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List of Academic All-America Team Members of the Year

Student athlete award

Summary

Student athlete award

FieldValue
nameAcademic All-America Team Members of the Year
awarded_forThe yearly outstanding Academic All-America team member
presenterCollege Sports Communicators
countryUnited States & Canada
holderGretchen Walsh, Virginia
nextJuly 2026
websitehttp://academicallamerica.com

Brayden Long, Slippery Rock Hope Shue, Middlebury Tyler Horner, Oregon Tech The Academic All-America Team Member of the Year is the annual most outstanding singular athlete of the set of specific sport athletes selected the All-America Team Member of the Year for their specific sport. This is a list of the annual selection by College Sports Communicators (CSC; known before the 2022–23 school year as the College Sports Information Directors of America, or CoSIDA) and its Academic All-America sponsor of the individual athlete selected as the most outstanding of the approximately 2,000 annual Academic All-America selections.

Since the 2019 awards, one winner has been chosen for each of four divisions. Three of the divisions correspond directly to the three divisions of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)—Division I, Division II, and Division III. A fourth division, introduced with the 2019 award cycle, is for National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) members. The College Division currently includes U.S. four-year institutions that are not NCAA or NAIA members, Canadian universities and colleges, and two-year colleges. The College Division was introduced in 1996, covering not only those institutions in today's College Division but also NCAA institutions outside Division I and NAIA members. After the 2011 award cycle, NCAA Divisions II and III were spun off from the College Division and given their own Academic All-America teams. NCAA Division I has had its own Academic All-America team since 1996—originally as the University Division, and since 2012 under its own name. Between 1988 and 1995, only one winner was chosen per year across all institutions participating in the program. The Academic All-America program recognizes the combined athletic and academic excellence of the nation's top student-athletes.

Currently, each team selects Academic All-District honorees in each sport across the United States and Canada. First team All-District honorees make the All-America team ballots. Currently, all 16 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, men's and women's swimming & diving, men's and women's tennis, and men's and women's at-large teams) have one Academic All-American of the Year for each NCAA division and NAIA. One of these 16 sport-by-sport Academic All-America Team Members of the Year is selected as the overall Academic All-America of the Year for each division.

Five individuals have been named winners twice—Sarah Pavan of Nebraska in 2007 and 2008 for what was then called the University Division, Maryanne Gong of MIT in Division III and Leah Esposito of Carroll College in Montana in the College Division, both in 2016 and 2017, Giovanna Tapigliani of Missouri Baptist in the NAIA in 2021 and 2022, and Caitlin Clark of Iowa in Division I in 2023 and 2024.

Tables of winners

2007 and 2008 winner 2023 and 2024 winner

Single program (1987–1995)

YearWinnerSchoolSport1987–881988–891989–901990–911991–921992–931993–941994–95
BYU Cougarsborder=0}}Basketball
Penn State Nittany Lionsborder=0}}Wrestling
Georgia Bulldogsborder=0}}Basketball
Georgia Bulldogsborder=0}}Tennis
Stanford Cardinalborder=0}}StanfordFootball
Colorado Buffaloesborder=0}}Football
Oberlin Yeomenborder=0}}OberlinTennis
UConn Huskiesborder=0}}Basketball
Nebraska Cornhuskersborder=0}}Football

Two-division era (1996–2010)

