TOWSON, Md. – Colorado School of Mines men's soccer junior Richard Garvey was recognized on the NCAA Division II Capital One Academic All-District Men's Soccer First Team for the second straight season on Thursday by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

A Portmore, St. Catherine, Jamaica native, Garvey shares the team lead and is tied for second in the RMAC with five assists. He also paces Mines (10-6, 8-4 RMAC) with 22 shots on goal and ranks second with 15 points and five goals.

The two-time RMAC First Team All-Academic selection and 2014 RMAC Academic Player of the Year owns a pair of five-point outings this season; he recorded a brace and the game-winner at Oklahoma Christian on Sept. 14 and established the program's single-game assists record with three against Metro State on Oct. 19.

Carrying a 3.889 GPA in Electrical Engineering, Garvey was one of 11 student-athletes to make up the District 6 First Team.

First-team Academic All-District recipients advance to the Capital One Academic All-America Team ballot, where first-, second- and third-team All-America honorees will be selected later next month.   

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 20,000 student-athletes in Divisions I, II, III and NAIA, covering all NCAA championship sports.

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