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Marcus Dempsey of Muskingum Tops Academic All-America® NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Team
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Marcus Dempsey
AUSTIN, Texas – Muskingum’s
Marcus Dempsey headlines the 2019-20 Academic All-America® NCAA Division III men’s basketball teams as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and announced Wednesday.
Dempsey, a junior business management major from Zanesville, Ohio, has been named as the Academic All-America® NCAA Division III for men’s basketball.
Dempsey, a 2018 third team Academic All-America®, earns his second AAA nod this year after averaging 30.6 points per game on his way to a second All-OAC first team honor. In 2017-18, he finished third in the nation in scoring and he is currently second in the country this season.
The men's selections have two returnees from 2018-19 on the first team –
Booker Coplin (Augsburg) and
Conor Riordan (Simpson).
Kena Gilmour (Hamilton) and
Matthew Kirmse (Milwaukee School of Engineering) join Dempsey, Coplin and Riordan on the first team.
The men’s first team consists of three seniors (Coplin, Gilmore, and Riordan), a graduate student (Kirmse) and a junior (Dempsey).
Coplin and Riordan were second team honorees last season.
Jack Davidson (Wabash) also was a second team honoree last season, having been named to the third team this year.
Springfield College, with second teamers
Heath Post for the men and
Alex Goslin for the women, is the only school in Division III with selections to both men's and women's teams.
The men have two honorees at 4.0 and the full team comes in at 3.81. The first team averages a 3.83 GPA.
Gilmour, Riordan,
Ben College (Whitworth),
Spencer Cook (Stevens Institute of Technology),
Noah Valencia (Gallaudet) are Jostens Award finalists.
The Division III Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division III national governance structure to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2019-20 Division III Academic All-America® teams program.
2019-20 Academic All-America® Men's Basketball Teams – NCAA Division III
| FIRST TEAM |
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| Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| Booker Coplin (2) |
Augsburg University |
Sr. |
3.6 |
Biopsychology |
| Marcus Dempsey (#) |
Muskingum University |
Jr. |
3.89 |
Business Management |
| Kena Gilmour |
Hamilton College |
Sr. |
3.7 |
Government |
| Matthew Kirmse |
Milwaukee School of Engineering |
Gr. |
4.00/4.00 |
Business Administration (UG) / MBA (G) |
| Conor Riordan (2) |
Simpson College |
Sr. |
3.94 |
Mathematics |
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| SECOND TEAM |
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| Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| Sam Jefferson |
Colby College |
Sr. |
3.83 |
Econ-Math / Financial Markets |
| Gabriel Leifer |
Yeshiva University |
Sr. |
3.68 |
Accounting |
| Heath Post |
Springfield College |
Sr. |
3.77 |
Environmental Science |
| Noah Valencia |
Gallaudet University |
Sr. |
3.83 |
Physical Education & Recreation |
| Tanner Youngberg |
University of Northwestern - St. Paul |
Sr. |
3.92 |
Accounting |
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| THIRD TEAM |
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| Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| Ben College |
Whitworth University |
Sr. |
3.62 |
Graphic Design |
| Spencer Cook |
Stevens Institute of Technology |
Sr. |
3.84 |
Finance |
| Jack Davidson (2) |
Wabash College |
Jr. |
3.59 |
Economics |
| Lucas Martin |
Salisbury University |
Sr. |
4 |
Computer Science |
| Miles President |
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps |
Sr. |
3.94 |
Computer Science |
Academic All-America® of the Year: Marcus Dempsey, Muskingum University
(2) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division II second team selection in 2018-19
(#) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division II third team selection in 2017-18
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Jeff Schwartz, North Dakota State University | CoSIDA Academic All-America® Co-Director for Publicity
jeff.schwartz@ndsu.edu | (701) 231-8332
Scott Musa, Shenandoah University | Academic All-America® Coordinator of Publicity
smusa@su.edu | (540) 665-5417