CARRAS, FISHER CITED ON ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT TEAM
PHILADELPHIA (05/29/03) -- Senior Tim Fisher and junior Nick Carras were named to the Verizon Academic All-District II University Division Track and Field/Cross Country team, in voting conducted by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Fisher was honored on the first team and advances to the national ballot for Academic All-American consideration.
Fisher is a two-time winner of the 5,000m at the Atlantic 10 Indoor Track Championships and was recently was named the SJU Class of 1950 Award winner, given to the best male senior athlete. The Fayetteville, N.Y. native also finished second twice in the 5,000m at the A-10 Outdoor Track Championships. Named to the academic all-conference team for the indoor and outdoor seasons in both 2002 and 2003, Fisher was also the 2003 A-10 Indoor Track Student-Athlete of the Year. An accounting major with a 3.65 grade point average, it is the second time that Fisher has been named to the Academic All-District team.
Carras, a second team academic all-district member, is a member of the school record holding 4x400 relay team both indoor and outdoors. That relay also was victorious at both the 2003 Atlantic 10 Indoor and Outdoor Track Championships and finished second at the IC4A Championships. Carras is a pharmaceutical marketing major with a 3.50 grade point average.
The District II team consists of Division I colleges and universities in Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
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