Micco currently owns 3.35 gpa while majoring in business at Sacramento State. This season, he ranks third on the team with 48 tackles while starting nine of the team’s 10 games. He is third on the team with eight tackles-for-loss, including one sack, and also has a fumble recovery. Earlier this season against Cal Poly, Micco intercepted a pass and returned it six yards for a touchdown in the team’s victory.

To be eligible for the award, a player must have appeared in at least 50 percent of his team’s games, have over a 3.20 gpa and have completed a minimum of one full academic year at the institution. The team was voted on by CoSIDA members from within the District VIII states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington, and the province of British Columbia.

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2002 Verizon Acadmic All-District VIII Football Team

First Team

QB Jason Johnson Jr. Arizona 3.79 Business Management

WR Kassim Osggod Sr. San Diego State 3.33 Sociology

Kyler Randell Jr. Eastern Wash. 3.89 Education

TE Erick Streelman Sr. Nevada 3.97 Secondary Education

RB Nich Chournos So. Weber State 3.73 Criminal Justice

OL Bryce Bohlander Sr. UCLA 3.28 Political Science

Nathan Frowsing Sr. Saint Mary’s 3.96 Politics

Phil Howard Sr. Arizona State 3.95 Finance

Ryan Jones Sr. California 3.59 English & Religious Std.

Dan Weaver Jr. Oregon 3.21 Accounting

K Jared Siegel So. Oregon 3.58 Business Adminstration

DB David Gilmore Jr. Hawai‘i 3.56 Travel Management

Morgan Scalley So. Utah 3.95 Pre-Mass Comm.

Chamieon Sutton Sr. UNLV 3.55 Social Science

Dennis Weatherby Sr. Oregon State 3.22 Liberal Studies

LB Brooks Bahr Sr. Utah 3.95 Biology

Bart Brooks Sr. Idaho State 3.50 Management

Matt McFadden Jr. Weber State 3.51 Physical Education

DL Chris Barry So. Nevada 3.51 Pre-Education

Brandon Kania So. Idaho 3.56 Agricultural Systems Mgt.

C.J. LaBoy Sr. Saint Mary’s 3.28 Business Administration

P Mark Gould Jr. No. Arizona 3.51 Marketing

Second Team

QB Juston Wood Sr. Portland State 3.80 Public Health Education

WR Toby Christensen Jr. BYU 3.74 Business Marketing

Seth Trimmer Sr. Oregon State 3/31 Business Administration

TE Casey Poppinga Sr. Utah State 3.56 Physical Education

OL Kirk Chambers Jr. Stanford 3.28 Public Policy & German

Jordan Gross Sr. Utah 3.23 Speech Communication

Scott Jackson Jr. BYU 3.61 International Study

Chris Murphy Jr. California 3.50 Political Science

K Mike Barth Sr. Arizona State 3.25 Finance

Kirk Yliniemi Jr. Oregon State 3.63 Construction Engineering

DB Keone Kaou So. Nevada 3.26 Pre-Engineering

Michael Madsen Jr. BYU 3.41 Exercise Science

Kip Nielsen Jr. BYU 3.78 Spanish

Leigh Torrance So. Stanford 3.20 Political Science

LB Travis Burkett Sr. Saint Mary’s 3.30 History

Jesse Busta Sr. Utah State 3.23 Mangement

Kelly Micco So. Sacramento State 3.35 Business

DL Jeremy Guenter So. Utah State 3.26 Biology

P Brian Simnjanovski Sr. San Diego State 3.43 Social Sciences