List of Academic All-America Team Members of the Year

List of Overall Divisional Academic All-America of the Year 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.^[1] 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.^[2] 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.^[3] 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.^[4] Between 1988 and 1995, only one winner was chosen per year across all institutions participating in the program.^[5] The Academic All-America program recognizes combined athletic and academic excellence of the nation's top student-athletes.

Academic All-America Team Members of the Year
Awarded for	the yearly outstanding Academic All-America team member
Country	United States & Canada
Presented by	College Sports Communicators
Currently held by	Caitlin Clark, University of Iowa John Matocha, Colorado School of Mines Kenadee Wayt, University of Mount Union Mackenzie Selvius, Spring Arbor University
Website	http://academicallamerica.com

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) has 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.^[6]

Four individuals have been named winners twice—Sarah Pavan of Nebraska in 2007 and 2008 for what was then called the University Division, and Maryanne Gong of MIT and Leah Esposito of Carroll College in Montana in 2016 and 2017, respectively in Division III and the College Division. The most recent double winner was Giovanna Tapigliani of Missouri Baptist in the NAIA Division.

Division I (formerly University Division)

Note: All athletes are American unless otherwise indicated.

Year	Name	School	Sport
1987–88	Michael Smith	Brigham Young University	Basketball
1988–89	James Martin	Pennsylvania State University	Wrestling
1989–90	Alec Kessler	University of Georgia	Basketball
1990–91	Al Parker	University of Georgia	Tennis
1991–92	Tommy Vardell	Stanford University	Football
1992–93	Jim Hansen	University of Colorado Boulder	Football
1993–94	Carl Erikson	Oberlin College	Tennis
1994–95	Rebecca Lobo	University of Connecticut	Basketball
	Rob Zatechka	University of Nebraska–Lincoln	Football
1995–96	Todd Fuller	North Carolina State University	Basketball
1996–97	Danny Wuerffel	University of Florida	Football
1997–98	Peyton Manning	University of Tennessee	Football
1998–99	Matt Stinchcomb	University of Georgia	Football
1999–2000	Chad Pennington	Marshall University	Football
2000–01	Ruth Riley	University of Notre Dame	Basketball
2001–02	Stacey Dales-Schuman	University of Oklahoma	Basketball
2002–03	Theresa Kulikowski	University of Utah	Gymnastics
2003–04	Emeka Okafor	University of Connecticut	Basketball
2004–05	Alex Smith	University of Utah	Football
2005–06	Christine Sinclair	University of Portland	Soccer
2006–07	Sarah Pavan	University of Nebraska–Lincoln	Volleyball
2007–08	Sarah Pavan	University of Nebraska–Lincoln	Volleyball
2008–09	Galen Rupp	University of Oregon	Track/Cross Country
2009–10	Justine Schluntz	University of Arizona	Swimming
2010–11	Maya Moore	University of Connecticut	Basketball
2011–12	Brooke Pancake^[7]	University of Alabama	Golf
2012–13	Barrett Jones^[8]	University of Alabama	Football
2013–14	Kim Jacob^[9]	University of Alabama	Gymnastics
2014–15	Matt Brown^[10]	Pennsylvania State University	Wrestling
2015–16	Carson Wentz^[11]	North Dakota State University	Football
2016–17	Sarah Gibson^[12]	Texas A&M University	Swimming
2017–18	Katie Ledecky^[13]	Stanford University	Swimming
2018–19	Lexi Jacobus^[14]	University of Arkansas	Track & field
2019–20	Justin Herbert^[15]	University of Oregon	Football
2020–21	Mac Jones^[16]	University of Alabama	Football
2021-22	Aliyah Boston^[17]	University of South Carolina	Basketball
2022-23	Caitlin Clark^[18]	University of Iowa	Basketball

Division II

Year	Name	School	Sport
2011–12	Bryan Lippincott^[19]	Concordia University-St. Paul	Baseball
2012–13	Kari Daugherty^[20]	Ashland University	Basketball
2013–14	Lauren Battista^[21]	Bentley University	Basketball
2014–15	Kristin Day^[22]	Clarion University of Pennsylvania	Diving
2015–16	Jason Vander Laan^[23]	Ferris State University	Football
2016–17	Marie Coors^[24]	Saint Leo University	Golf
2017–18	Alicja Konieczek^[25]	Western State Colorado University	Cross country, track and field
2018–19	Charlie Bertrand^[26]	Merrimack College	Lacrosse
2019–20	Amanda Kautzer^[27]	Michigan Technological University	Skiing
2020–21	Rachel Massaro^[28]	Queens University of Charlotte	Swimming
2021-22	Trevor Bassitt^[29]	Ashland University	Track & Field
2022-23	John Matocha^[30]	Colorado School of Mines	Football

