Providence College Athletics
Three Providence Athletes Earn All-Academic Honors
5/24/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Track and Field
May 24, 2001
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSida) announced it's selections to the 2001 Spring At-Large Verizon Academic All-District 1 Team on Tuesday, May 22. Among the list of 20 honorees, Mark Brady (North Providence, R.I.), Matthew Jarvis (Fairhaven, Mass.) and Paul Reilly (Loughrea, Ireland) were selected to represent Providence on the Second Team.
Brady, a junior midfielder and face-off specialist for the men's lacrosse team, has earned an impressive 4.0 grade point average while majoring in biology. His GPA stands as the highest among the 20 student-athletes selected to both the First and Second Teams. He played in 12 games this season for the Friars, registered 13 groundballs, and won 40 of his 101 face-off opportunities, for a face-off percentage of .396. Brady is a two-time Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) All-Academic selection.
Jarvis, a junior on the men's tennis team, has earned a cumulative grade point average of 3.98 in his three years at Providence College while majoring in computer science. This year, Jarvis compiled a singles mark of 15-12, while competing at the No. 3 and No. 4 positions. It marks the second consecutive year that Jarvis has been selected as a Second Team Academic All-District 1 selection. A 1998 graduate of Bishop Stang High School, Jarvis is the son of Raymond and Diane Jarvis.
Reilly, a junior sociology and management major, has recorded a cumulative grade point average of 3.42. This spring, Reilly qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Track Championship, which will be held May 30-June 2 in Eugene, Ore. He qualified for the NCAA 5,000 meters by finishing second with a career best time of 13:56.19 in the 5,000 at the IC4A Championship on May 18. He also ran a strong time in the 5,000 at the Raleigh Relays on March 31 when he placed second in a time of 14:07.09. During the indoor track season, Reilly won the 3,000 meters at the IC4A Indoor Track Championship. In the fall, he finished 48th overall and helped the PC men's cross country team to a third-place finish at the NCAA Cross Country Championship. He is a two-time BIG EAST Academic All-Star.
To be selected to the Verizon Academic All-District Team, a student-athlete must be a starter or a significant reserve with legitimate athletic credentials, at least a 3.20 cumulative grade point average on a 4.0 scale, and must have completed at least one full academic year at his/her institution.
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