WALTHAM, Mass. – Recent graduate Matthew Driben of Reading, Pennsylvania, of the Brandeis University men's cross country and track and field teams team has been named a second-team College Sports Communicators (CSC, formerly CoSIDA) Academic All-American.
Driben was a three-time winner during cross-country season last fall for the Judges, capturing the Wellesley Invitational, the Keene State Invitational and the Connecticut College White Race. He was the team's top finisher at 2022 UAA Championships, placing 50th overall. During track and field season, he ran a sub-15-minute 5K at New Balance track this season. Driben earned All-New England honors in 2022, when he placed second in the 10,000-meter run. Outside of competition, Driben posted a 3.96 grade-point average, graduating with degrees in biology and Health: Science, Society and Policy. He earned Dean's List every semester and Academic All-UAA honors each season he was eligible. Driben was involved with the Waltham Group, Brandeis's community service organization. He will be attending medical school in his native Pennsylvania next year after winning the University's Linsey Fellowship.
Driben is Brandeis's third CSC Academic All-American of 2022-23, joining fellow recent graduates Juliette Carreiro of women's soccer and Maggie Shealy of women's fencing. He is the 32nd athlete overall to earn CSC Academic All-America honors and the fourth from the Judges' men's track and cross country program.
The 2023 Academic All-America® Men's and Women's Cross Country and Track and Field Teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances in the athletic realm and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America® program separately recognizes honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA.
The Division II and III CSC Academic All-America® programs are partially financially supported by the NCAA Division II and III national governance structures to assist CSC with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2022-23 Divisions II and III Academic All-America® programs. The NAIA CSC Academic All-America® program is partially financially supported through the NAIA national office.