June 1, 2005

NORFOLK, VA--Old Dominion University senior righthander James Burok (Archbald, PA.) has been selected to the second team ESPN The Magazine /COSIDA Academic All-American squad.

Burok graduated with a 3.95 grade point average in finance. He currently ranks second in the CAA in saves with six and has a 3-6 overall record with a 4.73 earned run average. Burok has struckout 54 batters in 51 innings of work.

In May he was selected to the first team CoSIDA All-District III team. Burok was also the recipient of the Jack Wilkins/James Howard Male Scholar Athlete of the Year at ODU.

PAST ODU ACADEMIC ALL AMERICANS
Dan McCarthy (1975)       2nd team
Todd Azar (1986 and 1987) 1st team
Pat Evangelista (1990)    2nd team
Shawn McDonnell  (1992)   2nd team
Kevin Gibbs  (1995)       1st team
Matt Quatraro (1996)      1st team
Jeff Eure (2001)          3rd team