List of Men's Basketball Academic All-America Team Members of the Year
The Men's Basketball Academic All-America Team Member of the Year is the annual most outstanding singular male college basketball athlete of the set of basketball athletes selected for the Academic All-America Teams in a given year. This is a list of the annual selection by College Sports Communicators (CSC), known before the 2022–23 season as the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), and its Academic All-America sponsor of the individual athlete selected as the most outstanding of the annual Men's Basketball Academic All-America selections. Between 1996 and 2011, one winner each was chosen from both the college and University Divisions for all twelve Academic All-America teams including football. The Academic All-America program recognizes combined athletic and academic excellence of the nation's top student-athletes. The University Division team included eligible participants from National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I member schools, while the College Division team included scholar-athletes from all of the following: NCAA Division II , NCAA Division III , National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), Canadian universities and colleges and two-year schools.
Beginning in 2012, CSC revamped its award structure. The University Division was renamed "Division I". Since then, NCAA Divisions II and III have had their own separate All-Americans. The College Division consisted only of non-NCAA institutions through the 2017–18 school year, after which it was effectively replaced by an NAIA division restricted to members of that governing body.[ 1] [ a]
Currently, each team selects Academic All-District honorees in eight geographic districts across the United States and Canada.[ 2] The districts are as follows: – District 1 (CT , MA , ME , NH , NY , RI , VT ), District 2 (DC , DE , KY , MD , NJ , PA , WV ), District 3 (NC , TN , VA ), District 4 (AL , FL , GA , PR , SC ), District 5 (IL , IN , MI , OH ), District 6 (AR , IA , LA , MN , MO , MS , MT , ND , SD , WI , WY ), – District 7 (CO , ID , KS , NE , NM , NV , OK , TX ), District 8 (AK , AZ , CA , HI , OR , UT , WA , Canada ).[ 3] First team All-District honorees make the All-America team ballots. Currently, all twelve Academic All-American teams (men's and women's basketball , men's and women's soccer , men's and women's track & field , men's baseball , women's softball , men's American football , women's volleyball and men's and women's at-large teams) have four Academic All-Americans of the Year, one from each division. In each of the four divisions (NAIA, Division I, Division II, and Division III), one of the twelve sport-by-sport Academic All-Americans of the Year is selected as the Academic All-America Team Member of the Year for that division.[ 4] The most recent men's basketball players to receive the all-sports honor are Cooper Cook of Nebraska Wesleyan University and Kyle Steigenga of Cornerstone University , respectively named in Division III and the former College Division in 2018.[ 5] [ 6]
History
As of January 31, 2024[update] , Illinois Wesleyan University has had the most men's basketball Academic All-America honorees,[ 7] and three of them have been recognized with this award a total of four times.[ 8]
Several of the Men's Basketball Academic All-America of the Year winners have gone on to win the overall Academic All-America of the Year . Michael Smith was the first University Division overall winner in 1988. Then, Alec Kessler (1990), Todd Fuller (1996) and Emeka Okafor (2004) also won the University Division overall Academic All-America. Before the College Division was split, Korey Coon (2000) and Troy Ruths (2008) won the overall award. Since the split there have been no Division I or Division II overall winners. However, Colton Hunt (2013), John Coleman (2015) and Cooper Cook (2018) have one the Division III award. Kyle Steigenga (2018) has won the College Division award.[ 9]
Several have been repeat winners of this award.[ 8]
Tables of winners
Emeka Okafor went on to win the overall award in 2004.
Names in bold indicate winners of the all-sports Academic All-America award. All winners are Americans unless indicated otherwise.
Two-division era (1988–2011)
Four-division era (2012–present)
See also
^ The College Division still exists within the CoSIDA Academic All-America program, but awards are only presented in CoSIDA's "at-large" category, encompassing sports in which the organization does not select a dedicated Academic All-America team. See CoSIDA's official calendar for announcement of its 2019–20 Academic All-America honorees.
^ College Division, 2012–2018; NAIA, 2019–present
^ The five undergraduate Claremont Colleges operate two athletic programs. Claremont McKenna teams with Harvey Mudd College and Scripps College to field sports teams as Claremont–Mudd–Scripps.
References
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^ "Capital One Academic All-District ® Men's Basketball Teams Released" (PDF) . College Sports Information Directors of America . February 3, 2011. Retrieved March 22, 2011 .