YearUniversity DivisionCollege DivisionWinnerSchoolSportWinnerSchoolSport1995–961996–971997–981998–991999–20002000–012001–022002–032003–042004–052005–062006–072007–082008–092009–102010–11
NC State Wolfpackborder=0}}NC StateBasketballChris PalmerSaint John's Johnniesborder=0}}Saint John's (MN)Football
Florida Gatorsborder=0}}FloridaFootballJulie RoeMillikin Big Blueborder=0}}MillikinBasketball
Tennessee Volunteersborder=0}}FootballBrad GrayMIT Engineersborder=0}}MITFootball
Georgia Bulldogsborder=0}}FootballKelly SchadeSimpson Stormborder=0}}SimpsonSoftball
Marshall Thundering Herdborder=0}}MarshallFootballKorey CoonIllinois Wesleyan Titansborder=0}}Illinois WesleyanBasketball
Notre Dame Fighting Irishborder=0}}BasketballEmily BlossEmporia State Hornetsborder=0}}Emporia StateBasketball
CANOklahoma Soonersborder=0}}BasketballT.J. HessWidener Prideborder=0}}WidenerFootball
Utah Utesborder=0}}GymnasticsAshley RowattKenyon Owlsborder=0}}KenyonSwimming
UConn Huskiesborder=0}}BasketballKristen ShieldsWhitworth Piratesborder=0}}WhitworthTrack & field
Utah Utesborder=0}}FootballCarli DaleJuniata Eaglesborder=0}}JuniataVolleyball
CANPortland Pilotsborder=0}}SoccerJosh LambersonNorthwest Missouri State Bearcatsborder=0}}Northwest Missouri StateFootball
CANNebraska Cornhuskersborder=0}}VolleyballJamie WolfClarion Golden Eaglesborder=0}}ClarionDiving
CANNebraska Cornhuskersborder=0}}VolleyballTroy RuthsWashington University Bearsborder=0}}Washington (MO)Basketball
Oregon Ducksborder=0}}Track & field/Cross countryGreg MicheliMount Union Purple Raidersborder=0}}Mount UnionFootball
Arizona Wildcatsborder=0}}SwimmingJessica PixlerSeattle Pacific Falconsborder=0}}Seattle PacificTrack & field/Cross country
UConn Huskiesborder=0}}BasketballShannon GagneNew Haven Chargersborder=0}}Track & field/Cross country

Four-division era (2011–present)

