Tim Tebow: "A student athlete?"

Today, ESPN announced its College Football Academic All-American Team, an honor reserved to football athletes who excel in the classroom. All student-athletes who manage to excel in the classroom despite the pressure and time constraints of competing in NCAA sports should be commended. However, I have a problem with one of the selections, the most notable selection. Tim Tebow, the posterboy of College Football, was selected as the 2009 ESPN Academic All-America of the Year, the top honor.This is ridiculous. Yahoo's College Football Blog, Dr. Saturday, posted an article in the beginning of the season posted an article in the beginning of the season of how Tebow was only taking 1 hour of class, stating that "he was a football player this season. The fact that academics take a back seat to football at times, is a given, but that is not the topic of this post. The media needs to get off of the Tim Tebow love train. I know he's a great player and humanitarian, but he is not deserving of this award. He even admitted he's not really a student this semester. I cannot believe that the Academic All-American has been given to someone taking 1 hour of credit. Really? Zeke Markshausen, a Northwestern receiver enrolled in graduate school for mechanical engineering (3.46 GPA) was among all the more deserving student-athletes deserving of this award. The Academic All-America of the Year belongs to a student-athlete, not simply someone who is a football player like Tebow.