^ "CoSIDA Academic All-District® Men's Basketball Team Released" (PDF) . CoSIDA . February 17, 2022. Retrieved March 11, 2024 .
^ "Academic All-America program Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)" (PDF) . College Sports Information Directors of America . Retrieved March 22, 2011 .
^ "Nebraska Wesleyan's Cooper Cook Selected Google Cloud Division III Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year" (PDF) (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. July 18, 2018. Retrieved January 27, 2019 .
^ "Men's Basketball Standout Kyle Steigenga of Cornerstone Named as Google Cloud College Division Academic All-America® of the Year" (PDF) (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. July 16, 2018. Retrieved January 27, 2019 .
^ "Academic All-America®, selected by College Sports Communicators" (PDF) . College Sports Communicators . January 31, 2024. Retrieved March 19, 2024 .
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^ "All-Time Academic All-America® Overall Team Member of the Year presented by College Sports Communicators" (PDF) . College Sports Communicators . 2023. Retrieved March 18, 2023 .
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^ a b "2006 COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM" (PDF) . College Sports Information Directors of America . April 11, 2017. Retrieved May 8, 2024 .
^ "2007 COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM" (PDF) . College Sports Information Directors of America . April 11, 2017. Retrieved May 8, 2024 .
^ "2007 NAIA Division II Men's Basketball All-American Teams" . cosida.com . March 13, 2007. Retrieved February 28, 2024 .
^ a b "Drake's Emmenecker & Washington's (Mo.) Ruths Head 2008 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® Men's Basketball Team" (PDF) . College Sports Information Directors of America . February 26, 2008. Retrieved March 23, 2011 .
^ a b "Brett Winkelman of North Dakota State, MIT's Jimmy Bartolotta Lead ESPN The Magazine's Academic All America® Men's Basketball Teams" (PDF) . College Sports Information Directors of America . February 25, 2009. Retrieved March 23, 2011 .
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^ a b "Matt Howard of Butler, Austin Meier of MSOE lead Capital One Academic All-America® Men's Basketball Teams" . College Sports Information Directors of America . February 22, 2011. Archived from the original on March 4, 2011. Retrieved March 23, 2011 .
^ "Tyler Zeller of UNC, Elena Delle Donne headline Capital One Academic All-America® Division I Basketball Teams" . College Sports Information Directors of America . February 23, 2012. Archived from the original on July 13, 2012. Retrieved February 23, 2012 .
^ "Nick Trull of Anderson, Michelle McDonald of Winona State lead Capital One Academic All-America® Division II Basketball Team" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. February 22, 2012. Archived from the original on July 13, 2012. Retrieved May 7, 2024 .
^ "Aris Wurtz of Ripon, Carol Cayo of Milwaukee School of Engineering lead Capital One Academic All-America® Division III Basketball Teams" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. February 21, 2012. Archived from the original on July 13, 2012. Retrieved May 7, 2024 .
^ "Capital One Academic All-America® College Division Basketball Teams announced; Casey Coons (Taylor University) and Jennifer Jorgensen (Grand View) named Academic All-America Team Members of the Year" . cosida.com . February 20, 2012. Archived from the original on July 13, 2012. Retrieved May 7, 2024 .
^ "Delaware's Elena Delle Donne, Ohio State's Aaron Craft top Capital One Academic All-America® Division I Basketball Teams" . College Sports Information Directors of America . February 21, 2013. Archived from the original on April 8, 2013. Retrieved February 21, 2013 .
^ "Kari Daugherty of Ashland, Marcus Ruh of Saint Leo headline Capital One Academic All-America® Division II Basketball Teams" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America . February 20, 2013. Archived from the original on April 7, 2013. Retrieved May 7, 2024 .
^ "Colton Hunt of Randolph College and Carissa Verkaik of Calvin College top Capital One Academic All-America® Division III Basketball Teams" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America . February 19, 2013. Archived from the original on April 8, 2013. Retrieved May 7, 2024 .
^ "Brad Karp of Saint Xavier and Lee University's Hollie German lead Capital One Academic All-America® College Division Basketball Teams" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America . February 18, 2013. Archived from the original on April 8, 2013. Retrieved May 7, 2024 .
