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TROY, N.Y. - Four Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) student-athletes have been selected to the 2016 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District™ 3 Division III At-Large Teams. They are all now on the CoSIDA Academic All-America® Team ballot, from which first-, second- and third team National Academic All-America honorees will be selected later this month.

Jamie Jackson (Sr., Golf) from Belfast, Maine; Biomedical Engineering (3.93)
Captain…76.79 scoring average over 18 rounds…Seven top 15 finishes in nine tournaments with two top 5s…Team had seven top 5 finishes including four top 3s in nine tournaments…Scored lower than 82% of competitors…All-Liberty League First Team…GCAA All-Northeast Region…2015 CoSIDA National Academic All-America At-Large Third Team…2015 Division III GCAA All-Northeast Region… All-Liberty League as sophomore…Six-time Liberty League Performer of the Week…Five first place and 14 top-10 finishes in 36 collegiate tournaments…Outscored 64% of competitors as freshman, 70% as sophomore, 83.5% as junior and 82% as senior…Intern in Medical Devices group at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (2015)…Hired full-time by Regeneron…Conducted research in two scientific laboratories: The Musculoskeletal Mechanics Laboratory at RPI and Musculoskeletal Tissue Regeneration Laboratory at Rutgers…Two publications both reviewed by public journals. 

Shanny Lin (So., Swimming) from El Paso, Texas; Electrical Engineering (3.91)
Two-time NCAA All-America in 200 fly…Six-time Liberty League weekly honoree…School record holder in 100 & 200 fly, 200 & 400 medley relay…Pool record holder in 200 fly, 200 medley relay…2015-16: Led team in scoring…Fourth at NCAA Championship in 200 fly to earn All-America…Liberty League champion in 100 fly, 200 fly and 200 medley relay…Runner-up in 200 IM, 400 free relay and 400 medley…NYS Meet champion in 200 fly and 400 medley relay…Runner-up in 200 medley relay and 200 free relay team…Team was school record 7-0 in dual meets, second in league meet and NYS Meet runner-up…2014-15: Led team in scoring…Fourth at NCAA Championship in 200 fly to earn All-America…Liberty League runner-up in 200 fly, 400 free relay, 200 & 400 medley relay…Liberty League All-Academic…Dean's List every semester…Rensselaer Leadership Scholarship…Intern at Advanced Athletic Technologies this summer…Special Olympics volunteer.

John Phillips (Sr., Lacrosse) from Oswego, N.Y.; Biomedical Engineering (3.60)
Four-year starter…All-Liberty League four times…National All-America once…Captain twice…2016: All-Liberty League First Team…Leads league in caused turnovers…Second on team in ground balls…Team ranked 13th in Coaches Poll …Earned NCAA Tournament At-Large Berth and hosted First Round game…Liberty League Defensive Performer of the Week once…2015: All-Liberty League Second Team…2014: All-Liberty League First Team…All-ECAC…National All-America Honorable Mention…2013: All-Liberty League Second Team…Liberty League All-Academic three times...Troy Literacy Run volunteer three years…Engineering intern in Lean Manufacturing Support at Alcon Laboratories in West Virginia…Will intern with NSA Hockey in Australia to help grow lacrosse and design lacrosse equipment.

AJ Schick (Sr., Swimming) from Stamford, Conn.; Chemical Engineering (3.89)
Two-year captain…School record holder in 200 free & 400 free and 200 medley relay…2014-15: Liberty League runner-up in 200 and 400 free relays and 200 medley relay…2013-14: School record in 200 medley relay…Team's Coaches Award in 2014…Dean's List every semester…Multiple Liberty League All-Academic…NYS All-Academic…Rensselaer Medal…President of RPI American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Student Chapter… Tau Beta Pi Honor Society (Engineering…Omega Chi Epsilon Honor Society (Chemical Eng)… Schlumberger Field Camp (field engineering training)…Intern at Xerox Corp. in polymer engineering research…Undergraduate research of antibody engineering group…Analytical Chemistry intern at Genentech…Genentech campus liaison.

Those eligible for the CoSIDA Academic All-America® At-Large Team are student-athletes from the sports of women's bowling, women's crew, fencing, women's field hockey, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming & diving, tennis, men's volleyball, water polo and men's wrestling.