St. Andrews forward Zack Grast, shown here during a game earlier this season, has been named to ESPN the Magazine’s Academic All-District team.
Garst was voted to the District 3 College Division First Team of the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® Program, as voted upon by Sports Information Directors who are members of College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
The six-foot, eight-inch forward – the only Conference Carolinas men’s basketball player to make the 2010 All-District Team – has had an outstanding junior year dominating on the court and excelling in the classroom at St. Andrews.
“Zack exemplifies everything that we search for when recruiting to our program,” said SAPC head coach Richie Schueler. “On the basketball court, he has consistently improved each season. But, more importantly, he’s an unbelievable student and strong leader. Zack has been tremendous in helping us set the tone for the direction we want our program moving in. I’m very proud of him.”
In a Royal Blue & White uniform, Garst has been a team leader for the Knights leading the team in points (13.5), rebounds (10.3), and field goal percentage (58.2-percent). Garst, the only player in the league averaging a double-double, has racked up an impressive 10 double-doubles in 19 games this season.
Garst leads Conference Carolinas and ranks 17th nationally with 10.3 rebounds per game. He also ranks in the top-20 of the league in field goal percentage, blocks, and points.
Garst was named the Conference Carolinas Player of the Week on Dec. 8, 2009 and was the SAPC Knights Award recipient for men’s basketball in 2009.
Academically, Garst continues to shine sporting an impressive 3.80 grade point average (GPA) as a Business Administration major. Last semester Garst balanced academics with athletes perfectly earning a 4.0 GPA in the fall semester while taking 21 credit hours.
The Huntersville, N.C., native is a Dean’s List student-athlete at St. Andrews, who has been a Conference Carolinas Presidential Honor Roll honoree every year of his collegiate career.
Garst represented St. Andrews at the NCAA Division II National Leadership Convention in Orlando, Fla.; was nominated and awarded a member of “Who’s Who Among Students”; and invited to join “Emerging Leaders” on the SAPC campus. Garst is a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).
Three Academic All-District teams are chosen in each district, with those on the All-District first teams placed on the national ballot for Academic All-America® consideration. There is a University Division (Division I programs) and a College Division (DII, DIII, NAIA, NJCAA programs) for men's and women's basketball.
Garst will find out if he is voted to the Academic All-America team on Wednesday, Feb.24.
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