Marcus Bartley earns CoSIDA Academic All-District honors

By Tom Weber siusalukis.com

CARBONDALE, Ill. — Southern Illinois junior guard Marcus Bartley has been named to the CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America) Academic All-District team for District 5, which comprises all Division I teams in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio.

Marcus Bartley has taken over the point guard position since transferring from St. Louis. Congratulations for his honor of a student athlete. (SIU Salukis Photo)

A sport administration major with a 4.00 GPA, Bartley leads Southern Illinois with 84 assists, despite missing the first six games of the season with a broken wrist. He returned in December and has played in 23 games, including 19 starts. The Saint Louis transfer and Decatur, Illinois native averages 6.6 points and ranks second on the team in 3-point shooting percentage at .389. In two games this season against Northern Iowa, he went 8-for-11 from outside the arc.

Bartley is the program’s first Academic All-District pick since Bryan Mullins won the award in 2009. Mullins went on to become a two-time Academic All-American. Academic All-District honorees advance to the CoSIDA Academic All-America Team ballot, where first-, second- and third-team All-America honorees will be announced in March.

NCAA DIVISION I – DISTRICT 5 (IL, IN, MI, OH)

FIRST TEAM Name        School    Yr.    GPA    Major
Marcus Bartley    Southern Illinois University    Jr.    4.00    Sport Administration
Clayton Custer    Loyola University Chicago    Jr.    3.52    Finance
Seth Dugan    Western Michigan University    Jr.    3.96    Finance
Nate Fowler    Butler University    Jr.    3.56    Mechanical Engineering / Economics
Sean Sellers    Ball State University    Gr.    3.64 / 3.67    Secondary Education (UG)