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GREENWOOD, In. - West Chester University men's basketball junior
Matt Penecale (Jenkintown, Pa. / Abington) has been selected as a first-team Academic All-District selection by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), as announced by the organization on Thursday afternoon.
Majoring in both exercise science and physics, Penecale has accumulated a 3.645 GPA in his three years at West Chester and the point guard was chosen as one of just 152 total individuals from across all major college divisions to be picked for this prestigious honor.
Each division is broken down into eight geographical regions across the United State and Canada, with Penecale joining four other representatives out of the Central Intercollegiate Conference, Mountain East Conference, and Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference to form the NCAA Division II – District 2 cluster. West Liberty paces the District-2 group with two individuals on the list, while Penecale and fellow PSAC representatives Dante Lombardi (IUP) and Isaac Vescovi (UPJ) make up the other three positions.
Coming out of Jenkintown, Penecale becomes the Golden Rams' first CoSIDA All-District selection since the turn of the century and Thursday's accolade officially makes Penecale a CoSIDA Academic All-American candidate.
On the court, the junior leads West Chester (21-5, 17-5) and ranks seventh in the PSAC in both total assists (116) and assists per game (4.5). Starting in all 26 games this season, Penecale tops the squad with an 85.0 (108-of-127) free throw percentage and he currently is sitting second on the squad 10.5 points/game. The Golden Rams recently clinched the No. 2 seed in the PSAC Tournament following a big victory over Shippensburg University last night and the team earned a first-round bye through next Wednesday. Although its opponent has not been determined, it is confirmed that West Chester will host the quarterfinal game inside the Hollinger Field House on Wednesday (02/28) at 7:30 p.m.
CoSIDA Official Release:
http://files.constantcontact.com/e63a373f001/f30110f7-f969-4c37-a6d8-aaa92d78055b.pdf
