17 February 2005
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - Illinois Wesleyan University junior Keelan Amelianovich has been elected to the first team of the District Five College Division all-academic men’s basketball squad and will join representatives of seven other districts on the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America national ballot.
Amelianovich, a 6-foot-6 forward from Naperville, Ill. (Neuqua Valley HS), is an accounting major with a 3.76 grade-point average (on a 4.0 scale). He is a member of Alpha Lambda Delta and Phi Eta Sigma scholastic honoraries.
For the 17-4 Titans this season, Amelianovich is averaging a team-high 17.5 points and has connected on 53 3-point field goals. In his career he is No. 4 all-time at IWU with 141 3-pointers.
In 2004, Amelianovich was the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin “Player of the Year” and a first team All-American when he set a school record with 82 3-point field goals and led the Titans to the final 16 in the NCAA tournament.
The academic all-district team was chosen by a vote of members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) in Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario. To be considered for the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America squads, players must be of at least sophomore standing, have a cumulative grade-point average of 3.2 (of 4.0), and be a starter or first-line reserve.
Other members of the first team all-district squad are Doug Espenson of Gustavus Adolphus (3.49, economics); Aurora’s Adam McCoy (3.71, biology); Wheaton guard Jon Nielson (3.82, English); and Jeff VerSteeg of Northwestern (Minn.) (3.85, management, information systems). All first team members except Amelianovich are seniors.
