March 21, 2006

Cleveland, Ohio - Bowling Green State University junior center Matt Lefeld was named Academic All-MAC as voted on by faculty athletic representatives at MAC institutions. A total of five student-athletes were named to the team. The number of honorees on the MAC All-Academic Team are the number that is set for the specific sport or 33% of the number of nominees, whichever is greater.

Lefeld, a native of Coldwater, scored 7.1 ppg. and pulled down 3.4 rebounds per game for the Falcons and was one of the most improved players in the league after scoring just 14 points a season ago. He has the top GPA of any player in the MAC at 3.96 and is majoring in Business. He was a first-team CoSIDA Academic All-District selection.

Western Michigan's Joe Reitz, Brian Snider, and Andrew Hershberger also were on the squad. Toledo's Kashif Payne rounded out this year's selections.

The Academic All-MAC honor is for a student-athlete who has excelled in athletics and academics. To qualify, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA and have participated in at least 50 percent of the contests for that particular sport. First-year students and junior college transfers in their first year of residence are not eligible for the award.