MOORHEAD, Minn. (11/04/08)-- Concordia senior forward Justin Foss (Fargo, N.D./Fargo South HS) was named the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District First Team it was announced on Monday.

It is the first time that Foss has won a postseason award and he becomes the first Cobber men's soccer player to earn Academic All-District First Team honors.

Foss will now advance to the national ballot for Academic All-America consideration. He was one of six MIAC men's soccer student/athletes chosen to the first team.

Foss carries a 3.58 grade point average while majoring in Psychology. On the field Foss had a career year in 2008. He finished the season with 15 goals and two assists for 32 points. His goal total is the second highest in school history and his point total is fourth best in program history. Foss led the MIAC in goals in conference games this season (9). He scored at least two goals in four of the last six games of the season and had at least one score in eight of the final ten games.

The ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-America Teams program honors 816 male and female student-athletes annually who have succeeded at the highest level on the playing field and in the classroom. Individuals are selected through voting by CoSIDA, the College Sports Information Directors of America; a 2,000-member organization consisting of sports public relations professionals for colleges and universities in the United States and Canada.

To be eligible, 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 standing 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 14,000 student-athletes in Division I, II, III and NAIA covering all NCAA championship sports.