SIU's Marcus Bartley named First-Team Academic All-American

CARBONDALE - Southern Illinois graduate guard Marcus Bartley was named to the 2018-19 Google Cloud Academic All-America First Team, selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America and announced Monday. Bartley graduated with a perfect 4.0 GPA in May 2018 and holds a perfect 4.0 GPA in his M.B.A. program.

Bartley became SIU's third-ever two-time Academic All-American, having also earned a spot on the Third Team in 2018. He joins Mike Glenn (1976, 77) and Bryan Mullins (2008, 09) as two-time Academic All-Americans. Bartley, a Saint Louis transfer, scored 617 career points and dished 261 career assists in his four years.

At SIU, he hit 81 shots from beyond the arc and shot 37.7 percent over two seasons from the 3-point line.

Southern Illinois University student-athletes have now earned Academic All-America honors 98 times all-time, which is the most of any Missouri Valley Conference school.

A complete list of Academic All-Americans in men's basketball include: Don Portugal (Third Team), 1972; Mike Glenn (First Team), 1976; Mike Glenn (First Team), 1977; Jamaal Tatum (Second Team), 2007; Bryan Mullins (Second Team), 2008; Bryan Mullins (First Team), 2009; Marcus Bartley (Third Team), 2018; and Marcus Bartley (First Team), 2019.