^ "Craft Named Academic All-American for Third Time" . Ohio State University. February 20, 2014. Retrieved February 20, 2014 .
^ "Capital One Academic All-America® Division I Basketball Teams Announced: Stanford's Chiney Ogwumike and Ohio State Aaron Craft lead the team and are the Capital One Academic All-Americas of the Year for Division I women's and men's basketball, respectively" . College Sports Information Directors of America . February 20, 2014. Retrieved February 21, 2014 .
^ "Meet the Capital One Academic All-America® Division II Basketball Teams: Lauren Battista of No. 1-ranked Bentley and Missouri S&T's Bryce Foster lead the scholar-athlete teams" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America . February 19, 2014. Retrieved February 21, 2014 .
^ "Capital One Academic All-America® D3 Basketball Teams Announced: Senior Richie Bonney (Hobart) and Stephanie Kuzmanic (Carthage) headline the 2013-14 Division III basketball teams" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America . February 18, 2014. Retrieved February 21, 2014 .
^ "Capital One Academic All-America® College Division Basketball Teams Announced: Brad Karp (Saint Xavier), Samantha Kleinsasser (Northwestern- Iowa) claim Capital One Academic All-America® of the Year basketball honors for the college division. Karp has now earned top CD men's basketball honors for the second consecutive year" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America . February 17, 2014. Retrieved February 21, 2014 .
^ "Ashley Luke (Western Illinois) and Yale's Matt Townsend lead Capital One Academic All-America Div. 1 Basketball Teams" . College Sports Information Directors of America . February 26, 2015. Retrieved February 27, 2015 .
^ "Capital One Academic All-America® DII Basketball Teams Announced; Suzanna Ohlen (Seattle Pacific) and Trey Casey (Christian Brothers) Headline Honorees" . College Sports Information Directors of America . February 25, 2015. Retrieved February 27, 2015 .
^ "Clarkson's John Coleman and Whitman's Heather Johns Headline Capital One Academic All-America® Division III Basketball Teams" . College Sports Information Directors of America . February 24, 2015. Retrieved February 27, 2015 .
^ "Morgan Stuut (Saint Xavier) & Matt Schauss (Bethel) Lead Capital One Academic All-America® College Division Basketball Teams" . College Sports Information Directors of America . February 23, 2015. Retrieved February 27, 2015 .
^ "Academic All-America® Basketball Teams - Division I" (PDF) . College Sports Information Directors of America . March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 6, 2016 .
^ "Academic All-America® Division II Basketball Teams Announced" . College Sports Information Directors of America . May 7, 2024. Retrieved March 2, 2016 .
^ "Academic All-America® Division III Basketball Teams Selected" . College Sports Information Directors of America . March 6, 2016. Retrieved March 1, 2016 .
^ "Academic All-America® Basketball Teams - College Division" . College Sports Information Directors of America . March 6, 2016. Retrieved February 28, 2016 .
^ "Ally Disterhoft of Iowa, Canyon Barry of Florida Highlight CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division I Basketball Teams" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. March 2, 2017. Retrieved March 2, 2017 .
^ "Cassidy Mihalko of California Baptist and Adam Klie of UC San Diego Headline CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division II Basketball Teams" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. March 1, 2017. Retrieved March 2, 2017 .
^ "DeShawn Lowman of Neumann and Lisa Murphy of Carnegie Mellon Highlight CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division III Basketball Teams" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. February 28, 2017. Retrieved March 2, 2017 .
^ "Chandler Folkerts of Concordia (Neb.) and Cassidy Deno of Purdue Northwest Leads CoSIDA Academic All-America® College Division Basketball Teams" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. February 27, 2017. Retrieved March 2, 2017 .
^ "2017-18 Academic All-America® NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Team Announced" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. March 12, 2018. Retrieved March 12, 2018 .
^ "JEVON CARTER OF WEST VIRGINIA, CHERISE BEYNON OF NEW MEXICO HEADLINE COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA® DIVISION I BASKETBALL TEAMS" (PDF) (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. March 12, 2018. Retrieved May 7, 2024 .
^ "2017-18 Academic All-America® NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Team Announced" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. March 13, 2018. Retrieved March 13, 2018 .
^ "WEST LIBERTY'S DANIEL MONTEROSO, NORTHERN STATE'S MIRANDA RISTAU HEADLINE CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA® DIVISION II BASKETBALL TEAMS" (PDF) (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. March 13, 2018. Retrieved May 7, 2024 .
