Nov. 28, 2005
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WALTHAM, Mass. - Gonzaga University sophomore forward George Josten has been named to the 2005 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Men's Soccer Team third team as selected by the College Sports Information Director's of America (CoSIDA).
Josten, who hails from Idaho Falls, Idaho, has a 3.89 GPA in civil engineering. His 12 goals and 29 points this season led the West Coast Conference, the first Bulldog since Jeff McAllister in 1997 to lead the WCC. His 12 goals tie him for fifth and his 29 points rank sixth on the Gonzaga single-season charts. His 17 career goals rank tied for fifth and his 40 career points are seventh all-time.
Josten is the first Gonzaga men's soccer player to receive Academic All-America recognition. As a member of the All-District VIII first team his name automatically went on the national ballot.
Senior forward Jason Garey of the University of Maryland was named the Academic All-America of the Year. A Gonzales, La. native, Garey helped Maryland to the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Division I tournament, is a repeat selection on the Academic All-America first team and is one of the leading candidates for the Hermann Trophy as the top college soccer player in the country. In the classroom, Garey has compiled a 3.47 grade point average finance and will graduate in three-and-a-half years.
The Academic All-America® Teams program honors 816 male and female student-athletes annually who have succeeded at the highest level on the playing field and in the classroom. Individuals are selected through voting by CoSIDA, the College Sports Information Directors of America; a 2,000-member organization consisted of sports public relations professionals for colleges and universities in the United States and Canada.
To be eligible, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 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.