Division III

Year	Name	School	Sport
2011–12	Drew Golz^[31]	Wheaton College (Illinois)	Baseball/Soccer
2012–13	Colton Hunt^[32]	Randolph College	Basketball
2013–14	Christy Cazzola^[33]	University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh	Cross-country/Track
2014–15	John Coleman^[34]	Clarkson University	Basketball/Baseball
2015–16	Maryann Gong^[35]	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Cross country, track and field
2016–17	Maryann Gong^[36]	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Cross country, track and field
2017–18	Cooper Cook^[37]	Nebraska Wesleyan University	Basketball
2018–19	Abby Bertics^[38]	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Volleyball
2019–20	Bebe Wang^[39]	Denison University	Swimming
2020–21	Hanna Hull^[40]	Virginia Wesleyan University	Softball
2021-22	Esther Seeland^[41]	Messiah University	Track & Field
2022-23	Kenadee Wayt^[42]	University of Mount Union	Track & Field

NAIA

Year	Name	School	Sport
2018–19	Christina Klouda^[43]	University of the Cumberlands	Swimming
2019–20	Grace Barry^[44]	Concordia University Nebraska	Basketball
2020–21	Giovanna Tapigliani^[45]	Missouri Baptist University	Volleyball
2021–22	Giovanna Tapigliani[1]	Missouri Baptist University	Volleyball
2022-23	Mackenzie Selvius^[46]	Spring Arbor University	Soccer

College Division

Included NCAA schools outside Division I from 1996–2011, and NAIA members from 1996–2018.

Year	Name	School	Sport
1995–96	Chris Palmer	Saint John's University (MN)	Football
1996–97	Julie Roe	Millikin University	Basketball
1997–98	Brad Gray	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Football
1998–99	Kelly Schade	Simpson College	Softball
1999–2000	Korey Coon	Illinois Wesleyan University	Basketball
2000–01	Emily Bloss	Emporia State University	Basketball
2001–02	T.J. Hess	Widener College	Football
2002–03	Ashley Rowatt	Kenyon College	Swimming
2003–04	Kristen Shields	Whitworth University	Track & Field
2004–05	Carli Dale	Juniata College	Volleyball
2005–06	Josh Lamberson	Northwest Missouri State University	Football
2006–07	Jamie Wolf	Clarion University	Diving
2007–08	Troy Ruths	Washington University in St. Louis	Basketball
2008–09	Greg Micheli	Mount Union College	Football
2009–10	Jessica Pixler	Seattle Pacific University	Track/Cross Country
2010–11	Shannon Gagne	University of New Haven	Track/Cross Country
2011–12	Jamie Achten^[47]	Lee University	Soccer
2012–13	Mia Persson^[48]	Lindsey Wilson College	Soccer
2013–14	Stephen Lunney^[49]	Martin Methodist College	Soccer
2014–15	Wanessa Siqueira^[50]	Park University	Volleyball
2015–16	Leah Esposito^[51]	Carroll College (Montana)	Cross country, track and field
2016–17	Leah Esposito^[52]	Carroll College (Montana)	Cross country, track and field
2017–18	Kyle Steigenga^[53]	Cornerstone University	Basketball
2018–19	Margaret Pham^[2]	University of British Columbia	Field hockey

