Today the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced the 2016 Academic All District At-Large Teams. An impressive 145 swimmers and divers were honored, across all divisions. The men racked up 67 awards, while 78 women earned the designation.
View the full men’s list here.
View the full women’s list here.
To be nominated, student-athletes must have at least a 3.3 cumulative grade-point average, and be considered a starter or a significant reserve. The Academic All America Teams will be chosen from these lists, and released later this month.
Press release from CoSIDA:
The 2016 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District™ Men’s and Women’s At-Large Teams have been released to recognize the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom.
Only first teams were chosen for at-large district recognition, so all honorees will advance to the CoSIDA Academic All-America® Team ballot, where first-, second- and third-team All-America honorees will be selected later this month.
All CoSIDA members with At-Large Team honorees are asked to update student-athlete bios/statistics by Monday, May 16 at Noon Eastern so that the Academic All-America® ballot will be accurate. You will receive an email with the link to update.
The Academic All-District™ teams include the student-athletes listed on the following pages and are divided into eight geographic districts across the United States and Canada. This is the fifth year of the expanded Academic All-America® program as CoSIDA moved from recognizing a University Division (Division I) and a College Division (all non-Division I) and has doubled the number of scholar-athletes honored. The expanded teams include NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II and NCAA Division III participants, while the College Division Academic All-America® Team combines NAIA, Canadian and two-year schools.
The Division II and III Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division II and III national governance structures, to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2015-16 DII and DIII Academic All-America® teams program.
For more information about the Academic All-District™ and Academic All-America® Teams program, please visit the Academic All-America® webpage on the CoSIDA.com website.