The 40 members of the third annual Division I-AA Athletics Directors Association Academic All-Star Team were announced recently by the organization.

"All of the nominees, and particularly the 40 players selected, represent the talent and dedication of the student-athletes at Division I-AA institutions," said Dave Roach, chair of the selection committee and athletics director at Brown University.

Nominees are required to have a minimum grade-point average of 3.200 (4.000 scale) in undergraduate study and be a starter or key player with legitimate athletics credentials. In addition, they must have reached their second year of athletics and academic standing, and have completed a minimum of one full academic year at their current institution.

Finally, nominees must participate in at least 50 percent of their team's games at their designated position.

Now in its eighth year, the Division I-AA Athletics Directors Association's mission is to enhance Division I-AA football. The group is administered by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics.

Matthew Andrews, Lehigh; Joel Barrow, Weber State; Billy Beltz, Cal Poly; Brian Bodor, Wofford; Caesar Campana IV, Western Carolina; Kevin Campbell, La Salle; Stephen Campbell, Brown; C. J. Carroll, Southwest Texas State; Gordon Chen, Brown; Malcolm Colbert III, Troy State; Kenneth Combs, Eastern Kentucky; Billy Cundiff, Drake; Eric Damko, Northern Arizona; Damon Dawson, Hampton; John Devoti, Towson; Lon Dimbatt, Charleston Southern; Dave Evans, Bucknell; DeWayne Ewing, Butler; Eric Higgins, Bucknell; Wes Hines, McNeese State; Vince Huntsberger, Montana; Eric Johnson, Yale; R. D. Kern, Harvard; Gene Liebel, Towson; Marion Martin, Furman; Phil McGeoghan, Maine; Josiah Mooney, St. John's (N.Y.); Caleb Moore, Dartmouth; Eric Nash, Wofford; Matt Nighswonger, Idaho State; Steven Norcini, Fairfield; Ryan O'Donoghue, Georgetown; Adam Overbey, Towson; Hadley Prince, McNeese State; Brian Smith, Massachusetts; Andrew Smulski, Duquesne; Travis Stephens, Citadel; Matt Thuesen, Montana; Gino Tutera, Georgia Southern; Tony Zimmerman, Duquesne.