See also

• Walter Byers Scholarship

Notes

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2. "Margaret Pham of British Columbia Named 2018-19 Google Cloud College Division Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. August 2, 2019. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
3. Brown, Gary (November 2, 2011). . National Collegiate Athletic Association. Archived from the original on June 5, 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2011.
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6. "Academic All-America program Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)" (PDF). College Sports Information Directors of America. Retrieved March 22, 2011.
7. "Golfer Brooke Pancake of Alabama named 2011–12 Capital One Division I Academic All-America® of the Year" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. August 9, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
8. "Barrett Jones of Alabama named Capital One Division I Academic All-America® of the Year" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. August 8, 2012. Retrieved August 9, 2013.
9. "Alabama's Jacob crowned Capital One Division I Academic All-America of the Year" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. August 1, 2014. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
10. (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. July 24, 2015. Archived from the original on July 25, 2015. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
11. "North Dakota State QB Carson Wentz, Selected Second in the NFL Draft, Is Division I Academic All-America® of the Year" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. July 21, 2016. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
12. "Texas A&M Swimmer Sarah Gibson Selected CoSIDA Division I Academic All-America® of the Year" (PDF) (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. July 20, 2017. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
13. Allen, Scott (July 19, 2018). "Katie Ledecky wins top academic honor among all Division I athletes". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
14. "Lexi Jacobus of Arkansas Named 2018-19 Google Cloud NCAA Division I Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. August 1, 2019. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
15. "Quarterback Justin Herbert of Oregon Named 2019-20 NCAA Division I Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. July 23, 2020. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
16. "Mac Jones of Alabama Named 2020-21 NCAA Division I Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. August 19, 2021. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
17. "Four Standouts Earn 2021-22 Divisional Academic All-America® Overall Team Member of the Year Honors for NCAA Division I, II, III and NAIA". academicallamerica.com. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
18. "2022-23 Top 4 chosen for Overall Academic All-America® of the Year honors in NCAA and NAIA divisions". academicallamerica.com. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
19. "Bryan Lippincott of Concordia-St. Paul named as Capital One Division II Academic All-America® of the Year" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. August 8, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
20. "Kari Daugherty of Ashland named 2012–13 Capital One Division II Academic All-America® of the Year" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. August 7, 2013. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
21. "Bentley's Battista named Capital One D2 Academic All-America® of the Year" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. July 31, 2014. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
22. (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. July 24, 2015. Archived from the original on July 25, 2015. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
23. "Division II Academic All-America® of the Year Selected: Ferris State Senior QB Jason Vander Laan" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. July 20, 2016. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
24. "Women's Golf Standout Marie Coors of Saint Leo Named CoSIDA Division II Academic All-America® of the Year" (PDF) (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. July 19, 2017. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
25. "Women's Track & Field/Cross Country Standout Alicja Konieczek of Western State Colorado Named Google Cloud Division II Academic All-America® of the Year" (PDF) (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. July 18, 2018. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
26. "Charlie Bertrand of Merrimack Named 2018-19 Google Cloud NCAA Division II Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. July 31, 2019. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
27. "Amanda Kautzer of Michigan Tech Named 2019-20 NCAA Division II Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. July 22, 2020. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
28. "Rachel Massaro of Queens of Charlotte Named 2020-21 NCAA Division II Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. August 18, 2021. Retrieved August 18, 2021.
29. "Four Standouts Earn 2021-22 Divisional Academic All-America® Overall Team Member of the Year Honors for NCAA Division I, II, III and NAIA". academicallamerica.com. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
30. "2022-23 Top 4 chosen for Overall Academic All-America® of the Year honors in NCAA and NAIA divisions". academicallamerica.com. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
31. "Two-sport standout Drew Golz of Wheaton (Ill.) honored as Capital One Division III Academic All-America® of the Year" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. August 7, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
32. "Basketball standout Colton Hunt of Randolph College named Capital One Division III All-America of the Year" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. August 6, 2013. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
33. "Cazzola named Capital One Academic D3 All-America of the Year" (Press release). July 29, 2014. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
34. (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. July 24, 2015. Archived from the original on July 25, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
35. "MIT's Maryann Gong Named Division III Academic All-America® of the Year" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. July 19, 2016. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
36. "MIT Distance Runner Maryann Gong Selected as CoSIDA Division III Academic All-America® of the Year" (PDF) (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. July 18, 2017. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
37. "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.
38. "Abby Bertics of MIT Named 2018-19 Google Cloud NCAA Division III Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. July 30, 2019. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
39. "Men's Swimmer Bebe Wang of Denison Named As 2019-20 NCAA Division III Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. July 21, 2020. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
40. "Hanna Hull of Virginia Wesleyan Named 2020-21 NCAA Division III Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. August 17, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
41. "Four Standouts Earn 2021-22 Divisional Academic All-America® Overall Team Member of the Year Honors for NCAA Division I, II, III and NAIA". academicallamerica.com. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
42. "2022-23 Top 4 chosen for Overall Academic All-America® of the Year honors in NCAA and NAIA divisions". academicallamerica.com. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
43. "Christina Klouda of Cumberlands Named 2018-19 Google Cloud NAIA Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. July 29, 2019. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
44. "Women's Basketball Player Grace Barry of Concordia (Neb.) Named As 2019-20 NAIA Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. July 20, 2020. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
45. "Giovanna Tapigliani of Missouri Baptist Named 2020-21 NAIA Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. August 16, 2021. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
46. "2022-23 Top 4 chosen for Overall Academic All-America® of the Year honors in NCAA and NAIA divisions". academicallamerica.com. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
47. "Lee University soccer standout Jamie Achten named Capital One College Division Academic All-America® of the Year" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. August 6, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
48. "Soccer standout Mia Persson of NAIA champion Lindsey Wilson College selected 2012–13 Capital One College Division Academic All-America® of the Year" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. August 5, 2013. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
49. "Lunney Named Top Capital One Academic All-America honoree in College Division" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. July 28, 2014. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
50. (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. July 24, 2015. Archived from the original on July 25, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
51. "Carroll College Women's Track & Field/XC Standout Leah Esposito Selected CoSIDA College Division Academic All-America® of the Year" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. July 18, 2016. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
52. "Women's Track & Field/Cross Country Standout Leah Esposito Named as CoSIDA College Division Academic All-America® of the Year" (PDF) (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. July 17, 2017. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
53. "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.

External links

• Academic All-America information page