Michael Smith Named To Verizon All-Academic District One Team
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., May 22, 2003 – Springfield College junior gymnast
Michael Smith was selected to the 2002-03 Verizon Academic District One College Division Men’s At-Large Second Team, announced today.
Smith, who hails from
Salt Lake City, Utah, is a business management major with a 3.82 grade- point average (g.p.a.). Smith helped the Pride to a fifth-place finish at the USA Gymnastics Collegiate Championship (April 19) by earning All-America honors on the floor exercise. He was a USA Gymnastics Scholar-Athlete and qualified for the 2003 NCAA Men’s Gymnastics Championships. Smith also placed third in the all-around, and fifth on the vault to propel the Pride to the New England Championship (March 9).
To be eligible for the Verizon Academic All-District I team, a student-athlete must play at a Division II or III institution based in New England or New York. The student-athlete must have a minimum 3.2 g.p.a. and be a starter or significant reserve on his team. The team is voted on by the sports information directors of those institutions.
The At-Large Team consists of athletes in the sports of women’s crew, gymnastics, skiing, men’s volleyball, fencing, ice hockey, swimming, water polo, field hockey, lacrosse, tennis, wrestling, golf, and rifle.
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Head Coach Steve Posner
Entering his 31st season as head men's gymnastics coach, Dr. Steve Posner is recognized as one of the most outstanding gymnastics coaches in the East. Posner led the Pride to another successful season in 2012 and was named the EIGL Coach of the Year.
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