Southern Illinoise University Athletics
Joel Sambursky Named To Academic All-Star Team
01/07/2005 | 12:00:00 | Football
Jan. 7, 2005
Saluki quarterback Joel Sambursky was one of 36 players named to the 7th Annual Division I-AA Athletics Directors Association Academic All-Star Team by the Division I-AA Athletics Directors Association (DI-AA ADA).
Samburksy, who was the Gateway Conference Player of the Year after leading Southern to the conference title, is a finance major with a 3.45 cumulative GPA. He joined two other Gateway players on the list -- Stephen Carroll of Illinois State and John Schabilion of Northern Iowa.
The 36 members of the Division I-AA Academic All-Star Team are listed below.
P Josh Appell Pennsylvania 3.54
OL Dan Bieg SE Missouri State 3.40
OL Stephen Bono Lafayette 3.80
OL Sean Boyle Liberty 3.66
QB Lang Campbell William & Mary 3.39
OL Tim Carignan New Hampshire 3.71
PK Stephen Carroll Illinois State 3.52
TE Christopher Cash Morgan State 3.70
QB Alvin Cowan Yale 3.47
DL Ben Cross Delaware 3.94
DL Adam DeGraffenreid Charleston Southern 4.00
LB Brendan Dete Davidson 3.62
WR Shaun Diner New Hampshire 3.74
QB Scott Dolch Central Connecticut State 3.89
LB Josh Dooley Dartmouth 3.61
RB Sam Gado Liberty 3.66
OL Justin Gibson Bucknell 3.77
OL Gerell Golightly Hampton 3.78
RB Nick Hartigan Brown 3.87
C Matthew Hoelscher Stephen F. Austin 3.76
PK Josh Hoke Coastal Carolina 4.00
S Doug Jones Dayton 3.87
LB Joey King Portland State 3.91
WR Kevin Knutson Valparaiso 3.74
LB Jonathan LeDonne Robert Morris 4.00
C Brandon Mason Elon 3.81
DL David McMahon Butler 3.66
DL Chris Mooney Delaware 3.50
DL Michael Quarshie Columbia 3.58
QB Joel Sambursky Southern Illinois 3.46
OL John Schabilion Northern Iowa 3.85
LB Josh Smith Wofford 3.86
LB Arthur Townsend James Madison 3.66
LB Craig Unger Morehead State 3.81
LB Brett Vavra Tennessee Tech 3.67
QB Jeff Zolman Wofford 3.49
Football players from all Division I-AA institutions are eligible for these prestigious awards. Each of the 86 nominees were required to have a minimum grade point average of 3.20 (on a 4.00 scale) in undergraduate study and have been a starter or key player with legitimate athletics credentials. He must have reached his second year of athletics and academic standing at the nominated institution and have completed a minimum of one full academic year at the nominated institution. He must also have participated in 50 percent of the games played at his designated position.
A special Review Committee of Division I-AA athletics directors was responsible for selecting the all-star team and scholarship finalists. Completing this task were Kim Graham, Liberty; Don Kaverman, Southeast Missouri State; Roachel Laney, Appalachian State; Steve McCarty, chair, Stephen F. Austin State; Jim Murphy, Davidson; and John Parry, Butler.
Now in its 12th year, the Division I-AA Athletics Directors Association's mission is to enhance Division I-AA football. The Association is administered by NACDA, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary. NACDA is the professional and educational association for more than 6,150 athletics directors, associates, assistants and conference administrators at more than 1,600 institutions throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Through its series of management seminars, clinics and workshops and publication of the bi-monthly magazine Athletics Administration, NACDA offers educational opportunities to its members. More than 1,200 athletics administrators annually attend the NACDA Convention. Additionally, the Association operates the United States Sports Academy Directors' Cup program, which honors the all-sports champion in each of the NCAA Divisions -- I, II and III -- and the NAIA, for a total of four trophies.
