Ellison Selected Academic All-American For Second Consecutive Year

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YPSILANTI, Mich.- Eastern Michigan University senior swimmer Don Ellison (King City, Ont.-King City Secondary) has been selected an ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American, the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced today, June 9.Ellison was selected to the second team, an improvement from his third team selection in 2008.

With his selection for the second year in a row, Ellison becomes only the third athlete in Eastern Michigan University history to be named an Academic All-American twice in a career. He remains the only male swimmer to earn the honor as well.

The senior from King City, Ont. was selected to the All-District IV team on May 21. He carries a 3.97 GPA as a physics major at EMU.

Ellison helped lead the Eagles to their third consecutive Mid-American Conference Championship this past season, taking home first team All-MAC honors for the second consecutive year. He was also selected to the Academic All-MAC team for the third season and was tabbed as the MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week after helping EMU secure its 28th overall title.

At the MAC Championship meet, he swept the IM events, winning both the 200 and 400 IM. He took runner-up honors in the 100 breast while helping the 200 and 400 medley relay teams, as well as the 800 free relay team to MAC titles.

To be eligible for the Academic All-American honor, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.30 GPA and have been selected to his or her All-District team. In addition to this, the student-athlete must be an integral part of the team and have participated in at least 50 percent of the contests on the year. At-large men's sports are swimming and diving, wrestling, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, fencing, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, tennis, volleyball, water polo and wrestling.

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Ellison Selected Academic All-American For Second Consecutive Year

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