^ "2017-18 Academic All-America® NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Team Announced" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. March 14, 2018. Retrieved March 14, 2018 .
^ "SAMM CHANDLER OF AVERETT, COOPER COOK OF NEBRASKA WESLEYAN HEADLINE CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA® DIVISION III WOMEN'S AND MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAMS" (PDF) (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. March 14, 2018. Retrieved May 7, 2024 .
^ "2017-18 Academic All-America® College Division Men's Basketball Team Announced" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. March 15, 2018. Retrieved March 15, 2018 .
^ "CORNERSTONE'S KYLE STEIGENGA, VANGUARD'S AMBER ALEXANDER HEADLINE CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA® COLLEGE DIVISION BASKETBALL TEAMS" (PDF) (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. March 15, 2018. Retrieved May 7, 2024 .
^ "JOE SHERBURNE OF UMBC, MIKAYLA FERENZ OF IDAHO LEAD GOOGLE CLOUD ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA® DIVISION I MEN'S & WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAMS" (PDF) (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America . March 11, 2019. Retrieved May 7, 2024 .
^ "JESSICA KELLIHER OF LEWIS, ISAAC ASRAT OF LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN SPOTLIGHT GOOGLE CLOUD ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA® DIVISION II BASKETBALL TEAMS" (PDF) (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America . March 12, 2019. Retrieved May 7, 2024 .
^ "MIT'S TIM ROBERTS, GALLAUDET'S HANNAH NEILD HEADLINE GOOGLE CLOUD ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA® DIVISION III MEN'S AND WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAMS" (PDF) (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America . March 13, 2019. Retrieved May 7, 2024 .
^ "BART HISCOCK OF HASTINGS, KENDALL KNAPKE OF INDIANA TECH SPOTLIGHT GOOGLE CLOUD ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA® NAIA BASKETBALL TEAMS" (PDF) (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America . March 14, 2019. Retrieved May 7, 2024 .
^ "2019-20 Academic All-America® NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Team Announced" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. March 9, 2020. Retrieved March 9, 2020 .
^ "2019-20 Academic All-America® NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Teams Announced" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. March 10, 2020. Retrieved March 10, 2020 .
^ "2019-20 Academic All-America® NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Team Announced" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. March 11, 2020. Retrieved March 11, 2020 .
^ "2019-20 CoSIDA Academic All-America® NAIA Men's Basketball Team Announced" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020 .
^ "Corey Kispert of Gonzaga, Aliyah Boston of South Carolina Lead Academic All-America® NCAA Division I Men's & Women's Basketball Teams" (PDF) (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. May 28, 2021. Retrieved May 30, 2021 .
^ "Sierra Kotchman of Fairmont State, Dalton Bolon of West Liberty Spotlight CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division II Basketball Teams" (PDF) (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. May 27, 2021.
^ "Gabriel Leifer of Yeshiva, Jenna Taylor of Simpson Headline Academic All-America® Division III Men's & Women's Basketball Teams" (PDF) (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. May 26, 2021. Retrieved May 7, 2024 .
^ "Kyle Mangas of Indiana Wesleyam, Kylah Comley of Sterling Spotlight CoSIDA Academic All-America® NAIA Basketball Teams" (PDF) (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. May 25, 2021. Retrieved May 7, 2024 .
^ a b c d "2021-22 Academic All-America® Men's Basketball Teams Announced For All NCAA and NAIA Divisions" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. March 15, 2022. Retrieved March 15, 2022 .
^ a b c d "2022-23 Academic All-America® Men's Basketball Teams Announced For All NCAA and NAIA Divisions" (Press release). College Sports Communicators. March 14, 2023. Retrieved March 14, 2023 .
^ "Josh Angle Earns Academic All-America Team Member of the Year Award" (Press release). Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Athletics. March 14, 2023. Retrieved March 15, 2023 . Academically, Angle is a Robert Day Scholar in the Claremont McKenna economics department, and will graduate this spring with both a bachelor's degree in economics and a master's degree in finance.
^ a b c d "2023-24 Academic All-America® Men's Basketball Teams announced for all NCAA and NAIA divisions" . College Sports Communicators . April 17, 2024. Retrieved April 19, 2024 .
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