Torphy Named Academic All-America of the Year

Bobby Torphy crossed the finish line at Muhlenberg in a dead heat, but when it comes to the Academic All-America® Team, he is alone in first place.

Torphy, the co-valedictorian of the Class of 2011, was chosen as the Capital One Academic All-America® of the Year on the College Division Track & Field/Cross Country Team. He is the first student-athlete in Muhlenberg history to receive the honor.

College Division consists of all non-Division I institutions, so Torphy was named the top scholar-athlete among all Division II, Division III and NAIA track and field and cross country programs in the country.

Torphy made the Academic All-America® first team for the second year in a row, and he was joined by rising senior Michael Baer, who was named to the Academic All-America® second team.

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Also joining Torphy and Baer was Johns Hopkins' senior Steve Tobochnik, who was named to the Academic All-America® third team.

Tobochnik, a two-time First Team CoSIDA Academic All-District selection, was a standout for both the cross country and track teams at JHU who made a name for himself as one of the top distance runners in the region . A two-time All-Centennial Conference and All-Mideast Regional selection in cross country, Tobochnik helped Johns Hopkins to four top-three finishes at the Centennial Conference Cross Country Championships as well as three top-seven finishes at the NCAA Mideast Regional Championships. He was Hopkins' top finisher at the 2009 and 2010 Centennial Cross Country Championships as he finished in seventh and 16th place, respectively. He qualified for the NCAA Cross Country Championships in 2009.

A three-time USTFCCCA All-Academic selection, Tobochnik is a member of Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, boasts a 3.87 cumulative GPA and recently earned his degree in behavioral biology. He was the recipient of the Johns Hopkins University Provost Undergraduate Research Award and the Undergraduate Neuroscience Travel Grant. He has worked as a research assistant in the Biology Department at JHU and has shadowed a physician at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutes in Psychiatry. In addition, Tobochnik has interned in the Neurobehavioral Unit of the Kennedy Krieger Institute.

Complete 2010-11 Capital One Academic All-America® Men's Track & Field/Cross Country Teams