UAA's Thompson earns Academic All-District honors

ANCHORAGE (Feb. 5) – Alaska Anchorage’s Travis Thompson was named Thursday to the Capital One Academic All-District 8 Men’s Basketball Team, recognizing  the senior as one of the top five student-athletes among the 36 schools of the NCAA Division II West Region.

The 6-1 guard from Anchorage’s Dimond High School was honored for his 3.47 overall grade-point average as a civil engineering major, plus his outstanding play on the court for the Seawolves. This marks the third straight year a Seawolf has achieved the academic all-region award, following Liam Gibcus in 2013 and Teancum Stafford in 2014.

The Great Northwest Athletic Conference Preseason Player of the Year, Thompson leads the Seawolves (12-9, 8-3 GNAC) and ranks sixth in the league with 16.5 points per game, while his 3.1 three-pointers per game lead the league and rank nationally. Already the Seawolves’ career three-point leader with 278, he is on pace to break the GNAC record and finish among the league’s all-time top 15 scorers.

The Capital One all-district teams are voted on by sports information directors throughout the NCAA’s eight geographical districts, with the Div. II West Region comprised of three leagues – the GNAC, the Pacific West Conference and the California Collegiate Athletic Association.

Thompson and the other academic all-district honorees now advance to the Academic All-America Team ballot, where first-, second- and third-team Academic All-America honorees will be selected later this month.

2015 Capital One Academic All-District
Men’s Basketball Team
(District 8)
NCAA DIVISION II (CCAA, GNAC, Pac West)
Name, School, Yr., Hometown, GPA, Major
Lee Bailey, Chaminade, Sr., Detroit, Mich., 3.39, Communications
Matt Hayes, Dominican (CA), Jr., Yuba City, Calif., 3.57, Chemistry
Adam Klie, UC San Diego, So., Anchorage, Alaska, 4.00, Bioengineering
Travis Thompson, Alaska Anchorage, Sr., Anchorage, Alaska, 3.47, Civil Engineering
Evan Zeller, Cal State Monterey Bay, So., Mission Viejo, Calif., 3.53, Business Admin.

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Nate Sagan
Assistant Athletic Director for Media Relations
University of Alaska Anchorage
3211 Providence Dr.
Anchorage, AK  99508
(907) 786-1295 / nate@uaa.alaska.edu
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