Newtown, Connecticut, graduate is the first in program history for football to collect multiple Academic All-America® honors
2020-21 CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division II Football Teams Announced
Stonehill's All-Time CoSIDA Academic All-Americans®
EASTON, Mass. (July 13, 2021) – Recent Stonehill College football graduate Derek Ivey has been named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America® first team for the second time in his career, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), the organization announced today.
Ivey, one of just three CoSIDA Academic All-Americans® in the history of the football program, is the first two-time first team selection ever from Stonehill and one of just seven in school history to earn Academic All-America® honors multiple seasons, overall. Ivey is one of just 30 Academic All-America® selections all-time at Stonehill, owning two of the four first team selections all-time. Also collecting first team honors from Stonehill are women's basketball Hall of Famer Julie Stockwell, '00 in 1999-2000 and the College's first ever Academic All-American® Don Prohovich, '80 from the baseball program. Also earning Academic All-America® honors from the football program were Kevin Broderick, '92 (second team) and Anthony Masucci, '15 (second team).
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 earned CoSIDA Academic All-District® first team honors for the second time and was named the NE10 Elite 24 Award recipient over the winter for having the highest cumulative grade point average among all NE10 football student-athletes. The National Football Foundation's William V. Campbell Trophy® semifinalist and Hampshire Honor Society member 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.
Ivey if the first two-time first team Academic All-American® in Stonehill history and just the fourth selection from the football program all-time. (PHOTO BY Jan Volk/SportsPix) |
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 eight semesters at the College. He received NE10 Academic Excellence status three semesters for having a perfect 4.0 GPA, to go with Academic Distinction Status the remaining five 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).
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 when it opens its season hosting Bloomsburg (Pa.) University on Saturday, September 4, at W.B. Mason Stadium at 2:30 p.m.
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