May 9, 2008

Six Conference USA baseball players have been named to the 2008 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Teams, it has been announced. Memphis pitcher Neil Schenk and Rice pitcher Chris Kelley were both named as first team selections in their respective districts, while Rice pitcher Cole St.Clair and infielder Jimmy Comerota were joined by Southern Miss pitcher Todd McInnis and infielder Trey Sutton as second team selections.

As First Team selections, Schenk and Kelley will now be included on the national Academic All-America® ballot.

The Academic All-America program annually honors more than 1600 student-athletes 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 consisting of sports public relations professionals for colleges and universities in the United States and Canada.

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.

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.

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C-USA's 2008 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Baseball Team Members (University Division)

District 4 First Team
Pos.	Name	School	Year	Hometown	GPA	Major
P	Neil Schenk	Memphis	Sr.	Memphis, Tenn.	3.88	Spanish
District 6 First Team
Pos.	Name	School	Year	Hometown	GPA	Major
P	Chris Kelley	Rice 	Sr.	Sugar Land, Texas	3.28	Kinesiology
District 6 Second Team
Pos.	Name	School	Year	Hometown	GPA	Major
P	Cole St.Clair	Rice	Sr.	Santa Ana, Calif.	3.24	Economics
P	Todd McInnis	Southern Miss	So.	Brandon, Miss.	3.73	Business Administration
INF	Trey Sutton	Southern Miss	Sr.	Hattiesburg, Miss.	3.70	Business Administration
IF	Jimmy Comerota	Rice	So.	Missouri City, Texas	3.25	Economics/Kinesiology