UMC's Borowicz Named Capital One Academic All-America First Team

CROOKSTON, Minn. – University of Minnesota Crookston senior football player Matt Borowicz (OL, Stephen, Minn./Health Science) was selected Capital One Academic All-America® Division II First Team. Borowicz, who holds a 3.9 cumulative grade point average (GPA) in health science, was one of 24 student-athletes across all of NCAA Division II football to receive All-America first team accolades for his performance in the classroom. 21 student-athletes also were selected to the All-America second team. The 24 Capital One Academic All-America® NCAA Division II football first team members hold a composite 3.85 G.P.A.

Borowicz was selected as a Capital One Academic All-District pick for Super Region 3 for 2013 and 2014, making him eligible for selection to the All-America team, but this is the first time he has received the All-America recognition.

He was joined by Minnesota State University, Mankato’s Connor Thomas and Josh Meeker and Concordia University-St. Paul’s Sam Parker and Tom Obarski as Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) football players who were selected to the first team. Wayne State College’s Jon Davis and Minnesota State’s Justin Otto earned second team accolades.

Borowicz was a four-year member of the UMC football team and was a starting tackle on the Golden Eagle offensive line. Borowicz was a 2012, a 2013 and will be a 2014 NSIC Fall All-Academic pick and has made the Dean’s List each of the last five semesters. On the field, Borowicz started all 11 games this season. He has blocked for an offense that has produced over 1,700 yards passing and over 1,000 yards rushing this season. Borowicz started his career as a tight end and originally started playing offensive line some as a sophomore before making the full transition to tackle as a junior. Borowicz has been one of UMC’s leading academic performers during his entire career for the Golden Eagles.

The 2014-15 Capital One Academic All-District® Football, selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America, have been released to recognize the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom. Capital One has been the entitlement rights holder to CoSIDA’s Academic All-America teams programs since 2011.

This is the fourth year of the expanded Academic All-America® program as CoSIDA moved from recognizing a University Division (Division I) and a College Division (all non Division I) and has doubled the number of scholar-athletes honored. The expanded teams include NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II and NCAA Division III participants, while the College Division Academic All-America® Team combines NAIA, Canadian and two-year schools.

The Capital One Division II Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division II national governance structure to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2014-15 Division II Academic All-America® teams program.