Kelly Named to the ESPN Academic All-District Team

November 3, 2006

Kelly Named to the ESPN Academic All-District Team

Blauvelt, NY (11/3/06) Dominican College men’s soccer player, Robert Kelly has been named to the 2006 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Second Team in the College Division as was announced yesterday by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSida).

Kelly Named to the ESPN Academic All-District Team

Blauvelt, NY (11/3/06) Dominican College men's soccer player, Robert Kelly has been named to the 2006 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Second Team in the College Division as was announced yesterday by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSida).

Kelly, a native of Kearny, NJ, is a goal keeper who has started every game this year. He was named to the All-Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Second Team and to the All-CACC Tournament Team. He posted eight shut outs on the year and had a goals against average of 0.93. He is ranked in the nation in goals against average and is third in the CACC. He was a 2005 All-CACC First Team pick and was ranked fifth in the nation in goals against averages. An education major, he has a 3.86 GPA

This season the Chargers won their third consecutive CACC Regular Season and Tournament Championships. The team earned their second straight berth in the NCAA Tournament and were most recently ranked #22 in the NCAA Division II.

To be eligible for the All-District team, the student athlete must have a minimum GPA of 3.0, be a at lease a sophomore academically.

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement. Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world. Dominican also sponsors 18 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level. To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.