Four Denison University athletes received spots on the 2009 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District At-Larges squads. Senior women's swimmer Kristen Hohl (Winfield, Ill./Wheaton North) and senior men's tennis player James Davis (Toledo, Ohio/St. John's Jesuit) both earned first-team honors while senior diver Russ Bornschein (Ann Arbor, Mich./Pioneer) and junior lacrosse player Brady Burton (Dublin, Ohio/Jerome) both received second-team accolades.

A CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® in 2007 and 2008, Hohl landed on the first-team All-District team after capturing three national championships in the 200 and 400 medley relays, and the 200 freestyle relay.  The Winfield, Ill. native was also a six-time All-American during her senior campaign.  During her tenure in Granville, the four-time national qualifier has won four national titles, recorded 22 All-American swims and has captured 11 North Coast Athletic Conference championships.  Additionally, the biology major has broken NCAA national records in the 200 and 400 medley relays. Earlier this month she became Denison's 43rd NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship award winner and was one of five recipients of the prestegious Denison Presidential Medal at the annual senior awards convocation.

Davis went 9-6 in singles action and 15-4 in doubles play on the court en route to his first ESPN Academic All-District honor.  While at Denison,  the sociology and anthropology double major earned all-conference honors all four years including first-team status as a junior and senior.  For his career, Davis posted a 45-26 mark in singles action and a 58-22 record at doubles.  Thanks to their first-team designation both Davis and Hohl will move on to the national ballot for an opportunity to be named to the 2009 ESPN THe Magainze Academic All-America® squad.

On the second-team, Bornschein earned his first NCAC crown in the 1-meter dive this season en route to being named NCAC Male Diver of the Year.  Since 2005 Bornschein logged seven, top-3 finishes at the NCAC Championship meet helping lead the Denison men's swimming and diving squad to the 2008-09 NCAC title.  The biology major is a member of Pi Mu Epsilon, the National Mathematics Honorary. 

On the lacrosse field, Burton led the Big Red in goals scored (53) for the third straight season.  The biology major also dished off eight assists and scooped up 21 ground balls to help lead Denison to the NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals for the 11th time in .  He scored his 100th career goal on Feb. 23 against Trine and after three seasons in Granville, Burton will enter his season season with 152 career goals scored.