In Review

Matthew Mender ’16 (top), Alex Swanger ’15 (bottom left), and Griffin Drake ’15. (Photo: Athletics and Recreation)

Three fall sport athletes were named Capital One Academic All-Americans by the College Sports Information Directors of America.

Football defensive lineman Matthew Mender ’16 was named to the second team. The biomedical engineering major from Glens Falls, New York, is the first Rochester football player to earn the honor since 2007. A total of 10 Rochester football players have earned 16 Academic All-America honors.

Alex Swanger ’15 and Griffin Drake ’15 were named to the men’s soccer team. Earning his second straight honor, Swanger, a financial economics major from Penfield, New York, was named to the second team. Drake, a double major in political science and philosophy from Indianapolis, was selected to the third team.