Beyer and Stein Earn First-Team Academic All-District Honors

St. Louis, Mo., May 21, 2009 - Washington University junior Alex Beyer of the men’s swimming team and sophomore Isaac Stein of the men’s tennis team were named to the 2009 ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District VII at-large first team, as announced Thursday by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Additionally, men’s tennis sophomore Max Woods earned second-team Academic All-District VII honors.

As first-team academic all-district selections, Beyer and Stein are now eligible for selection to the at-large Academic All-America team, to be announced on Tuesday, June 9. The CoSIDA men’s academic at-large program recognizes athletes who participate in 12 different NCAA sports, including tennis and swimming and diving.

Beyer completed one of the strongest seasons in Washington University history, a year that culminated with winning the 2009 NCAA Division III 400-individual medley national championship with an NCAA record-breaking time of 3:51.45. He was also the national runner-up in the 500-yard freestyle (4:23.60) and the 200-yard breaststroke (1:59.65), and he earned a total of six All-America citations in 2009, bringing his career tally to 15. Beyer, who is a biology major with a 3.78 cumulative grade point average, broke seven Washington University school records last season, and currently holds nine WU records overall.

A biology major with a 3.95 GPA, Stein is 19-5 in singles and 22-8 in doubles for an overall record of 41-13 in 2008-09. He helped lead Washington University to the 2009 University Athletic Association (UAA) Championship, the first in school history, and he earned 2009 first-team all-UAA honors at No. 2 doubles. For his career Stein is 77-22 overall, 35-7 in singles matches and 42-15 in doubles action.

Woods is 17-9 in singles matches and 22-8 as Stein’s partner in doubles this season. Majoring in mathematics with a 3.81 GPA, he also received first-team all-UAA honors at No. 2 doubles. Woods has a career mark of 35-18 in singles and 47-14 in doubles, for an overall record of 82-32.