Senior center fielder Justin Held (Hudson, Ohio/Hudson) was named to the 2009 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District first team as selected by The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). This marks the second straight season the senior has earned first-team recognition and the third time he has made the Academic All-District squad. As a first-team selection Held will move on to the ballot to name the 2009 Academic All-America squad.

After making the move to second base last season, Held returned to center field which is where he spent the majority of his senior campaign. The Hudson, Ohio native hit .385 (50-for-130) with six doubles, four triples and one home run. The senior also scored 25 runs, drove in 16 more and swiped seven bags all while compiling a .515 slugging percentage and a .453 on-base percentage. Held finished his tenure in Granville with 148 hits, 89 runs scored, 54 RBIs and 110 starts in three seasons. His 11 career triples rank second on the school's all-time list while his .365 career batting average is good enough for fifth all-time at Denison. Held has a grade point average of 3.88 and will graduate this spring with a bachelor's degree in economics.

Created in 1952 by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Teams Program is premier, nationwide college scholar-athlete awards program. It recognizes 816 outstanding student-athletes annually in Division I, II, III and NAIA covering all NCAA championship sports.