June 6, 2001
LAKELAND, FLA. - Old Dominion University third baseman Jeff Eure(Pillow, Pa.) has been selected to the third team Verizon/CoSIDA Academic All American squad. Eure has a 3.97 grade point average in Health and Physical Education.He was also selected in the 18th round by the Milwaukee Brewers as a catcher.
Eure led the Monarchs with seven homeruns and 40 runs batted in. Hescored 43 times and had nine doubles. The junior hit .271 and started all 56 gamesat third base. As a sophomore, he hit .331 with eight homers and 60 runs batted in.Through three years, Eure has 19 career homers and 126 career runs batted.
Eure becomes the seventh Monarch baseball player to earn Academic All-American honors.
PAST BASEBALL MONARCH ACADEMIC ALL AMERICANS
Dan McCarthyIFBusinessSecond Team1975
Todd AzarOFAccountingFirst Team 1986 & 1987
Pat EvangelistaSSFinanceSecond Team 1990
Shawn McDonnellCSports Mgmt.Second Team 1992
Kevin GibbsOFPolitical Science2nd Team 1994/1st Team 1995
Matt QuatraroCHistoryFirst Team 1996