Ivey earns CoSIDA Academic All-District® first team honors for the second time (PHOTO BY Jan Volk/SportsPix) |
Ivey earns Academic All-District® I first team accolades for second time
Popielarcheck picks up honors for the first time in his career
CoSIDA Academic All-District® Football Teams
Stonehill's All-Time Academic All-District® Selections
EASTON, Mass. (June 16, 2021) – Two recent graduates of the Stonehill College football program has earned spots on the CoSIDA Academic All-District® first team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), the organization announced.
Graduates Derek Ivey and Adam Popielarcheck to the large discrepancy of contests played in 2020-21 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, this year's Academic All-District® Teams were based on career statistics and accomplishments. Ivey and Popielarcheck give the Stonehill football program 15 CoSIDA Academic All-District® selections in program history, including nine over the last eight years.
Ivey, a finalist for the Northeast-10 Conference Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year and recipient of Stonehill's Edward E. Martin Male Senior Scholar-Athlete of the Year award, recently graduated from Stonehill Summa Cum Laude with a 3.92 cumulative grade point average and a Bachelor's Degree in economics. He earns CoSIDA Academic All-District® first team honors for the second time after also being named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America® first team as a junior in 2019. The National Football Foundation's William V. Campbell Trophy® semifinalist and Hampshire Honor Society member earned the NE10 Elite 24 Award this winter for having the highest cumulative grade point average among all NE10 football student-athletes. Ivey recently received the NE10 Presidents' Award for Academic Excellence for his Summa Cum Laude graduation honors and earned NE10 Academic All-Conference accolades as a junior.
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Ivey is a two-time Division II ADA Academic Achievement Award recipient and been named to the NE10 Academic Honor Roll, Athletic Director's Honor Roll and Dean's List all seven semesters at the College to date. He received NE10 Academic Excellence status three semesters for having a perfect 4.0 GPA, to go with Academic Distinction Status four semesters with a GPA between 3.50 and 3.99. Ivey has been inducted into the Omicron Delta Epsilon and Lambda Epsilon Sigma Academic Honor Societies, been selected as the Economics Department's Outstanding Senior and is a two-time St. Thomas Aquinas, Patron Saint of Students, Medal recipient for having the highest GPA on the football team.
On the field, Ivey was a four-year member of the Stonehill football program, starting all ten games for the Skyhawks at right tackle in 2019. He was a key part of an offensive line that blocked for the top-ranked offense in the NE10 with a Conference-best 415.8 yards per game (21st nationally), including 193.7 rushing yards (2nd NE10) and 222.1 passing yards per game (4th). Stonehill ranked second in the NE10 for pass efficiency (141.04) and fewest sacks allowed (1.60/gm) and the line blocked for the program's first Harlon Hill Trophy candidate who set program records for rushing yards (1.513) touchdowns (16), total touchdowns (18), scoring (108 points) and all-purpose yards (1,611).
Popielarcheck, who is currently enrolled in the Rhode Island Police Academy and accepted a position with the Pawtucket Police Department, earns CoSIDA Academic All-District® honors for the first time, having recently graduated with a 3.44 cumulative grade point average and Bachelor's Degree in criminology. He is a National Football Foundation (NFF) Hampshire Honor Society member who has been named to the NE10 Academic Honor Roll and Athletic Director's Honor Roll all seven semesters, to date.
Popielarcheck appeared in 19 games as a defensive lineman for Stonehill over his career. He finished with 30 tackles, including 12 solo, with 2.5 tackles for a loss of 15 yards, and 1.0 sacks for a loss of 13, adding three pass breakups over his four years. Popielarcheck was a key member of the Skyhawks 2019 defense that led the NE10 in total defense (307.5 yards/game), pass defense (162.5 yards/game), first down defense (15.1/gm) and third down defense (27-percent), ranking fifth nationally in Division II for third down defense and ninth in first downs. He finished the season with a career-high 16 tackles (four solo), including 2.0 for a loss of 15 yards, 1.0 sacks and two breakups.
Stonehill finished its 2019 season with a 6-4 record overall, including 5-3 in the NE10 to finish in third place in the Conference, just a game out of first place. The Skyhawks saw their 2020 season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and look to return to the field this fall.
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