Bucknell University Athletics
Frisbey, Boccella Represent Bucknell on ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District Team
11/9/2006 7:00:00 AM | Football
Nov. 8, 2006
LEWISBURG, Pa. - Bucknell senior defensive back David Frisbey (Newark, Del./Charter School) and senior offensive lineman Michael Boccella (Dunmore, Pa./Dunmore) were named to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District 2 Football Team on Wednesday, the second straight all-district honor for both student-athletes.
Frisbey and Boccella will both advance to the national ballot. Academic All-America candidates must be a starter or key reserve while maintaining a cumulative grade-point average of 3.20 or better.
Boccella has played in every game as an offensive tackle this season for the 5-5 Bison. He has helped the Bison rush for an average of 235.6 yards per game, fifth-best in all of Division I-AA football. Off the field, Boccella is majoring in history with a minor in education, and he boasts a GPA of 3.65.
Boccella has been a member of the Dean's List every semester at Bucknell and has also been a regular member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. He has been inducted into three national honor societies, including Mortar Board, and has nominations pending for two others. Boccellla, who spent the spring 2006 semester studying in Rome, Italy, is an Eagle Scout who reads regularly to preschool children with Bucknell's Read Aloud program. Other community service includes participation in Bucknell's "Multicultural Explosion" and volunteering with several football teammates at Lewisburg Little League Cleanup Day.
Frisbey has started all 10 games thus far at cornerback, and he has not missed a start since the beginning of his junior year. He is currently Bucknell's seventh-leading tackler with 46 stops (29 solo) from his cornerback position, and he has an interception, a blocked kick and a fumble recovery to his credit. His five career interceptions are tied for the most on the active roster. Frisbey has also been a special teams stalwart since the start of his freshman year, and in 2005 he was named the team's special teams player of the year.
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His credentials are just as impressive off the field, where he carries a 3.54 cumulative grade-point average in Bucknell's highly regarded management program. A member of the university's Dean's List and the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll, Frisbey was recently named a semifinalist for the Draddy Trophy, also known as the "Academic Heisman," which is presented to the national college football scholar-athlete of the year.
Bucknell has had 111 national Academic All-Americans since 1970, fourth-most in the nation among Division I programs, behind only Nebraska, Notre Dame and Penn State. The Bucknell football program has now claimed 37 all-district honorees since 1981, and it has had at least one in each of the seven seasons.
The Bison have a bye this week before finishing the 2006 campaign on Nov. 18 at home against Colgate.
