Junior sprinter Michael Barnes (Gates Mills,
Ohio/Mayfield) has been named to the ESPN The Magazine
Academic All-America second-team as voted on by the College Sports
Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) on Monday (June 23).
Barnes, a first-team Academic All-District IV selection, is the
third Academic All-American for Denison University in the 2007-08
academic year. Overall, Barnes is the 53rd Denison
student-athlete to achieve this prestigious honor from
CoSIDA. The highly-competitive field of All-District award
winners spanned the elite from NCAA Division II, Division III and
the NAIA. A complete list of the 2008-09 Academic
All-Americans for cross country/track and field can be found at the
"more information" link above.
Barnes was named the 2008 NCAC Men's Sprinter/Hurdler of the
Year for indoor track after capturing conference titles in the 200
and 400 meter dashes. Barnes ran a time of 22.65 to win the
200 and followed that with the conference's fastest winning time
since 2003 (50.24) in the 400. The victories were Barnes'
second and third conference titles of his career.
Aside from his accolades on the track, Barnes is also the
starting quarterback of the Denison football team and is a part of
the Denison Student Athlete Advisory Council. He holds a 3.84
grade point average as an economics major.
Created in 1952 by the College Sports Information Directors
of America (CoSIDA), the ESPN The Magazine Academic
All-America® Teams Program is a premier, nationwide college
scholar-athlete awards program. It recognizes 816 outstanding
student-athletes annually in Division I, II, III and NAIA covering
all NCAA championship sports.
