Southern Illinoise University Athletics
Jamaal Tatum named Academic All-American
02/28/2007 | 12:00:00 | Men's Basketball
Feb. 28, 2007
One day after Saluki guard Jamaal Tatum was named the Missouri Valley Conference Player-of-the-Year, he picked up another prestigious honor as he was voted onto the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America team.
Tatum was named to the second-team by members of CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America) and picked up the sixth-most votes in the nation.
Tatum is the first Academic All-American in men's basketball at SIU since Mike Glenn won the award in both 1976 and 1977. In addition to his on-court prowess, Tatum carries a 3.57 cumulative grade point average and is majoring in speech communications. He was one of 40 finalists on the All-America ballot after being named Academic All-District earlier this month.
The senior guard enters this week's MVC Tournament with 1,557 career points, which ranks No. 7 all-time in SIU history. Tatum has helped the No. 11-ranked Salukis to a 25-5 overall mark and 15-3 conference record as SIU earned the tournament's top seed for the fifth time in the past six years.
First-Team Academic All-America
Adam Haluska, Iowa (3.50 GPA in Finance/Marketing)
A.J. Graves, Butler (3.39 GPA in Mathematics & Actuarial Science)
Graham Dow, Cornell (3.99 GPA in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
Lee Humphrey, Florida (3.68 GPA in Exercise Physiology)
Joe Reitz, Western Michigan (3.72 GPA in Finance)
Second-Team Academic All-America
Jamaal Tatum, Southern Illinois (3.57 GPA in Speech Communications)
Anthony Tolliver, Creighton (3.53 GPA in Finance)
Justin Hare, Belmont (3.85 GPA in Exercise Science)
Brent Winkelman, North Dakota State (3.81 GPA in Industrial Engineering and Management)
Jim Goffredo, Harvard (3.45 GPA in Economics)
Jack Leasure, Coastal Carolina (3.76 GPA in History)
