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Delawares Ben Cross named Student-Athlete of the Year
Cross enters Friday night's NCAA Division I-AA national championship game against Colgate University with 27 tackles, including 12 solo stops. The junior from Hamilton, Va., also has two and one-half tackles for loss, one-half of a quarterback sack and three fumble recoveries on the season. He is a vital cog in a UD defense that is yielding just 16.5 points and 118.9 rushing yards per game. Cross has a 3.93 cumulative grade point average as a civil engineering major. The last two summers, Cross has interned at UDs Center for Composite Materials. He is a second-team College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-America honoree after earning All-District II first-team honors each of the past two seasons. He is the first UD player since the 2000 season to be named to the Academic All-American team. The Atlantic 10 Football Conference cited 65 student-athletes as members of its Academic All-Conference team. In addition to Cross, Fightin Blue Hens named to the Academic All-Conference team are Offense: Joe Bleymaier, junior, wide receiver; business; Ryan Carty, redshirt freshman, quarterback, business; Jason Nerys, senior, offensive line, exercise science; Jared Wray, junior, offensive line, mechanical engineering. Defense: Cross; Mondoe Davis, junior, linebacker, sociology; Brian Jennings, junior, defensive line, wildlife conservation; Chris Mooney, junior, defensive line, accounting; Mark Moore, junior, linebacker, biology education; Tom Parks, sophomore, defensive line, University studies; and Dominic Santoli, junior, defensive line, sport management. To learn how to subscribe to UDaily, click here. |