June 28, 2010
NOTRE DAME, Ind. -
Six Notre Dame student-athletes received ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-America honors during the 2009-10 academic year, helping the Irish stay among the leaders in the nation in honorees.
The selection process for Academic All-Americans is conducted annually by the Collegiate Sports Information Directors of American (CoSIDA). Teams are named in baseball, men's basketball, women's basketball, football, men's soccer, women's soccer, softball, men's track/cross country, women's track/cross country and women's volleyball, with men's and women's at-large teams being named for other sports.
Notre Dame now stands second all-time with 216 Academic All-Americans, trailing only Nebraska's 277, but well ahead of third-place Penn State's 167 honorees. Since 2000, Notre Dame and Nebraska have led the way with 90 selections each.
In addition, Notre Dame ranks in the top-10 in several sports for number of honorees. The Irish have had more Academic All-Americans than any other school in baseball and women's soccer, while also cracking the top-10 in men's at-large (third), men's basketball (10th), football (third), softball (sixth), and men's track/cross country (sixth).
Notre Dame had six honorees in 2009-10: Tim Abromaitis (men's basketball), Mike Anello (football), Cosmina Ciobanu (women's tennis), Lauren Fowlkes (women's soccer), Christine Lux (softball) and Michael Thomas (men's soccer). This marked the second consecutive year Anello earned Academic All-American recognition
To be eligible, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.30 on a scale of 4.00, have received sophomore athletic and academic standing at his/her current institution and be nominated by his/her sports information director.
Academic All-America Selections (All Divisions) Total
University of Nebraska 277
University of Notre Dame 216
Penn State University 167
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 165
Stanford University 144
Augustana College (Ill.) 134
Bucknell University 119
University of Texas 119
Emory University 118
UCLA 113
Division I Academic All-Americans Total
University of Nebraska 277
University of Notre Dame 216
Penn State University 167
Stanford University 144
Bucknell University 119
University of Texas 119
UCLA 113
University of Florida 113
Ohio State University 108
University of Georgia 105
Most Academic All-America Selections Since 2000 Total
University of Notre Dame 90
University of Nebraska 90
Emory University 77
Penn State University 73
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) 68
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 58
Calvin College 55
North Dakota State University 54
University of Alabama 53
University of St. