Mississauga, Ontario, native
becomes program's first Academic All-American since 1996
RINDGE, N.H. (November 28,
2005) - Franklin Pierce junior back Peter
Petropanagos (Mississauga, Ontario/York University)
has been selected to the 2005 ESPN The Magazine College Division
Academic All-America Men's Soccer Third Team by the College Sports
Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). The College Division
teams are comprised of NCAA Division II and III and NAIA
student-athletes and are voted on by CoSIDA's Academic All-America
committee.
Petropanagos, selected to the
College Division third team, is the men's soccer program's third
Academic All-American in program history and its first since former
two-time All-American Seamus Donnelly in 1996. Donnelly, also a
two-time Academic All-American (1995 & '96), is the only other
Academic All-American in program history. Petropanagos is the lone
Northeast-10 Conference men's soccer player on any of the three
Academic All-America
teams.
Petropanagos, a pre-med major at
the College with a 3.75 cumulative grade point average, has also
collected first team Academic All-District and NE-10 All-Academic
honors for the first time this fall. A Northeast-10 Commissioner's
Honor Roll Bronze Scholar in 2004-05, Petropanagos is one of the
top marking backs in the Conference, earning a spot on the
All-Northeast-10 second team this fall.
Petropanagos is a key member of a
Ravens defensive unit that leads the NE-10 with 13 shutouts and is
tied for the Conference lead with a 0.87 team goals against
average. In 24 starts, he ranks third on the team with five
assists.
In 2004, he was a key part of a
defense that posted a school-record and NCAA Division II-best 16
shutouts and a 0.65 team GAA (6th nationally - tops in
the NE-10), advancing to the quarterfinal round of the NCAA
Tournament.
Franklin Pierce (15-5-5) has
advanced to the NCAA Division II Final Four for the second time in
program history after also earning a berth in 1991. The Ravens face
No. 4-ranked SIU-Edwardsville in a semifinal match on Friday at 3
p.m. (EST). Franklin Pierce also claimed its first Northeast-10
regular season title this season with a 10-1-2 mark and captured
its second-straight NCAA New England Regional crown. With a win on
Friday, the Ravens would play for their first National Championship
on Sunday at 1 p.m. (EST).
