EAST STROUDSBURG - East Stroudsburg University thrower Dan Gale (Heilserville, N.J./Millville) has been named to the ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team, it was announced Tuesday.

Gale finished 13th in the javelin at the NCAA Division II Track & Field Championships with a throw of 198 feet and has a 3.92 grade point average in health and physical education.

Voting for the teams is done by sports information directors who are members of the Collegiate Sports Information Directors of America. There were three teams selected for two divisions, University (Division I schools) and College (Division II and III universities).

The All-America honor is the latest in a busy spring of awards for Gale. He was named to the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Spring Top Ten, was named ESU's Male Scholar Athlete of the Year and won the Penn Relays with a throw of 209-5 to become the first athlete to win an event at the Philadelphia meet during head coach Joe Koch's 20-year tenure. He also won the Richard Stockton Invitational, the Slippery Rock Open and the PSAC East championships.

Gale earned All-America honors in 2004 for the javelin and will attend the University of North Carolina to pursue a master's degree in athletic administration.

ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America
College Division
First Team
Ryan Koch, St. Cloud State
Uzoma Orii, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Gordon Coffin, Nebraska Wesleyan
Eric Svestka, Wisconsin-LaCrosse
Nick Johnson, Augustana
Stephen Hrinda, Case Western Reserve
Harrison Jorritsma, Calvin
Nathan Fleming, Westmont
Jason Finkelstein, Muhlenberg
Grant Scott, Haverford
James Kajek, Adam State
P.J. Theisen, St. Thomas (Mn.)
John Mercuri, University of Scranton
Jesse Solis, Adam State
Michael Herb, Rochester Institute of Technology
Jed Droge, Nebraska Wesleyan
Second Team
Evan Knight, Nebraska Wesleyan
Eric Sornson, Pittsburgh State
Nathan Johnson, Washington & Lee
Frank Prince, Puget Sound
Nathan Bates, Wabash College
Jarod Wall, Central Missouri State
Phil McCollam, Bemidji State
Nate Mealy, Wheaton
Garrett Duncanson, Wisconsin-River Falls
Fritz Nugent, University of the Redlands
Cameron Dayne, Morehouse
Joel Duffield, Chadron State
Sean Capkin, Susquehanna
Third Team
Geoff Kaiser, Loras College
Josh Svenson, Baldwin-Wallace
Alex Drollinger, Case Western Reserve
Jason Foster, Colby
Kenneth Bowling, Oklahoma Christian
Mike Vella, Juniata
Jack Henkemeyer, Gustavus Adolphus
Shaun Blake, Kean
Bryan George, Central
Ryan Agnew, Bentley
Dan Gale, East Stroudsburg University
Kevin Balster, Wartburg
Andrew Leuenberger, Grove City
Owen Kiely, Wesleyan
Trevor Palmer, Southern Oregon
Nate Meckes, Calvin College