Feb. 5, 2009

Duquesne University guard Jason Duty (Cranberry Township, Pa.), a junior with a 3.75 GPA, has been named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 2 Basketball Team.

Duty, who is working toward an accounting degree, leads the team with a .425 three-point field goal shooting percentage and is second on the Dukes with 37 three-ponters made. The non-scholarship player has started all 21 contests and is the fifth-leading scorer for 14-7 Duquesne at 8.3 ppg.

Duty will have his name placed on the national ballot, with the 2008-09 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Basketball Team to be released on Wednesday, February 25.

2008-09 ESPN THE MAGAZINE ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT 2 BASKETBALL TEAM
University Division

Alex Ruoff  Sr. WEST VIRGINIA   Spring Hill, Fla.   3.79    HistoryYves Mekongo Mbala  Jr. LA SALLE             Elizabeth, N.J.    3.82    Integrated Science,                                                Business & TechnologyJason Duty    Jr. DUQUESNE             Cranberry Twp., Pa 3.75    AccountingMaruis Hall Jr. LEHIGH           Portland, Ore. 3.43    FinanceDanny Morrissey Gr. PENN STATE  Cleveland, Ohio 3.51/3.34   Finance/Labor & Industrial                                                Relations Management