Bangor Named Academic All-District for Second Straight Season

(PITTSBURGH, Pa.) – For the second straight season, Carnegie Mellon University junior Ian Bangor (Moon Township, Pa./Sewickley Academy), a member of men's golf, was named to the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District Men's At-Large Team.  CoSIDA recognizes outstanding academic and athletic accomplishments by honoring deserving athletes with All-Academic recognition with the official sponsor of Capital One.

Carnegie Mellon is part of District 4 which is comprised of all Division III schools in the state of Pennsylvania.

Bangor is a business administration major with a 3.87 GPA.  The junior recently competed at the 2013 NCAA Championships as well as being named to the PING Mid-Atlantic Region team for the third straight season and garnering Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar honors for the first time.  Bangor led the Tartans in scoring average for the third straight season with a 74.4. For the second year running he was tops on the team with eight top-ten finishes, six top-three finishes and three individual victories. He had three season-low rounds of 69 on three occasions and set a Tartan record with a three-round score of three-under par 211 (69-69-73) at the Vulcan Invitational hosted by California University of Pennsylvania at the Cedarbrook Golf Course.

For his career, the junior ranks first on the school's all-time charts with nine tournament wins and second with 15 top-three finishes.  He holds a career average of 75.3 through 59 rounds while setting the Tartan record for the best two-round score his freshman campaign of 141 (3-under par) at the Guy Kuhn Invitational at Meadville Country Club. Additionally, Bangor ranks first on the school's single-season list in top-three finishes with seven as well as tying for top-ten finishes with eight in each of the past two seasons.

Bangor was selected as one of two Carnegie Mellon students to represent the Tepper School of Business at the Undergraduate Business Student Leadership Conference (UBSLC) at Goizueta Business School at Emory University.  He is a member of the Carnegie Mellon Student-Athlete Advisory Council where he initiated a partnership between SAAC, men's golf team and The First Tee of Pittsburgh to host a seasonal clinic to provide golf and life skills instruction to 25 students from The Neighborhood Academy.

Bangor will now move on to the national ballot for Capital One Academic All-America consideration.