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June 26, 2007
Virginia men’s cross country/track and field student-athlete Andrew Dumm (Fairfax, Va.) has been named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Cross Country/Track and Field third team announced this week. A Fulbright Scholar, Dumm will study in Jordan during the 2007-2008 academic year.In Jordan, Dumm will study the relationship between the Jordanian media and US foreign policy. A political science major, Dumm will research how the media in Jordan view American foreign policy. A student of Arabic, Dumm plans on interviewing Jordanian citizens on their views of America and how they are influenced by the media.
Dumm qualified for the NCAA National Championships in the 10K in 2007. He won the ACC title in the 5000m in 2006 and earned All-ACC honors in 2005, 2006 and 2007.The Fairfax, Va., native was honored by the ACC with a Weaver-James-Corrigan postgraduate scholarship in March. He also earned National All-Academic honors by the United States Track and Field/Cross Country Coaches’ Association in 2006 and was also named to the ACC All-Academic Cross Country team that same year.