WICHITA, Kan. --  Wichita State junior Graham Hatch has been named to the third-team Academic All-American men's basketball team presented by ESPN The Magazine as selected by CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America).

Hatch, a 6-foot-4 junior guard from Mesa, Ariz., carries a 3.7 in Chemistry and has started every game in 2009-10 for WSU, averaging 9.4 points and 4.0 rebounds. 

To be eligible, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.30 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current institution and be nominated by his/her sports information director.

Since the program's inception in 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-America honors on more than 15,000 student-athletes in Divisions I, II, III and NAIA, covering all NCAA championship sports.

Earlier this season he was named to the All-District VII Academic Team to advance to All-America voting. District VII consists of schools from the states of Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming. Candidates must own a min. 3.30 GPA.

2009-10 ESPN THE MAGAZINE Academic All-America®
Men's Basketball Team (University Division) as selected by CoSIDA

FIRST TEAM
Name,School,Dist.,Yr.,Hometown, GPA,Major
Tim Abromaitis, Notre Dame ,  V,Jr., Unionville, Conn., 3.72, Finance
Cole Aldrich, Kansas,VII, Jr., Bloomington, Minn., 3.32, Communication studies
Patrick Foley (3) , Columbia, I, Sr., Blue Point, N.Y., 3.87, History
Matt Howard (2) Butler  V,  Jr., Connersville, Ind., 3.77,  Finance
Yves Mekongo (2),  La Salle,  II, Sr.,  Elizabeth, N.J. 3.81,  Int. Science, Business & Tech.

SECOND TEAM
Name,    School, Dist., Yr., Hometown,  GPA, Major
Luke Babbitt,    Nevada, VIII, So., Reno, Nev., 3.51, Pre-business Administration
Marc Larson,     Bowling Green State,  IV, Sr., Mattawan, Mich. 3.97, Engineering Technology
Roman Martinez,  New Mexico, VI, Sr.,  El Paso, Texas  3.48,  Business Admin./Marketing
E'Twaun Moore, Purdue, V,  Jr., East Chicago, Ind.,  3.30,  Org. Leadership & Supervision
Nick Schneiders, So., Carolina Upstate, III,  Sr., Rietberg, Germany,  3.71, Graphic Design

THIRD TEAM
Name,   School, Dist., Yr., Hometown, GPA, Major
Devon Beitzel,   Northern Colorado, VII , Jr.,  Lafayette, Colo., 3.72,  Finance & Accounting
Graham Hatch,    Wichita State, VII, Jr., Mesa, Ariz., 3.73, Chemistry
Gordon Hayward,  Butler, V, So., Brownsburg, Ind., 3.31, Computer Engineering
Matthew Mullery, Brown, I,  Sr., Millstone, N.J. 3.31, Modern American History
Jake Robinson,   Western Carolina,  III, Sr.,  Canton, N.C., 3.40, Finance

Academic All-America of the Year:        Cole Aldrich, Kansas

--Wichita State University--