College Corner: Park View Grad Robert Hayes Makes Academic All-District as Well as First Team Defense at Shepherd

College Corner with Dan Sousa 
(Nov. 14, 2012) - Park View High School grad Robert Hayes, a junior at Shepherd University, was one of six WVIAC student-athletes honored as Capital One Academic All-District 1 first-team selections this week. In addition the 6-foot-2, DT was named first team defense.


Individuals for Academic All-District were selected based on their academic and athletic accomplishments and voted on by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). To be eligible, players must have spent more than one season at the institution, participated in 50 percent of the team's games and have a cumulative grade-point average higher than 3.30.

Hayes, a defensive lineman from Sterling, has recorded 25 tackles, including 10 solo, this season. He also has seven tackles for loss and a pair of sacks while leading the most vaunted defenses against the rush in Division II. Hayes also has a pair of blocked kicks. He sports a 3.56 grade-point average and is majoring in fitness and exercise science.

Stone Bridge grad Nate Ingersoll, a senior at Glenville State, was named second team defense at OLB.