Mazzucco, Wallwork Named Academic All-District
SWARTHMORE, Pa. -- Swarthmore College senior Frank Mazzucco and sophomore Rachel Wallwork have been named to the 2008 ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District II Team, as voted on by the members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Mazzucco is a first-team selection in the College Division while Wallwork earned second-team status.
The District II College Division consists of all NCAA Division II and Division III, and NAIA, colleges and universities in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. To be nominated for the team, a student-athlete must be at least a sophomore with a 3.2 cumulative grade-point average and a starter or significant reserve on his or her team. The At-Large eligible sports are women's bowling, women's crew, men's and women's fencing, women's field hockey, men's and women's golf, men's and women's gymnastics, men's and women's ice hockey, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's rifle, men's and women's skiing, men's and women's swimming, men's and women's tennis, men's volleyball, men's and women's water polo and men's wrestling. Click here for the complete teams.
Mazzucco (Redding, Conn. / Joel Barlow), a two-year captain of the Swarthmore men’s lacrosse team, received his second nod from CoSIDA, having been selected to the second team in 2007. A four-year starter, Mazzucco was named second-team All-Centennial after ranking second in the Conference in goals against average (7.61) while posting the fourth-best save percentage (.597).
A history and political science double major, Mazzucco has made the Conference Academic Honor Roll each of the past three years and in 2007 was named the Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Men's Lacrosse Performer of the Year. He was also selected as the Wapner Newman Collegiate Student-Athlete of the Week by the web site, Phillylacrosse.com and received the Ernie Prudente Sportsmanship Award at the annual Swarthmore Athletics Banquet.
Mazzucco will now move onto the national ballot, scheduled to be announced on June 10.
Wallwork (Washington, D.C. / Georgetown Day), a psychology major, received her first Academic All-District selection after a 2007-08 season where she was named Centennial Conference Women’s Tennis Player of the Year. Wallwork posted a 17-4 record at No. 1 singles, earning a spot at the Division III NCAA Individual Championships in St. Peter, Minnesota.
Wallwork was also named First-Team All-Centennial and teamed with doubles’ partner Jennie Park ’09 to earn the same honor in doubles. The two teamed up at No. 1 doubles to finish the regular season 9-3 overall and a perfect 6-0 in the Centennial. Wallwork was the first player in program history to complete the Conference schedule undefeated at No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles. The duo ended the season ranked 14th in the Atlantic South region, according to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) FILA rankings.