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Cross, Mooney selected Academic All-Americans
Cross was named first team Academic All-America and is the first Fightin’ Blue Hen in 32 years to be so honored. Tackle Yancy Phillips was a first team selection in 1970, and defensive end Bob Depew was a first team selection in both 1971 and 1972. Cross is majoring in civil engineering and has a grade point average of 3.947. Mooney was named second team Academic All-America. He is majoring in accounting and has a grade point average of 3.509. Cross was named second team Academic All-America last season and is a three-time member of the CoSIDA District 2 All-Academic team. Cross has appeared in all 12 games this season, has started two games and has registered 20 tackles. He has 5.5 tackles for loss, one sack and one fumble recovery. He is a three-time member of the Atlantic 10 Conference academic honor roll and is the 2004 Atlantic 10 Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Mooney, who earned first team All-Atlantic 10 honors this season, ranks among the top defensive linemen in the country. Like Cross, he is a three-time member of the CoSIDA District 2 All-Academic team. He has started all 12 games this season and ranks ninth on the team with 41 tackles. He has 11 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks, two fumble recoveries and three pass break-ups. He is a three-time member of the Atlantic 10 academic honor roll. Cross and Mooney were among just 48 NCAA Division I-A and Division I-AA scholar-athletes honored in a vote of NCAA member sports information directors. To be eligible, scholar-athletes must carry a grade point average of 3.2 or higher and be a starter or key reserve for his team. ESPN The Magazine sponsors the Academic All-America team.
First team Offense: Quarterback, Alex Smith (Utah); wide receivers, Kevin Knutson (Valparaiso), Lance Moore (Toledo); tight end, Billy Bajema (Oklahoma State); running backs, Evan Harney (San Diego), Nick Hartigan (Brown); offensive line, Stephen Bono (Lafayette), Trenton Franz (Wyoming), Brandon Mason (Elon), Rudy Niswanger (LSU), Matt Tarullo (Syracuse); kicker, Justin Langan (Western Illinois) Defense: Defensive line, Luis Castillo (Northwestern), Vince Crochunis (Pittsburgh), Ben Cross (UD), Dan Stephens (Pittsburgh); linebackers, Jonathan LeDonne (Robert Morris), Rob Robertson (Mississippi), Chad Sievers (Nebraska); defensive backs, Jeff Backes (Northwestern), Andrew Guman (Penn State), Jim Leonhard (Wisconsin), Morgan Scalley (Utah); punter, Cody Ridgeway (Mississippi). Second team Offense: Quarterback, Tony Stauss (North Dakota State); wide receivers, Vincent Jackson (Northern Colorado), Jason Wood (Arkansas State); tight end, Jay Cline (Liberty); running backs, Nick Chournos (Weber State), Steve Verhoff (Dayton); offensive line, John Bechdol (Harvard), Jeff Berk (West Virginia), Perry Cox (Western Illinois), Greg Eslinger (Minnesota), Justin Gibson (Bucknell); kicker, Justin Zaitz (Northern Colorado); Defense: Defensive line, Ryan Carter (Air Force), Chris Jones (UC Davis), Chris Mooney (UD), Ben Whitney (Wofford); linebackers, Joey King (Portland State), Jayd Kittelson (North Dakota State), Craig Unger (Morehead State); defensive backs, Reed Doughty (Northern Colorado), Jared Essler (North Dakota State), Kellen Huston (Dayton); punter, Adam Finley (Michigan). To learn how to subscribe to UDaily, click here. |
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