Cape Cod, MA – Senior Scott Desmond of the Clarkson University Men’s Soccer team was recently named as a recipient of the ECAC Scholar-Athlete Award. One of only six student-athletes in the country, and the only male in Division III athletics, Desmond, a native of Enfield, CT, earned the honor based on extraordinary achievements in academics, athletics, and community service.
Desmond, a rising senior midfielder for the Golden Knights, has posted a 3.82 GPA through his first three years at Clarkson while majoring in interdisciplinary engineering and management. A three-year team captain, Desmond was named ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA District 1 First-Team Academic All-American in 2009 after earning second team honors in 2008. He was picked as the Liberty League Rookie of the Year in 2007 and was named a second team All-Liberty League selection in both 2008 and 2009. The President of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee for the past three semesters, Desmond participated in the 2009 NCAA National Student-Athlete Development Conference. A member of Tau Beta Pi, the honorary engineering society, Desmond is also a current Rhodes Scholar applicant. He also has run or participated in numerous community service activities including “Make a Child Smile,” community food drives, Special Olympics Awareness Day, “Relay for Life,” 5K for Cystic Fibrosis, and several other charity events.
On the soccer pitch, Desmond has competed in all 47 games for the Golden Knights over the past three seasons, starting 45 times for the Green and Gold. He led the team in scoring as a sophomore (6-3-15) and is Clarkson’s the active leader in goals, assists, and points (9-8-26).
Along with Desmond, Kerrin Epstein (Gettysburg College) was chosen as the Division III female recipient of the honor. Jill Davis (La Salle University) and Jeff Spear (Columbia University) in Division I, and Kyrie Timbrook (Caldwell College) and Gregory Malen (Southern Connecticut State University) in Division II, were the other winners. They will receive their awards on Tuesday, September 28, during the ECAC Honors Banquet presented by Jostens. The luncheon will be held at The Resort and Conference Center in Hyannis, Massachusetts during the 2010 ECAC Fall Convention and Trade Show.
The ECAC is the nation’s largest athletic and the only multi-divisional conference in the country with approximately 300 Divisions I, II, and III colleges and universities. The ECAC stretches from Maine to North Carolina and westerly to Illinois. Established in 1938, the ECAC, a non-profit service organization, sponsors more than 80 championships in 37 men’s and women’s sports and assigns more than 4,400 officials in 12 sports. The ECAC also administers nine affiliate sports organizations and six playing leagues, and through the public relations arm of the conference, more than 2,500 student-athletes are recognized annually. Finally, the ECAC serves as the primary conference for select members in the sports of men’s and women’s ice hockey and men’s lacrosse.
