April 13, 2009

Stockton, Calif. -

University of the Pacific men's basketball senior guard Chad Troyer (Seattle, Wash.) has been selected to the 2009 Division I-AAA Athletics Directors Association Scholar-Athlete Team. He earned honorable mention honors.

Chad is a Communication major in his third year at Pacific and holds a 3.50 cumulative grade point average. He was second on the team in scoring with 353 points, averaging 10.7 points per game. He earned All-Big West Conference Second Team honors in 2008-09, and was selected to the Big West All-Tournament Team in March of 2009. He finished his Pacific career with 155 three-pointers, which ranks him sixth all-time.

2008-09 DIVSION I-AAA ATHLETIC DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION SCHOLAR ATHLETE TEAM

Name, Institution, GPA, Major

Jason Holsinger, Evansville, 3.89, Economics, (Scholar-Athlete of the Year)

Tomas Jasiulionis, St. John's, 3.60, Finance

Kevin Lisch, Saint Louis, 3.48/4.00, Business Administration/MBA

Phillip Martin, Radford, 3.91, Social Science & Philosophy/Religious Studies

Yves Mekango Mbala, LaSalle, 3.82, Integrated Science, Business & Technology

Milan Prodanovic, Iona, 3.66, Finance

Mike Schachtner, Wisconsin Green Bay, 3.81, Psychology

Robin Smeulders, Portland, 3.25, Marketing & Management

Ryan Tillema, Wisconsin Green Bay, 3.40, Business Administration

Andy Wicke, Belmont, 3.74, Environmental Studies

Honorable Mention:

Chad Troyer, Pacific, 3.50, Communication