By: By: Bill Morgal, Interim Sports Information Director
was selected to the 2009-10 ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District Men's Track & Field/Cross Country Second Team for the College Division of District II, which encompasses all Division II, Division III, NAIA and junior colleges in the states of Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and the District of Columbia.
Beegle, a junior criminal justice major with a 3.77 grade-point average (GPA), was the team's top runner during the cross country season and an integral factor in Shippensburg winning its first Atlantic Region Championship this season from Mansfield. He was an All-Atlantic Region performer after his third-place finish in a personal-best 31:26. The two-time USTFCCCA Cross Country Academic Squad member was the second-fastest SU runner at the national championships and finished 73rd overall.
The Gettysburg native was a three-time conference placewinner during the track and field seasons. Beegle thrived during the outdoor campaign; winning the PSAC individual title in the 5K with a time of 14:52.88 and finishing as an All-PSAC runner-up in the 3K steeplechase. His steeplechase time of 9:14.17 at Penn Relays was an NCAA-provisional qualifying mark.
The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) selects Academic All-America® teams in 12 programs. A first team and second team are selected in both the University (Division I and I-AA) and College (Division II, III and NAIA) Divisions.
To be eligible, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.30 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.
Academic All-District Winners From the PSAC
First Team
Paul Wagner, East Stroudsburg
Drew Miller, East Stroudsburg
Frank Ehrensberger, California (Pa.)
Second Team
Bryan Beegle, Shippensburg
Stephen Schelander, Shippensburg
Chris Warning, Slippery Rock
