Spencer Named to Capital One Academic All-District Team

FITCHBURG, Mass. - The 2014 Capital One Academic All-District® Football Teams, selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America, have been released and Fitchburg State wide receiver Ty Spencer has been selected to recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom.

Spencer, a senior Architecture major was having a breakout season with 298 receiving yards and two touchdowns in three games before suffering a season-ending injury. The Foxboro native has also received academic recognition as a member of the Dean's List, President's List, and National Collegiate Athlete Honor Society.

First-team Academic All-District® football honorees advance to the Capital One Academic All-America® Team ballot, where first-, second- and third-team All-America honorees will be selected later this month.

The Academic All-District® teams include the student-athletes listed on the following pages and are divided into eight geographic districts across the United States and Canada. This is the fourth 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 Capital One Division II and III Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division II and III national governance structures, to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2014-15 DII and DIII Academic All-America® teams program.