W&J’S MATT DRAKELEY EARNS SECOND ALL-DISTRICT NOD (2/4)

WASHINGTON, Pa. –  For the second-straight year, Washington & Jefferson College senior point guard Matt Drakeley (Washington, Pa./Trinity) is a first-team selection on the ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA College Division Academic All-District Men’s Basketball Team.

The Academic All-District 2 squad includes all men’s basketball players in NCAA Division II, Division III or NAIA in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.  The first-team honorees from eight district teams as voted on by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) advance to the national ballot. 

Joining Drakeley on the first team are Grove City senior Andy O’Keefe, Scranton junior Zach Ashworth, Juniata senior Jeff Berkey and Felician senior Ethan Kennedy.  Bethany senior Joe Testa, a second-team selection, is the only other player honored from the PAC. 

Drakeley majors in biochemistry at Washington & Jefferson and boasts a 3.98 grade-point average.  Drakeley was selected as a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, the nation’s oldest academic honor society, this fall.   He has also been named to the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Spring Academic Honor Roll in each of his first three seasons as a President.

Drakeley has appeared in 19 games for the Red & Black this winter, including 18 starts.  He averages 8.9 points, 3.2 assists and 2.9 rebounds per game.  He poured in a career-high 21 points on Jan. 5th at Saint Vincent. 

The 5-foot-10 point guard has played 96 games in a W&J uniform and has made 41 starts.  He has compiled 573 points, 189 assists, 185 rebounds and 57 steals.

If Drakeley is selected to the ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-America team, he will join David Damico (1978, 1980), Mike Pratt (1981), Tony Torchia (1986) and David Branchen (1990, 1991) as the only men’s basketball players in school history to earn the prestigious honor. 

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