State, Ohio State, Purdue and Florida State.
Block is a native of Dalmeny, Saskatchewan, who transferred to ACU at the start of the 2013-14 school year following two years at the University of Saskatchewan.
Academically, he has earned his way onto several Southland Conference Commissioner's Honor Rolls in addition to earning the title of Top Scholar from ACU's Department of Journalism and Mass Communication. He posted a 4.0 grade-point average in the spring 2014 semester.
On the track, Block was the Wildcats' leading distance runner for a majority of the 2014 cross country season and during the program's indoor campaign he won the Southland Conference championship in the 800-meter run behind a personal best time of 1:50.01. He also was part of a distance medley relay that placed second in Birmingham, Ala. (10:07.63).
Block competed at only three outdoor meets due to injury, but recorded top-10 showings at the prestigious Texas and Drake Relays before taking third in the Southland 800m (1:52.74).
Since 1963, 58 individual Wildcats have received Academic-All America distinction, beginning with football linebacker Jack Griggs. Soccer's Brie Buschman was the most recent Wildcat prior to Block to receive this prize, as she earned first-team honors in the fall of 2013.
Nebraska senior John Welk, a nutrition science major with a 3.99 G.P.A., was selected as the winner of the Capital One Division I Academic All-America® of the Year award for Division I Men's Track & Field/Cross Country. A two-time All-American, Welk earlier this year was awarded a Big Ten Postgraduate Scholarship and the Big Ten Medal of Honor.
About Capital One
Capital One Financial Corporation (www.capitalone.com) is a financial holding company whose subsidiaries, which include Capital One, N.A., and Capital One Bank (USA), N. A., had $206.9 billion in deposits and $289.9 billion in total assets as of September 30, 2013. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Capital One offers a broad spectrum of financial products and services to consumers, small businesses and commercial clients through a variety of channels. Capital One, N.A. has more than 900 branch locations primarily in New York, New Jersey, Texas, Louisiana, Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. A Fortune 500 company, Capital One trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "COF" and is included in the S&P 100 index.
To be eligible for Academic All-America® consideration, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative G.P.A. 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/her sports information director.
ACU Athletics' 2014-15 CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-America Honorees
Track and Field: Daniel Block (third team)
ACU Athletics' 2014-15 CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-District Honorees
Men's Basketball: Jr. Parker Wentz (first team)
Women's Basketball: So. Sydney Shelstead (first team)
Football: Sr. Angel Lopez (first team)
Soccer: So. Kelsie Roberts (second team)
Track and Field: Sr. Daniel Block (first team)
Volleyball: Sr. Neely Borger (second team)
ACU Track and Field Academic All-America
1986: Camille Coates
1990: Wendell Edwards
1991: Wendell Edwards, Candi Evans
1992: Candi Evans
1994: Kim Bartee
1995: Kim Neece
1997: Glenn Griffin
1998: Ranessa Crawford
2002: Meredith Garner
2003: Katie Eckley
2004: Katie Eckley, Val Gorter
2005: Katie Eckley, Val Gorter
2006: Angie Aguilar
2007: Angie Aguilar
2015: Daniel Block
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