SEATTLE (June 21) ­Seattle Pacific University track and field standout Paul Mach has been named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America team for the second year in a row.

Mach (Sr., Seattle, Wa./King's), who made the second team, becomes the Falcons' first repeat track Academic All-American since Matt Cooper in 1997-98 and the third overall.

Mach, a computer science major with a 3.76 GPA, and was All-American and finished fourth in the NCAA 800 meters last month after winning the Great Northwest Athletic Conference title while setting a conference record. He finished first or second in eight of 10 races.

Earlier, Mach had been honored for his class work by being named to the Academic All-District and Academic all-GNAC teams, and was both an SPU scholar athlete and Falcon Award for Excellence winner. Mach is a finalist for an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship.

Nathan Carlson of Saint Martin's, Puget Sound's Frank Pierce and Whitworth's Aaron Coe were also included on the list of 45 recipients.