Three Players Earn Academic All-District Honors

D.J. Lillard (SR, Phoenix, AZ [left]), Brock Olson (SR, Lake Oswego, OR [middle]) and Patrick Atwater (SR, La Canada [right]) were voted to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District team which was released today.  All three players are on the First Team in the College Division of District VIII which automatically qualifies them for the Academic All-American ballot [voting begins next week].   Lillard and Olson were also Academic All-District in 2008.  Lillard was one of two running backs, Atwater one of three linebackers and Olson one of four defensive backs on the All-District team.

Lillard is an Biology/Economics dual major at Claremont McKenna College and was named Second Team All-SCIAC in 2007. He is the team's leading rusher with 654 yards and four touchdowns. Olson is an Government/Psychology dual major at Claremont McKenna and was named First Team All-SCIAC in 2008. He shares the team lead in interceptions with two and is CMS' second leading tackler.  Atwater is a Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE)/Math dual major at Claremont McKenna.  He is the team's third leading tackler.

All three players easily qualifed for the award. Nominees must have better than a 3.30 cumulative GPA and must be at least a sophomore. The award is voted on by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and is presented by ESPN The Magazine.

The complete team can be viewed at: http://www.cosida.com/documents/2009/11/5/09football%20Academic%20All-District.pdf