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Gabriel Leifer
AUSTIN, Texas – Gabriel Leifer from Yeshiva University headlines the Academic All-America® NCAA Division III men’s basketball teams as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and announced Wednesday.
Leifer has been named as the Academic All-America® of the Year for men’s basketball.
Leifer, from Lawrence, New York, boasts a 3.73 GPA as an accounting/management double major. He is a two-time D3hoops.com All-America selection and was the 2018-19 Skyline Conference Player of the Year. In addition, he was selected as the Yeshiva University Outstanding Male Graduating Student-Athlete in May.
One school — Illinois Wesleyan — is represented on the men’s and women’s first team with
Kendall Sosa the pick on the women’s team and
Matthew Leritz for the men.
The six-man men’s team includes Leifer, Leritz,
Ryan Algier (Rochester),
Spencer Cook (Stevens Institute of Technology),
Jake Negus (Edgewood), and
T.C. Thacker (Lynchburg).
The 15-man men’s squad has a 3.84 average GPA with the six-man first team checking in at 3.86. Marcus Quirk, a third team honoree from Cornell College, is the lone men’s player with a perfect 4.0 GPA.
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 2020-21 Division III Academic All-America® teams program.
2020-21 Academic All-America® Men's Basketball Teams – NCAA Division III
| FIRST TEAM |
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| Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| Ryan Algier |
University of Rochester |
Sr. |
3.85 |
Data Science / Business |
| Spencer Cook |
Stevens Institute of Technology |
Gr. |
3.84/3.94 |
Finance (UG) / MBA (G) |
| Gabriel Leifer |
Yeshiva University |
Sr. |
3.73 |
Accounting / Management |
| Matthew Leritz |
Illinois Wesleyan University |
Jr. |
3.94 |
Finance |
| Jake Negus |
Edgewood College |
Sr. |
3.98 |
Business |
| T.C. Thacker |
University of Lynchburg |
Gr. |
3.79/3.91 |
Health & P.E. (UG) / Educational Studies (G) |
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| SECOND TEAM |
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| Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| Burt Hedstrom |
University of St. Thomas |
Sr. |
3.97 |
Engineering |
| Kajuan Madden-McAfee |
Ferrum College |
Sr. |
3.9 |
Applied Mathematics |
| Dan Masino |
Hobart College |
Sr. |
3.99 |
Economics |
| Jack Nolan |
Washington University in St. Louis |
Sr. |
3.6 |
Finance / Political Science |
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| THIRD TEAM |
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| Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| Buzz Anthony |
Randolph-Macon College |
Sr. |
3.48 |
Mathematics |
| Nolan Ginther |
DePauw University |
Sr. |
3.84 |
Actuarial Science / Economics |
| Antonio Ionadi |
Case Western Reserve University |
Sr. |
3.94 |
Accounting |
| Jordan Johnson |
Concordia University Wisconsin |
Sr. |
3.7 |
Psychology |
| Marcus Quirk |
Cornell College |
Jr. |
4 |
Computer Science / Mathematics |
Academic All-America® of the Year: Gabriel Leifer, Yeshiva University
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Jeff Schwartz, North Dakota State University | CoSIDA Academic All-America® Co-Director for Publicity
Schwartzy2@yahoo.com | (701) 793-0538
Scott Musa, Shenandoah University | Academic All-America® Coordinator of Publicity
smusa@su.edu | (540) 665-5417