Villanova's LB Osunde is CAA Student Athlete of the Year

Villanova linebacker Osayi Osunde, the 2009 CAA Football Student-Athlete of the Year, headlines a list of
106 CAA Football Academic All-Conference honorees for the 2009 season.

Osunde, who maintains a 3.959 grade point average and is working towards his Master's Degree in Human Resource Development, helped lead the Wildcats to their first NCAA Division I Football National Championship in 2009.  The Bloomsburg, Pa., native was a 2009 Second Team All-CAA Football selection at linebacker and earned recognition from the Philadelphia Inquirer as an Academic All-Area Team member.  Now a three-time Academic All-CAA Football honoree, Osunde earned ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA First Team Academic All-District honors during the 2009 season and was the Villanova Athletic Department's Senior Student-Athlete of the Year in 2009.

Osunde finished his career as a three-time All-CAA Football selection, including First Team honors following the 2008 season.  Serving as one of Villanova's three captains during the 2009 season, Osunde led a
defensive unit which ranked  No. 3 in the country against the run and was among the Top-10 nationally in scoring defense.  Osunde finished the 2009 season was a career-high 82 total tackles and a career-best 7.5
tackles for loss.  In his four-year career the linebacker tallied 242 total tackles and made 18.5 stops behind the line of scrimmage, including five sacks.  The three-time Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Team member was also awarded his second-straight Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Performer of the Year honor following the 2009 NCAA Championship season for Villanova.