YearDivision IDivision IIDivision IIICollege/NAIAWinnerSchoolSportWinnerSchoolSportWinnerSchoolSportWinnerSchoolSport2011–122012–132013–142014–152015–162016–172017–182018–192019–202020–212021-222022-232023-242024-25
Alabama Crimson Tideborder=0}}AlabamaGolfConcordia Golden Bearsborder=0}}Concordia (MN)BaseballWheaton Thunderborder=0}}WheatonBaseball/SoccerLee Flamesborder=0}}LeeSoccer
Alabama Crimson Tideborder=0}}AlabamaFootballAshland Eaglesborder=0}}AshlandBasketballRandolph Wildcatsborder=0}}Randolph (VA)BasketballSWELindsey Wilson Blue Raidersborder=0}}Lindsey Wilson
Alabama Crimson Tideborder=0}}AlabamaGymnasticsBentley Falconsborder=0}}BentleyWisconsin–Oshkosh Titansborder=0}}Wisconsin–OshkoshCross country/Track & fieldIRLUT Southern Firehawksborder=0}}Martin Methodist
Penn State Nittany Lionsborder=0}}Penn StateWrestlingClarion Golden Eaglesborder=0}}ClarionDivingClarkson Golden Knightsborder=0}}ClarksonBasketball/BaseballBRAPark Piratesborder=0}}ParkVolleyball
North Dakota State Bisonborder=0}}North Dakota StateFootballFerris State Bulldogsborder=0}}Ferris StateFootballMIT Engineersborder=0}}MITCross country/Track & fieldCarroll Fighting Saintsborder=0}}Carroll (MT)Cross country, Track & field
Texas A&M Aggiesborder=0}}Texas A&MSwimmingSaint Leo Lionsborder=0}}Saint LeoGolf(2)MIT Engineersborder=0}}(2)Carroll Fighting Saintsborder=0}}
Stanford Cardinalborder=0}}StanfordSwimmingPOLWestern Colorado Mountaineersborder=0}}Western State ColoradoCross country, Track & fieldNebraska Wesleyan Prairie Wolvesborder=0}}Nebraska WesleyanBasketballCornerstone Golden Eaglesborder=0}}CornerstoneBasketball
Arkansas Razorbacksborder=0}}Track & fieldMerrimack Warriorsborder=0}}MerrimackLacrosseMIT Engineersborder=0}}MITVolleyballCumberlands Patriotsborder=0}}Swimming
Arkansas Razorbacksborder=0}}Merrimack Warriorsborder=0}}MIT Engineersborder=0}}CANUBC Thunderbirdsborder=0}}Field hockey
Oregon Ducksborder=0}}FootballMichigan Tech Huskiesborder=0}}Michigan TechSkiingDenison Big Redborder=0}}DenisonSwimmingConcordia Bulldogsborder=0}}Concordia (NE)Basketball
Alabama Crimson Tideborder=0}}AlabamaQueens Royalsborder=0}}Queens (NC)SwimmingVirginia Wesleyan Blue Marlinsborder=0}}Virginia WesleyanSoftballBRAMissouri Baptist Spartansborder=0}}Missouri BaptistVolleyball
title=Four Standouts Earn 2021-22 Divisional Academic All-America Overall Team Member of the Year Honors for NCAA Division I, II, III and NAIAurl=https://academicallamerica.com/news/2022/7/25/four-standouts-earn-2021-22-divisional-academic-all-america-overall-team-member-of-the-year-honors-for-ncaa-division-i-ii-iii-and-naia.aspxaccess-date=2023-08-02publisher=College Sports Communicatorslanguage=enarchive-date=August 3, 2023archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230803205605/https://academicallamerica.com/news/2022/7/25/four-standouts-earn-2021-22-divisional-academic-all-america-overall-team-member-of-the-year-honors-for-ncaa-division-i-ii-iii-and-naia.aspxurl-status=live }}South Carolina Gamecocksborder=0}}South CarolinaBasketballAshland Eaglesborder=0}}AshlandTrack & fieldEsther SeelandMessiah Falconsborder=0}}MessiahTrack & fieldBRA (2)Missouri Baptist Spartansborder=0}}
title=2022-23 Top 4 chosen for Overall Academic All-America of the Year honors in NCAA and NAIA divisionsurl=https://academicallamerica.com/news/2023/7/25/2022-23-top-4-chosen-for-overall-academic-all-america-of-the-year-honors-in-ncaa-and-naia-divisions.aspxaccess-date=2023-08-02publisher=College Sports Communicatorslanguage=enarchive-date=September 7, 2023archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230907020244/https://academicallamerica.com/news/2023/7/25/2022-23-top-4-chosen-for-overall-academic-all-america-of-the-year-honors-in-ncaa-and-naia-divisions.aspxurl-status=live }}Iowa Hawkeyesborder=0}}IowaColorado Mines Orediggersborder=0}}Colorado MinesFootballKenadee WaytMount Union Purple Raidersborder=0}}Mount UnionMackenzie SelviusSpring Arbor Cougarsborder=0}}Spring ArborSoccer
url=https://academicallamerica.com/news/2024/8/13/2023-24-top-4-chosen-for-overall-academic-all-america-of-the-year-honors-in-ncaa-and-naia-divisions.aspxtitle=2023-24 Top 4 chosen for Overall Academic All-America of the Year honors in NCAA and NAIA divisionspublisher=College Sports Communicatorslanguage=endate=August 13, 2024access-date=August 13, 2024archive-date=August 14, 2024archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814001907/https://academicallamerica.com/news/2024/8/13/2023-24-top-4-chosen-for-overall-academic-all-america-of-the-year-honors-in-ncaa-and-naia-divisions.aspxurl-status=live }}Iowa Hawkeyesborder=0}}Gannon Golden Knightsborder=0}}GannonBasketballWartburg Knightsborder=0}}WartburgFootballUHSP Eutecticsborder=0}}UHSPBasketball
url=https://academicallamerica.com/news/2025/7/29/top-4-chosen-for-2024-25-overall-academic-all-america-of-the-year-honors-in-ncaa-and-naia-divisions.aspxtitle=Top 4 chosen for 2024-25 Overall Academic All-America® of the Year honors in NCAA and NAIA divisionspublisher=College Sports Communicatorslanguage=endate=July 30, 2025access-date=September 1, 2025}}Virginia Cavaliersborder=0}}VirginiaSwimmingSlippery Rockborder=0}}Slippery RockFootballMiddlebury Panthersborder=0}}MiddleburyLacrosseOregon Tech Hustlin' Owlsborder=0}}Oregon TechBaseball

