CAPITAL ONE ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT SOCCER TEAMS (CoSIDA)
MINNEAPOLIS -- Augsburg College men's soccer player
Tyler Heaps (JR, St. Paul, Minn./DeLaSalle HS) was named to the Capital One Academic All-District 6 (Division III) squad, it was announced recently.
A mathematics major with a 3.93 grade-point average, Heaps earned a spot on the 11-player Academic All-District squad, made up of Division III student-athletes from Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan.
A defender, Heaps started all 18 games for the Auggies this season, playing in 1,480 of the team's 1,680 minutes (88.0 percent), the second-most minutes played of any Auggie this year. He contributed two assists this year -- an assist on the lone goal in a 1-0 home win over St. Thomas on Sept. 24, and an assist on the first goal in a 3-0 win over Hamline on Oct. 21.
Heaps transferred to Augsburg last season after playing his initial collegiate campaign at North Park (Ill.). He has started 38 of his 39 games in two seasons as an Auggie, with four assists. Including his season at North Park in 2009, he has one goal and six assists in 56 collegiate games (49 starts).
Under eighth-year head coach
Greg Holker, Augsburg finished 10-5-3 overall, 6-3-1 in Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play in 2011, reaching the MIAC postseason playoffs for the fourth time in the last six years. Augsburg has won 69 games (69-33-15, .654 winning percentage) during the past six seasons.
The Capital One Academic All-District team is part of the Capital One Academic All-America program, administered by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Top student-athletes from Division III programs in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan are eligible for inclusion on the District 6 team. Student-athletes must have a grade-point average above 3.30 (4.0 scale) and have outstanding athletic credentials. College sports information directors in the district vote for the teams.
This is the first year of the expanded Academic All-America program, as CoSIDA moves from recognizing a University Division (Division I) and a College Division (all non-Division I) and doubles the number of scholar-athletes honored. The teams include NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II and NCAA Division III participants, while the College Division team combines NAIA, Canadian and two-year schools. First-team Academic All-District members will advance to the Academic All-America ballot, voted on by a committee of CoSIDA members.
