Riverbat Garners Academic Award

Widener University senior Jamie Schild (Genesee Valley '05) has been honored as a second team CoSIDA academic all-region selection for football.

Schild was a member of the 2005 Genesee Valley Riverbats. He played baseball for two seasons at Widener (2005, 2006) and was a two-time, first-team All-Commonwealth Conference honoree.

In 2005, Schild was named first team CoSIDA academic all-region for baseball.

The Fairport, N.Y., native has excelled on the gridiron as well as in the classroom. Last season, Schild was first-team All-MAC in football and second-team all-region. This year, Schild was Widener's second leading receiver heading into the Division III playoffs. He had 29 catches for 281 yards and three touchdowns.

Away from the field, Schild is a civil engineering major.

Widener won the Middle Atlantic Conference football championship this fall, but fell in the first round of the Division III playoffs, 21-20, to Case Western Reserve.