Notes

References

References

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  2. Brown, Gary. (November 2, 2011). "New Academic All-America program: For the first time CoSIDA will announce teams in all divisions". [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]].
  3. (February 3, 2011). "Capital One Academic All-District Men's Basketball Teams Released". [[College Sports Information Directors of America]].
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  6. Bellamy, Ron. (July 9, 2009). "On track on and off it". [[The Register-Guard]].
  7. (July 19, 2016). "MIT Distance Runner Maryann Gong Selected As CoSIDA Division III Academic All-America Of The Year". [[CoSIDA]].
  8. (August 9, 2012). "Golfer Brooke Pancake of Alabama named 2011–12 Capital One Division I Academic All-America of the Year". [[College Sports Information Directors of America]].
  9. (August 8, 2012). "Bryan Lippincott of Concordia-St. Paul named as Capital One Division II Academic All-America of the Year". [[College Sports Information Directors of America]].
  10. (August 7, 2012). "Two-sport standout Drew Golz of Wheaton (Ill.) honored as Capital One Division III Academic All-America of the Year". [[College Sports Information Directors of America]].
  11. (August 6, 2012). "Lee University soccer standout Jamie Achten named Capital One College Division Academic All-America of the Year". [[College Sports Information Directors of America]].
  12. (August 8, 2012). "Barrett Jones of Alabama named Capital One Division I Academic All-America of the Year". [[College Sports Information Directors of America]].
  13. (August 7, 2013). "Kari Daugherty of Ashland named 2012–13 Capital One Division II Academic All-America of the Year". [[College Sports Information Directors of America]].
  14. (August 6, 2013). "Basketball standout Colton Hunt of Randolph College named Capital One Division III All-America of the Year". [[College Sports Information Directors of America]].
  15. (August 5, 2013). "Soccer standout Mia Persson of NAIA champion Lindsey Wilson College selected 2012–13 Capital One College Division Academic All-America of the Year". [[College Sports Information Directors of America]].
  16. (July 31, 2014). "Alabama's Jacob crowned Capital One Division I Academic All-America of the Year". [[College Sports Information Directors of America]].
  17. (July 31, 2014). "Bentley's Battista named Capital One D2 Academic All-America of the Year". [[College Sports Information Directors of America]].
  18. (July 29, 2014). "Cazzola named Capital One Academic D3 All-America of the Year".
  19. (July 28, 2014). "Lunney Named Top Capital One Academic All-America honoree in College Division". [[College Sports Information Directors of America]].
  20. (July 24, 2015). "NCAA Champion Wrestler Matt Brown of Penn State Named Capital One Division I Academic All-America of the Year". [[College Sports Information Directors of America]].
  21. (July 24, 2015). "Women's Diving Standout Kristin Day of Clarion Selected as Capital One Division II Academic All-America of the Year". [[College Sports Information Directors of America]].
  22. (July 24, 2015). "Dual Sport Standout John Coleman of Clarkson Selected Capital One Division III Academic All-America of the Year". [[College Sports Information Directors of America]].
  23. (July 24, 2015). "Volleyball Standout Wanessa Siqueira of Park Named as Capital One Division III Academic All-America of the Year". [[College Sports Information Directors of America]].
  24. (July 21, 2016). "North Dakota State QB Carson Wentz, Selected Second in the NFL Draft, Is Division I Academic All-America of the Year". [[College Sports Information Directors of America]].
  25. (July 20, 2016). "Division II Academic All-America of the Year Selected: Ferris State Senior QB Jason Vander Laan". [[College Sports Information Directors of America]].
  26. (July 19, 2016). "MIT's Maryann Gong Named Division III Academic All-America of the Year". [[College Sports Information Directors of America]].
  27. (July 18, 2016). "Carroll College Women's Track & Field/XC Standout Leah Esposito Selected CoSIDA College Division Academic All-America of the Year". [[College Sports Information Directors of America]].
  28. (July 20, 2017). "Texas A&M Swimmer Sarah Gibson Selected CoSIDA Division I Academic All-America of the Year". [[College Sports Information Directors of America]].
