Bishops' Holliday Voted to
Academic All-District Basketball Teams

Feb. 5, 2009

Ohio Wesleyan University senior Kyle Holliday (Van Wert) was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IV men's basketball teams, it was announced today.

Holliday was a first-team Academic All-District® selection and will advance to the national ballot for consideration for the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® teams. He was a second-team Academic All-District® selection in 2008.

Holliday, a wing for the Battling Bishops, leads the team and ranks sixth in the North Coast Athletic Conference in both scoring and rebounding with averages of 16.0 points and 6.0 rebounds per game. He also ranks third in the conference in 3-point field goals (2.33/game), fourth in 3-point field goal percentage (.462), and 14th in assists (2.39/game). On Saturday, Holliday became the 25th Ohio Wesleyan men's basketball player to surpass the 1000-point mark. Holliday is an accounting major with a cumulative grade point average of 3.87.

The ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District teams are selected by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America, with District 4 consisting of schools in Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama. To be considered for the teams, one must maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.30 or better and be a starter or important reserve.