Oct. 30, 2008

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Robert Sausaman, a senior defender for the Memphis men's soccer squad, was named First Team ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District IV. The native of Gainesville, Fla., has a 3.81 GPA in business finance. 11 soccer players were selected to the academic all-district first team.

Sausaman was named to the academic all-district team in 2006. He is now eligible to be named to the ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-America team. Sausaman has maintained a 3.0 or higher for all of his previous six semesters at the U of M. He has been named to the Tiger Academic 30 for three of his six semesters. The Tiger Academic 30 honors the 30 student-athletes who have the highest GPA's for the semester. Sausaman has also been on the Dean's List for all of his previous six semesters at the University of Memphis. He has been named to the C-USA Academic Team in two of three of his seasons as a Tiger and has been named to the C-USA Academic Honor Roll in all three of his seasons in the Blue and Gray.