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3 UD football players selected All-Academic

11:13 a.m., Nov. 18, 2004--Three University of Delaware football players have been named to the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) District 2 All-Academic first team.

Defensive linemen Ben Cross and Chris Mooney and linebacker Mark Moore were selected by a vote of District 2 member sports information directors. The district includes all NCAA Division I-A and Division I-AA schools in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. To be eligible for the team, scholar-athletes must have a grade point average of 3.2 or higher and be a starter or key reserve.

All three Fightin’ Blue Hens were repeat selections on the All-District team. Cross, who also was a second team Academic All-American last season, earned first team All-District honors for the third straight year. Mooney was a second team All-District selection each of the last two seasons, and he earned second team honors last season.

Cross, a civil engineering major, is a three-time member of the Atlantic 10 Conference Academic Honor Roll and the 2004 Atlantic 10 Scholar-Athlete of the Year. He has a 3.947 grade point average.

Mooney, an accounting major, is a three-time member of the Atlantic 10 Academic Honor Roll, is a two-time All-Atlantic 10 selection and has a 3.509 grade point average.

Moore, a biological sciences education major, has a 3.344 grade point average.

The 22 players selected first team All-District will be placed on the ballot for the CoSIDA Academic All-America team that will be announced later this month. UD, Pittsburgh and Penn State each placed three players on the first team.

CoSIDA All-Academic team

Offense: Quarterback, Brad Maurer, Lafayette; wide receiver, Mike
McClelland, Monmouth, and Steve Suter, Maryland; tight end, Jeff Mullins, Marshall; running back, Mike Cangelosi, Bucknell, and Paul Jefferson, Penn State; offensive line, Justin Belarski, Pittsburgh, Jeff Berk, West Virginia, Stephen Bono, Lafayette, Justin Gibson, Bucknell, and Ray Pilch, Rutgers; kicker, Nick Novak, Maryland.

Defense: Defensive line, Vince Crochunis, Pittsburgh, Dan Stephens, Pittsburgh, Ben Cross, UD, and Chris Mooney, UD; linebacker, Mark Moore, UD, Paul Posluszny, Penn State, Jonathan LeDonne, Robert Morris; defensive back, Andrew Guman, Penn State, Josh Marino, Robert Morris, Brad Martinez, Pennsylvania, Billy Rhea, La Salle; punter, Carl Parish, St. Francis.

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