Academy graduate named to academic all-American team Published June 16, 2004 U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AFPN) -- A 2004 academy graduate was named to the Academic All-American At-Large Team by the College Sports Information Directors of America on June 15. Second Lt. Mike Polidor is the third hockey player from here to earn the honor in the past five years.Lieutenant Polidor, a goaltender from Imperial, Penn., was the No. 1 ranked cadet in his major of astronautical engineering. He carried a 3.89 grade-point average and had a perfect 4.0 in his major. He ranked 13th of 1,010 cadets in the Class of 2004 and has been named to the College Hockey America all-academic team three times. Lieutenant Polidor earned the Jim Bowman Award in 2003 and 2004 as the team's top scholar-athlete.On the ice, Lieutenant Polidor was a three-year starter as goaltender and has been named to four all-tournament teams in three years. This season, he was team captain. He ended his career ranked third in Air Force history in career goals-against average (3.62) and fourth in career saves percentage (.881) while playing in nearly 100 games. He has led Air Force to numerous big wins in his career, but his biggest was a shutout victory over 21st-ranked Miami-Ohio earlier this season. He also ranks second in career Division I wins with 27.