Ruegs Named Academic 3rd Team All-American

Sophomore forward Tyler Ruegsegger has been named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® Men’s University Division At-Large Third Team, announced by College Sports Information Directors of America.

Ruegsegger netted a 3.98 GPA (who's the DU Faculty goofball who gave Ruegsegger a "B"?) in business and helped the Pioneer hockey team to its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2005. Ruegsegger tallied 22 points on 10 goals and 12 assists in 31 games. He garnered his second consecutive Dr. Art Mason Award as Denver’s top scholar-athlete.

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.

THIRD TEAM All-Americans
Mark Anderson COLGATE Jr. 3.81 Cellular Neuroscience
Barden Berry NORTH CAROLINA Sr. 3.88 Psychology
Arnau Brugues TULSA Jr. 3.69 Exercise Sports Science
Nick Delic WEST VIRGINIA Sr. 3.62 Finance
Don Ellison EASTERN MICHIGAN Jr. 3.98 Physics
Andrew Hickey NEVADA Jr. 3.97 Biology
Joseph Kapurch GEORGIA Sr. 3.97 Cellular Biology
Patrick Kelley IU-PU-FORT WAYNE Jr. 4.00 Accounting
Andrew Long NORTHWESTERN Jr. 3.97 Mech.-Mfg & Design Eng.
Todd Obergoenner SOUTHERN ILLINOIS Jr. 4.00 Univ. Studies
Vladimir Paunic SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA Sr. 4.00 Finance
Max Quinzani DUKE UNIVERSITY So. 3.62 Undeclared
Tyler Ruegsegger DENVER So. 3.98 Business
Evgeny Samoylov BRADLEY Sr. 4.00 Accounting
Bojan Szumanski TEXAS TECH Sr. 3.92 Personal Fin. Planning
Matthias Wellermann MISSISSIPPI Sr. 3.93 Business
Jonathan Winder PEPPERDINE Sr. 3.36 Advertising

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