Heyman-Kantor Named CoSIDA All-America
Swarthmore, PA-Swarthmore College goalkeeper Reuben Heyman-Kantor (New York, NY-Riverdale Country) has been named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Heyman-Kantor, a senior, was a first-team selection in the College division.
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; 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 4.00 scale, 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 1953, 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.
Heyman-Kantor, a three-time selection for the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll, is a political science major carrying a 3.76 GPA with a minor in history. In addition to soccer he tutors students in Arabic and writes for the school newspaper, The Phoenix.
Heyman-Kantor started all 20 games for Swarthmore, recording a career-high eight shutouts and posting a 0.75 goals-against average, ranking in the top 20 in all of Division III for much of the season. He produced a streak of almost 695 minutes without allowing a goal, the fourth-longest in Centennial conference history and 11 th-best streak in all of Division III.
Heyman-Kantor was named Centennial Conference Player of the Week and E.C.A.C. Mid-Atlantic Goaltender of the Week after recording two shutouts during the week of Oct. 1.
Swarthmore secured the No. 2 seed in the 2005 Centennial Conference playoffs, finishing with a 6-2-1 conference record. The Garnet completed the 2005 regular season with an overall record of 12-6-2 and reached the semi-finals of the ECAC South Region Tournament for the second straight year.
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