Nov. 21, 2005

WALTHAM, Mass. - Senior forward Jason Garey of the University of Maryland heads the 2005 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® Men's Soccer Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Garey was selected as the Division I Academic All-American of the Year and is also a first team selection.

A Gonzales, La. native, Garey helped Maryland to the No. 1 seed in the Division I tournament, is a repeat selection on the Academic All-America first team and is one of the leading candidate for the Hermann Trophy as the top college soccer player in the country. In the classroom, Garey has compiled a 3.47 grade point average finance and will graduate in three-and-a-half years.

The Academic All-America® Teams program honors 816 male and female student-athletes annually who have succeeded at the highest level on the playing field and in the classroom. Individuals are selected through voting by CoSIDA, the College Sports Information Directors of America; a 2,000-member organization consisted of sports public relations professionals for colleges and universities in the United States and Canada.

To be eligible, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current institution and be nominated by his/her sports information director. Since the program's inception in 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-America honors on more than 14,000 student-athletes in Divisions I, II, III and NAIA covering all NCAA championship sports.

View the full teams and release here (PDF).