For the second straight season, Illinois State junior Neil Plank was named to the 2004-05 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America University Division Men's Basketball Team as selected by the CoSIDA All-District V Team on Thursday.
Plank, who was named to the 2003-04 All-District V team, is currently averaging 7.5 points and 4.4 rebounds per game. He has played in 22 games, all as a reserve. The product of Mt. Zion, Ill., carries a 4.0 grade point average and is majoring in finance.
Im happy for Neil and this is truly a deserving honor, head coach Porter Moser said. He takes tremendous pride in his academics, as he should. With the demands that are placed on a student-athlete it is great to see someone produce like he does in the classroom with his 4.0 and on the floor.
Plank was named the 2003-04 Illinois State Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year and earned Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete Second Team honors in 2004. He is a member of the Deans List and is a five-time member of the AFNI Athletic Directors Honor Roll.
