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Kerrigan and Holland named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-Distrcit V team.

Nov. 6, 2008

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -Sophomore defenders Ryan Kerrigan and Joe Holland are putting up impressive numbers not only on the field, but in the classroom as well. The two were named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District V first team on Thursday. The selections are the first in each player's respective career and marked the 20th and 21st academic all-district honors for Purdue players in the 12 years under head coach Joe Tiller.

Both players are now on the ballot for Academic All-America honors.

Defensive end Kerrigan, a native of Muncie, Ind., has 3.65 cumulative grade point average in communications at Purdue. On the field, the first-year starter has racked up a team-high six sacks and is fourth on the team in total tackles with 40. Last weekend against Michigan, Kerrigan posted a career-high 10 tackles and three sacks in the Boilermakers' thrilling 48-42 win over the Wolverines.

Holland, a native of Indianapolis, Ind., has yet to receive anything but an `A' in his major of movement and sports science at Purdue. The 4.0 student-athlete is third for the Boilermakers in total tackles this season (58), including a career-high 11 stops against Notre Dame, his mother and father's alma mater. Holland's numbers are even more impressive when considering he was moved from his natural safety position to linebacker just days before the season started.

Kerrigan, Holland and the Boilermakers will head to East Lansing, Mich., this Saturday for a game against No. 18 Michigan State. Kickoff is scheduled for noon ET on the Big Ten Network.


2008 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District V Team
P	Chris Miller	Ball State	3.38	Accounting
QB	Matt Barr		Western Illinois	3.95	Accounting
WR	Eric Decker	Minnesota		3.47	Business marketing Ed.
WR	Alex White	Butler		3.61	Finance
TE	Ryan Kernes	Southern Illinois	4.00	Civil Engineering
RB	Zach Brown	Wisconsin		3.32	Undeclared
OL	Phil Brunner	Northwestern	3.79 	1st semester grad
						Chemical Engineering and
                                                       Materials Science & Eng.
OL	Ryan McDonald	Illinois		3.81	Aeorospace Engineering
OL	Jeff Tow-Arnett	Minnesota 	3.81	Business marketing Ed.
OL	Jon Brost		Northern Illinois	3.50	Electrical Engineering
OL	Jon Asamoah	Illinois		3.79	Community Health
PK	Austin Starr	Indiana		3.75	Biology
DB	Mike Anello	Notre Dame	3.93	Finance
DB	Mike McElroy	Southern Illinois	3.93	Biological Sciences
DB	S. Summerville	Butler		3.43	Secondary Education
DB	Tim Jackson	Western Illinois 	3.30	Supply Chain Management
LB	Ryan Patton	Southern Illinois	4.00	Finance
LB	Joe Holland	Purdue		4.00	Movement and Sports Science
LB	Kyle Glazier	Western Illinois	3.85	Law Enforcement and
                                                       Justice Administration
DL	Adam Rundh	Valparaiso 	3.92	International Business
                                                       and Finance
DL	Gonzalo Barinaga	Ball State	3.68	Biology/Pre-Med
DL	Ryan Kerrigan	Purdue		3.65	Communication
DL	Craig Rusch	Northern Illinois	3.32	Mechanical Engineering