BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — Brown University goalie Luke Weiser (Sr., Los Alamitos, Calif./Los Alamitos) has been named to the 2017 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Division I Academic All-District I At-Large Team. He now moves on to the national ballot where first, second and third team Academic All-America honorees will be announced later this month.
District I is made up of all National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I schools in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont.
A Chemistry concentrator with a 3.78 grade point average, Weiser was the 2016 Northeast Water Polo Conference (NWPC) Player of the Year as a goalie. An Academic All-Ivy and First Team All-NWPC selection in his senior season, Weiser finished his collegiate career with 724 saves and a .540 career save percentage.
A main component of the Bears’ squad, Weiser stopped 200 or more shots in each of his last three seasons. He earned First Team All-NWPC/Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) honors in back-to-back years (2015 and 2016) and helped lead the team to three straight regular season conference championships (2014-16).
One of only two Division I men’s water polo players recognized with All-District honors by joining District VIII’s Mihajlo Milicevic of the University of Southern California, Weiser is the sole NWPC selection and among three East Coast men’s players honored by CoSIDA. Gannon University’s Michael Squeglia (Division II, District II) and Washington & Jefferson College’s Nicholas Willison (Division III, District IV) of the Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference (MAWPC) were also recognized.
Overall, six men’s water polo players earned either Division I, II or III laurels as David Maes of Fresno Pacific University and Joseph Moorman of California Baptist University collected Division II District VIII recognition as well.
This is the sixth year of the expanded Academic All-America program as CoSIDA moved from recognizing a University Division (Division I) and a College Division (all non Division I) and has doubled the number of scholar-athletes honored. The expanded teams include NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II and NCAA Division III participants, while the College Division Academic All-America Team combines NAIA, Canadian and two-year schools. The Academic All-District teams are divided into eight geographic districts across the United States and Canada.
To be nominated by an institution for Academic All-America honors, a student-athlete must be a starter or important reserve with at least a 3.30 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) at his current institution.
Nominated athletes must have participated in at least 50 percent of the team’s games at the position listed on the nomination form (where applicable). Athletes who have not participated in at least 50 percent of their team’s contests are not eligible. No student-athlete is eligible until he/she has completed one full calendar year at his/her current institution and has reached sophomore athletic eligibility.
Male water polo recipients compete with athletes from the following sports: Fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming, tennis, volleyball and wrestling.
Information courtesy Brown University Athletics Communications
