AMHERST, N.Y. - Ricardo Ruiz Martinez (Valencia, Spain) of the Daemen College men's tennis team has been named to the Google Cloud Academic All-District Men's At-Large Team selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). It marks the second straight year that Ruiz Martinez has been named to the team.
The academic recognition is another in a long list of achievements for Ruiz Martinez, a business administration major with a 3.95 grade-point average, who recently completed his senior season for the Wildcats. Just earlier this week, he was named the East Coast Conference Men's Tennis Scholar-Athlete of the Year. He's also been a two-time Scholar-Athlete honoree from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, and has twice been named to the All-East Coast Conference Second Team.
The Academic All-District Team recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the playing field and in the classroom. First-team Academic All-District® honorees advance to the Google Cloud Academic All-America® ballot, with Google Cloud Academic All-America® teams announced in June.
The Google Cloud Academic All-District® teams are divided into eight geographic districts across the United States and Canada. The Google Cloud Academic All-America® program separately recognizes honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and College Division. The College Division includes all NAIA, Canadian, two-year schools and other affiliations.
The Division II and III Google Cloud Academic All-America® program is partially financially supported by the NCAA Division II and III national governance structures, to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2018-19 DII and DIII Academic All-America® teams.
For more information about CoSIDA's Google Cloud Academic All-District® and Academic All-America® Teams program, visit AcademicAllAmerica.com or the Academic All-America® home page on CoSIDA.com.
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