TOWSON, Md. --- Tusculum College tight end Jarrell
NeSmith has been named to the 2008 ESPN The
Magazine Academic All-America® College Division Football
Second Team announced College officials Wednesday.
NeSmith becomes the second Tusculum football player to earn
Academic All-America® recognition, joining former Pioneer
kicker Glen Black, who earn Second Team honors in 2006. He joins 10
other Tusculum student-athletes who have earned Academic
All-America® distinction, including women's soccer player
Nicole Ferris.
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NeSmith, a 6-2, 215-pound junior from Russellville, Ala., has a
3.83 cumulative grade point average as a Pre-Medicine major.
The Russellville High School graduate earned All-South Atlantic
Conference First Team honors his year, finishing second on the team
and in the league with 67 receptions. His catch tally is the
third-best in school history. He totaled 635 receiving yards, while
making seven touchdown receptions, which are tied for the fourth
most in TC history.
Russell, a two-time Academic All-District First Team selection,
was also named the SAC Scholar Athlete for Football for a second
consecutive year. He is a member of the SAC Commissioner's Honor
Roll and the Tusculum Athletic Director's Honor Roll.
To be eligible, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key
reserve, maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.30 on a
scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic
standings at his/her current institution and be nominated by
his/her sports information director. Since the program's inception
in 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-America® honors on
more than 14,000 student-athletes in Divisions I, II, III and NAIA
covering all NCAA championship sports.
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