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2011 Academic All-State Team

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Jim Heath, Apprentice School
July 15, 2011


180 Student-Athletes Named Academic All-State

NEWPORT NEWS, VA. – The 2011 Virginia Sports Information Directors Association Academic All-State team was released on Friday with 31 schools and 186 student-athletes being honored for their academic performance this past school year.

Each school was allowed to nominate six deserving student-athletes who were at least a sophomore and had a minimum of a 3.2 grade point average for the honor.  The team includes all levels of college athletics in Virginia.

VaSID was formed in 1983, and is comprised of sports information professionals from NCAA Division I, II, III, NAIA and independent institutions from the state of Virginia. The purpose of the organization is to promote college athletics at all four-year institutions.