  29. (July 19, 2017). "Women's Golf Standout Marie Coors of Saint Leo Named CoSIDA Division II Academic All-America of the Year". [[College Sports Information Directors of America]].
  30. (July 18, 2017). "MIT Distance Runner Maryann Gong Selected as CoSIDA Division III Academic All-America of the Year". [[College Sports Information Directors of America]].
  31. (July 17, 2017). "Women's Track & Field/Cross Country Standout Leah Esposito Named as CoSIDA College Division Academic All-America of the Year". [[College Sports Information Directors of America]].
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  33. (July 18, 2018). "Women's Track & Field/Cross Country Standout Alicja Konieczek of Western State Colorado Named Google Cloud Division II Academic All-America of the Year". [[College Sports Information Directors of America]].
  34. (July 18, 2018). "Nebraska Wesleyan's Cooper Cook Selected Google Cloud Division III Academic All-America Team Member of the Year". [[College Sports Information Directors of America]].
  35. (July 16, 2018). "Men's Basketball Standout Kyle Steigenga of Cornerstone Named as Google Cloud College Division Academic All-America of the Year". [[College Sports Information Directors of America]].
  36. (August 1, 2019). "Lexi Jacobus of Arkansas Named 2018-19 Google Cloud NCAA Division I Academic All-America Team Member of the Year". [[College Sports Information Directors of America]].
  37. (July 31, 2019). "Charlie Bertrand of Merrimack Named 2018-19 Google Cloud NCAA Division II Academic All-America Team Member of the Year". [[College Sports Information Directors of America]].
  38. (July 30, 2019). "Abby Bertics of MIT Named 2018-19 Google Cloud NCAA Division III Academic All-America Team Member of the Year". [[College Sports Information Directors of America]].
  39. (July 29, 2019). "Christina Klouda of Cumberlands Named 2018-19 Google Cloud NAIA Academic All-America Team Member of the Year". [[College Sports Information Directors of America]].
  40. (August 2, 2019). "Margaret Pham of British Columbia Named 2018-19 Google Cloud College Division Academic All-America Team Member of the Year". [[College Sports Information Directors of America]].
  41. (July 23, 2020). "Quarterback Justin Herbert of Oregon Named 2019-20 NCAA Division I Academic All-America Team Member of the Year". [[College Sports Information Directors of America]].
  42. (July 22, 2020). "Amanda Kautzer of Michigan Tech Named 2019-20 NCAA Division II Academic All-America Team Member of the Year". [[College Sports Information Directors of America]].
  43. (July 21, 2020). "Men's Swimmer Bebe Wang of Denison Named As 2019-20 NCAA Division III Academic All-America Team Member of the Year". [[College Sports Information Directors of America]].
  44. (July 20, 2020). "Women's Basketball Player Grace Barry of Concordia (Neb.) Named As 2019-20 NAIA Academic All-America Team Member of the Year". [[College Sports Information Directors of America]].
  45. (August 19, 2021). "Mac Jones of Alabama Named 2020-21 NCAA Division I Academic All-America Team Member of the Year". [[College Sports Information Directors of America]].
  46. (August 18, 2021). "Rachel Massaro of Queens of Charlotte Named 2020-21 NCAA Division II Academic All-America Team Member of the Year". [[College Sports Information Directors of America]].
  47. (August 17, 2021). "Hanna Hull of Virginia Wesleyan Named 2020-21 NCAA Division III Academic All-America Team Member of the Year". [[College Sports Information Directors of America]].
  48. (August 16, 2021). "Giovanna Tapigliani of Missouri Baptist Named 2020-21 NAIA Academic All-America Team Member of the Year". [[College Sports Information Directors of America]].
  49. "Four Standouts Earn 2021-22 Divisional Academic All-America Overall Team Member of the Year Honors for NCAA Division I, II, III and NAIA". [[College Sports Communicators]].
  50. "2022-23 Top 4 chosen for Overall Academic All-America of the Year honors in NCAA and NAIA divisions". [[College Sports Communicators]].
  51. (August 13, 2024). "2023-24 Top 4 chosen for Overall Academic All-America of the Year honors in NCAA and NAIA divisions". [[College Sports Communicators]].
  52. (July 30, 2025). "Top 4 chosen for 2024-25 Overall Academic All-America® of the Year honors in NCAA and NAIA divisions". [[College Sports Communicators]].
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