Reisert, Marino Named CoSIDA Academic All-Americans

DURHAM, N.H. – Two members of the University of New Hampshire football team, senior Kyle Reisert (Plymouth, N.H., First Team) and graduate student Nick Marino (Hudson, N.H., Second Team), were named Thursday to the 2017 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-America Division I Football Team, which honors top student-athletes nationally for their combined athletic and academic performances.

This marks the third and fourth Academic All-America honorees in UNH football history, respectively, as Reisert and Marino follow in the footsteps of former offensive tackles John Driscoll (1952, First Team) and Dave Morton (1984, First Team).

Reisert, who had junior eligibility this season, became the fourth Wildcat student-athlete to earn Academic All-America First Team distinction (Driscoll, Morton, Laura Rose Donegan-2016 Women's Track/XC). The mechanical engineering major with a cumulative 4.00 grade point average is a three-time member of the CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll and a two-time CAA Academic All-Conference honoree who was inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma in 2017. In six games as a starting defensive end this season, Reisert tallied 10 tackles (five solo) and two pass breakups before a leg injury ended his season Nov. 11.

Marino, a safety, earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering, graduating summa cum laude (3.86 GPA) in December 2016. The University Honors Program Presidential Scholar has compiled a 4.00 GPA as a graduate student studying for a master's degree in mechanical engineering with a concentration in fluid dynamics. Marino saw action in all 14 games, collecting nine tackles and an interception, which he returned 33 yards in a win against Bryant on Sept. 30. The three-time member of the CAA Academic All-Conference Team and CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll was inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma, the National College Athlete Honors Society, and he is co-president of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).

Reisert and Marino are the 19^th and 20^th CoSIDA Academic All-Americans in UNH history; 10 of the 20 recipients have been feted since 2016, including six student-athletes in 2017. The complete list is below:

All-time UNH CoSIDA Academic All-America Team Members
Year	Sport	Student-Athlete	All-America
1952	Football	John Driscoll	First Team
1972	Baseball	Steve Merino	Third Team
1972	Baseball	Jeff Trundy	Third Team
1984	Football	Dave Morton	First Team
1997	Women's Basketball	Sheila Danker	Second Team
2000	Women's Basketball	Orsi Farkas	Second Team
2005	Men's Soccer	Matt Shump	Third Team
2009	Women's At-Large	Veronique Archambault-Leger	Third Team
2010	Women's At-Large	Veronique Archambault-Leger	Second Team
2011	Women's Track/XC	Kaitlyn Dugan	Second Team
2016	Men's At-Large	Raleigh Goessling	Second Team
2016	Men's Soccer	Chris Arling	Second Team
2016	Men's Soccer	Chris Wingate	Third Team
2016	Women's Track/XC	Laura Rose Donegan	First Team
2017	Women's At-Large	Lizzie Gill	Third Team
2017	Women's Soccer	Mia Neas	Third Team
2017	Women's Track/XC	Elinor Purrier	Second Team
2017	Women's Track/XC	Laura Rose Donegan	Third Team
2017	Football	Kyle Reisert	First Team
2017	Football	Nick Marino	Second Team

The 21^st-ranked UNH football team (9-5) competed in the NCAA Division I FCS playoffs for the 14^th consecutive season, which is the longest active streak in the nation. The Wildcats defeated Central Connecticut State in the first round and No. 4 seed Central Arkansas in the second round before falling at No. 5 seed South Dakota State in the quarterfinal round Dec. 9.

In its second season as home of the UNH football team, Wildcat Stadium saw a 13-percent attendance increase, highlighted by the all-time largest crowd for a home opener (15,854) and largest on-campus crowd (22,135) in school history. The Wildcats averaged 12,751 fans per home game in 2017, up from the previous high of 11,108 in 2016. The overall attendance of 63,756 for five home dates eclipsed the regular-season attendance of 55,542 in 2016.

For more information about the UNH football program, visit www.unhwildcats.com. For more information on the CoSIDA Academic All-America program, visit www.cosida.com.

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