Tebow Repeats As ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American of the Year
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 | Football
University of Florida senior quarterback Tim Tebow (Jacksonville, Fla.) headlined the 2009 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® Football Team announced on Tuesday. The winner of the Academic All-America® of the Year for the second year in a row, he is the first Scholar-Athlete to be named as the Academic All-America® of the Year for University Division Football in two consecutive years.
In addition, Tebow became the first Gator in any sport to earn first-team Academic All-America® honors three-consecutive years and the first football player from the Southeastern Conference to be chosen to the first team three-straight times. He joins Carlos Alvarez as the only three-time Academic All-Americans® in football at Florida, as Alvarez earned first-team recognition in 1969 and second-team accolades in 1970 and 1971.
Tebow is majoring in Family, Youth and Community Sciences and has a 3.66 grade point average. As a sophomore, he was honored as the winner of the Heisman Trophy, the Davey O'Brien Award and the Maxwell Award. A first-team All-American quarterback, Tebow passed for 3,286 yards and threw 32 touchdown passes that season. He also set an NCAA record by rushing for 23 touchdowns.
In 2009, he has led the Gators to an 11-0 record and a number one national ranking. A candidate for his second Heisman Trophy, he has passed for 1,945 yards and 14 touchdowns and rushed for a team-high 706 yards and 11 TD. In his career, he has thrown 81 touchdown passes and totaled an SEC-record 54 rushing touchdowns. Florida will meet Florida State on Saturday afternoon in The Swamp to complete its regular season. Kickoff will be at 3:30 p.m. and the contest will be carried live on CBS Sports.
2009 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America First Team - University Division
Pos. Name School Dist. Cl. Hometown GPA Major
QB Tim Tebow * # FLORIDA III Sr. J'ville, Fla. 3.66 Family, Youth & Comm. Sci.
RB Andre Anderson Tulane VI Sr. Stone Mount.,Ga. 3.50 Computer Info. Systems
RB Kyle Minett * South Dakota St. VII Jr. Ruthton, Minn. 3.60 Economics
WR Zeke Markshausen Northwestern V Gr. Capron, Ill. 3.46 Mech. Eng /Design & Innov.
WR Blair White Michigan State IV Sr. Saginaw, Mich. 3.89 Human Biology
TE Colin Peek Alabama IV Sr. P. Ved. Bch, Fla. 3.79 Finance
OL Andrew Jackson Fresno State VIII Jr. Grass Valley, Cal. 3.92 Business Admin. Mgmt.
OL Jim McKenzie Syracuse I Sr. Springfield, Pa. 3.89 Biochemistry
OL Andrew Pitz Penn State II Gr. Bettendorf, Iowa 3.93 Journalism/Telecomm.
OL Adam Ulatoski Texas VI Gr. Southlake, Tex. 3.53 Corp. Comm.; Advertising
OL Stefen Wisniewski ** Penn State II Jr. Bridgeville, Pa. 3.89 Secondary Education
PK Brandon Hellevang North Dakota VII Gr. Fargo, N.D. 3.89 Business Administration
DL Sam Acho Texas VI Jr. Dallas, Tex. 3.62 Honors Business
DL Jacob Kragt E. Washington VIII Sr. Ritzville, Wash. 3.88 Biology
DL Adam Rundh ** Valparaiso V Sr. Aalborg, Denmark 3.94 Intern. Business & Finance
DL Brandon Wingeier * Dayton IV Sr. Newark, Ohio 3.78 Mechanical Engineering
LB Josh Hull * Penn State II Sr. Millheim, Pa. 3.56 Environmental Sys.Engineering
LB Josh Mahoney ** Northern Iowa VII Sr. Sioux Falls, S.D. 4.00 English & Economics
LB Mike Nixon Arizona State VIII Sr. Phoenix, Ariz. 4.00 Political Science
DB Josh Cain Jacksonville State IV Gr. Wetumpka, Ala. 3.89 Computer Science
DB Beau Hadley * Weber State VIII Sr. Taylor, Utah 4.00 Technical Sales
DB Scott Johnson Brigham Young VIII Sr. Southlake, Tex. 3.82 Exercise Science
DB Chris Rocco Liberty III Sr. Forest, Va. 3.98 Kinesiology
P Zoltan Mesko Michigan IV Gr. Twinsburg, Ohio 3.65 Bus. Admin. (Mktg./Finance)
*ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America ® 1st team in 2008
**ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America ® 2nd team in 2008
#ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America ® 2nd team in 2007
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