TROY, N.Y. - The 2009 ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District 1 Men's Soccer teams have been announced and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) student-athletes Sean Fleury and Brad Shelofsky have been selected to the First and Second Teams, respectively. Fleury, a senior, is now eligible for National Academic All-America consideration.

Fleury, a native of Princeton, Mass., is a biomedical engineering major with a minor in management. He has a 3.78 cumulative grade point average. A forward, he has played in 14 of the team's 16 games, recording a team-best eight assists and three goals for 14 points. He has taken 21 shots, including 10 on goal. Fleury is currently second in the Liberty League in assists and assists per game (0.57).

A graduate of Wachusett Regional High School, Fleury has scored seven goals and picked up 12 assists in 56 career games. He has helped the seventh-ranked Engineers to a 13-1-2 record this season, including a 5-1-1 mark in the Liberty League. During his tenure at Rensselaer, Fleury has helped the Engineers to the 2009 Liberty League regular season title, the 2008 NCAA Tournament, the 2007 ECAC Championship title and wins at the Red Hawk Classic in 2006 and 2008 and the 2008 Union Classic.
 
Fleury, who has been a Dean's List and Liberty League All-Academic selection multiple times, is a member of the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Society and Rensselaer's Biomedical Engineering Society. He served a co-op at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, interned with Harvard-MIT HST Summer Institute in Biomedical Optics and is a volunteer at UMass Memorial Hospital. In addition to working on publishing four papers, he is a Founders Award of Excellence and William Hernstadt Patroon Award recipient.

A mechanical engineering major with a minor in management & technology, Shelofsky was recognized after posting a 3.89 cumulative GPA. A sophomore back from Rochester, N.Y., he has posted a goal and an assist for three points. A Liberty League Defensive Performer of the Week selection, he has started all 16 games for the Engineers and helped anchor a defense that has recorded a conference-best 10 shutouts and allowed just six goals on the season.

The Greece Athena High School graduate has helped the Engineers defense hold its opponents scoreless through the first seven games. RPI currently ranks fourth nationally in save percentage (.908) and goals against average (0.39) while leading the Liberty League in seven defensive categories, including fewest goals allowed (6) and fewest points allowed (16).

Shelofsky, who is a multiple Dean's List selection and a Liberty League All-Academic honoree, is a recipient of the Monroe Professional Engineering Society Scholarship. Ranking in the top seven percent of his class (1,100 students), he has interned with the Eastman Kodak Company and volunteers his time at area grade schools.

In order to be eligible for academic honors, a student-athlete must be a starter or important reserve with legitimate athletic credentials and at least a 3.20 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale). He must have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at his current institution and must have completed at least one full academic year at their current institution.

Rensselaer, the top-seed in the Liberty League Tournament, welcomes fourth-seed Union College to East Campus Stadium for a semifinal match on Wednesday at 7:30pm. Live stats for Wednesday's game will be available at http://sidearmstats.com/rpi/msoc/ and a live video stream will be available on a pay-per-view basis through the B2 Networks http://www.b2tv.com/upcoming_events.asp.