TOWSON, Md. – Nichols College junior Ryan Sheehan (North Attleboro, Mass.) has been named to the 2012-13 Capital One Academic All-America® Division III Men's Basketball First Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
 
The Capital One Division II and III Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division II and III national governance structures, to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2012-13 DII and DIII Academic All-America® teams program.
 
Sheehan – who holds a 3.89 grade point average (GPA) in international business – began the week No. 7 in the nation in scoring at 23.6 ppg. He has scored 20-or-more points in 15 contests and gone for 30+ points in six contests, highlighted by a career-high 40 points at MCLA on November 19. Sheehan is a three-time Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) Player of the Week honoree. Earlier this month, he was named to the CoSIDA Division III Academic All-District 1 Team for the second-straight season.
 
“He's an unbelievable person. I think your GPA and how well you perform on the court are in direct correlation with one another, and he's a great example of that,” said Bison first-year head coach Jeff Lindgren, upon hearing Sheehan was an all-district selection.
 
Sheehan scored his 1,000^th career point in the final game of his sophomore season – a two-point loss in the conference semifinals at Salve Regina – and enters Tuesday's CCC Quarterfinal contest at Wentworth with 1,547 career points, which is No. 7 in program history. He is two points behind Marc Dupuis (1974-78) for sixth-place.
 
Off the court, Sheehan has been named to the Deans High Honors list in each of his first four semesters at Nichols and is a member of the Zeta Alpha Phi Honor Society. Currently the Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Treasurer, Sheehan will serve as President for the 2013-14 academic year.
 
About Capital One      
Capital One Financial Corporation (www.capitalone.com) is a financial holding company whose subsidiaries, which include Capital One, N.A. and Capital One Bank (USA), N. A., had $122.2 billion in deposits and $197.5 billion in total assets outstanding as of December 31, 2010. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Capital One offers a broad spectrum of financial products and services to consumers, small businesses and commercial clients. Capital One, N.A. has approximately 1,000 branch locations primarily in New York, New Jersey, Texas, Louisiana, Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. A Fortune 500 company, Capital One trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "COF" and is included in the S&P 100 index.
 
Capital One, an NCAA Corporate Champion, began its affiliation with college sports with the sponsorship of the 2001 Capital One Florida Citrus Bowl (now the Capital One Bowl) and ESPN's Capital One Bowl Week. In 2010, Capital One launched the Capital One Cup, a prestigious new program rewarding NCAA Division I athletics programs for their cumulative on-field performance across multiple men's and women's sports. In addition, Capital One sponsors the ABC College Football Halftime Report, Capital One All-America Mascot Team, all 88 NCAA Championships including the Division I Men's and Women's Basketball Championships, and numerous other collegiate programs.
 
To be eligible for Academic All-America® consideration, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative G.P.A. of 3.30 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current institution and be nominated by his/her sports information director.
 
Since the program's inception in 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-America honors on more than 15,000 student-athletes in Divisions I, II, III and NAIA, covering all NCAA championship sports.
 
For more information about the Academic All-America® Teams program, please visit www.cosida.com. Below is a complete list of the teams and honorees.

			FIRST TEAM
Name	School	Cl.	Hometown	GPA	Major
Richie Bonney	Hobart	Jr.	Norwich, N.Y.	3.9	Philosophy, Pub Policy Studies
Colton Hunt (3)	Randolph	Sr.	Whittier, N.C.	3.94	Economics
Jason Norsen (3)	St. John Fisher	Sr.	Hamburg, N.Y.	3.91	Accounting
Ryan Sheehan	Nichols	Jr.	North Attleboro, Mass.	3.89	International Business
Brett Tester (1)	St. Scholistica	Sr.	Andover, Minn.	4	Accounting & Finance
			SECOND TEAM
Name	School	Cl.	Hometown	GPA	Major
John Coleman	Clarkson	So.	Potsdam, N.Y.	4	Mathematics
Brad Ford	Nazareth	Jr.	Victor, N.Y.	3.8	Business Administration
Ben Johnson	Maine, Farmington	Jr.	Manchester, Maine	3.8	History of Political Theory
Mitchell Kates	Mass. Inst. Of Tech.	Sr.	Colts Neck, N.J.	3.52	Comp. Science & Engineering
James Lazarcik	Beloit	Jr.	La Crescent, Minn.	3.75	Chemistry (Pre-Med)
			THIRD TEAM
Name	School	Clr.	Hometown	GPA	Major
Danny Brooks	Lebanon Valley	Sr.	Abingdon, Md.	3.41	Business Administration
Austin Fowler	Case Western Reserve	Sr.	Farmington Hills, Mich.	3.6	Biology
Mark Ghafari	Kalamazoo	Jr.	Grosse Pointe, Mich.	3.78	Economics
Alex Greven	Emory	Sr.	Winston-Salem, N.C.	3.78	Neuroscience & Behavior Bio.
Zac Richards	Birmingham Southern	Sr.	Hoover, Ala.	3.71	Mathematics/Pre-Engineering

(1)            Capital One Academic All-America® Division III 1^st team selection in 2011-12
(3)            Capital One Academic All-America® Division III 3rd team selection in 2011-12