02/22/2010

Daniel McKeehan Named Academic All-America of the Year

(TOWNSON, Md.) - Thomas More College senior Daniel McKeehan (Maineville, Ohio/Little Miami) has been selected as the College Division ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Men's Basketball Player of the Year by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

The College Division is made up of 933 schools at the NCAA Division II, III and NAIA levels.

A double major in Economics and Business Finance, McKeehan has a perfect 4.00 grade point average.  McKeehan, who is the first Saint in school history to win the award in any sport, has led Thomas More to a 19-6 record and a share of the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) regular season title.

A starter in 23 of 25 games for the Saints, he leads the team in scoring with a 15.7 average.  A power forward, he also has a team-leading .627 field goal percentage while averaging 4.8 rebounds per game.  A solid all-around player, he is also the team leader with 55 assists and 55 steals.

McKeehan a second team All-PAC selection last season as Junior after transferring from Milligan College, scored a career-high 33 points this season against PAC rival Thiel College on January 16.  His performance against Thiel earned him a spot on the D3hoops.com. 

As a junior, McKeehan averaged 12.1 points and 4.6 rebounds per game while leading the Saints to their first-ever PAC championship and NCAA Division III Tournament appearance.  A member of the Economic Club and the Thomas More Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, he was also selected to the Presidents' Athletic Conference Academic Honor Roll for the 2008-09 year.

McKeehan and the rest of the Saints (19-6) are the No. 2 seed in this week's PAC Championship Tournament and will No. 7 seed Waynesburg University on Tuesday (February 23) in a quarterfinal game at 8 p.m. at the Connor Convocation Center in Crestview Hills, Kentucky.