Football Has Three Players Named Academic All-District

Thursday, November 6, 2008

HANOVER, N.H. ? The ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District I Football team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), was announced today, and three Dartmouth student-athletes were named to the squad ? senior linebacker Andrew Dete, senior punter Brian Scullin and sophomore wide receiver Tim McManus. All three will go on the national ballot in hopes of being named to the Academic All-America team, announced on Nov. 25.

Eleven of the 24 selections came from the Ivy League, and no school had more than three selections on the Academic All-District I team.

Dete (Marietta, Ga.) is a four-year starter and co-captain for the Big Green. An economics major with a 3.74 GPA, the inside linebacker has 47 tackles to rank second for Dartmouth, while posting 155 tackles in his career thus far. Twice this season he has recorded nine tackles in a game, and had a career-high 12 versus Yale during his sophomore campaign. Dete serves as the president of Aquinas House, the Catholic Student Center at Dartmouth, and last year received the Class of 1948 Scholar-Athlete Award, bestowed annually to one male and one female of the Dartmouth junior class who combines outstanding athletics and academics. The product of the Marist School in Atlanta is the second member of his family to earn Academic All-District honors, as his older brother, Brendan, was named to the District III squad in 2004 as a linebacker at Davidson College.

Punter Brian Scullin

A native of Alexandria, Va., and product of St. Stephen's & St. Agnes, Scullin is a double major in religion and history with a 3.41 GPA. The senior has been tremendous in his final campaign, helping Dartmouth rank second in net punting among all FCS programs at 37.5 yards per punt. Scullin averages 40.4 yards on each of his boots, seven of which have traveled 50 or more yards. Twice against Holy Cross he boomed 58-yarders, and each of his four punts against Columbia pinned the Lions inside the 20, despite a rainstorm with wind gusts up to 45-50 miles per hour. In total, he has placed 14 inside the 20-yard line with just three touchbacks on the season.

Receiver Tim McManus

McManus (St. Paul, Minn.) is one of just two sophomores on the 24-man squad, and has a 3.52 GPA but has yet to declare a major. He is Dartmouth's leading receiver with 35 catches on the season for 356 yards and three touchdowns. Against both Penn and Holy Cross he hauled in eight passes, going over 100 yards against the Crusaders (110) with a pair of scores. McManus also serves as a back-up quarterback for the Big Green, starting one game as the signal caller and completing 15-of-26 passes for 107 yards. In his start against Columbia, he led Dartmouth in not only passing yards, but rushing yards and receptions as well. Since arriving on campus out of St. Thomas Academy, McManus is already 22nd all-time in receptions at Dartmouth with 63 for 741 yards and five touchdowns.

These three and the rest of the Big Green will be back in action on the gridiron this Saturday at Cornell at 1 p.m.

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