Four Mountain West Student-Athletes Named to 2004 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America team

Utah's Alex Smith named Academic All-American of the Year

Dec. 1, 2004

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The 2004 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), was announced today with four Mountain West student-athletes represented. Junior quarterback Alex Smith and senior free safety Morgan Scalley of Utah and Trenton Franz of Wyoming were first-team honorees, while Air Force senior defensive end Ryan Carter was a second-team selection.

Smith was named the Football Academic All-American of the Year, while Scalley became Utah's first-ever two-time first-team CoSIDA Academic All-American. Franz is the first Cowboy to garner first-team accolades since Brian Brown in 1998, while Carter was a second-team selection for the second straight year.

The Big Ten Conference led all honorees with five student-athletes on both the first-and-second teams, followed by the Mountain West and Big East placing four student-athletes on the 2004 Academic All-America teams. The University of Utah was one of three institutions (Pittsburgh and Northwestern)

2004 ESPN THE MAGAZINE ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA® FOOTBALL TEAM (University Division)

•• Academic All-America® of the Year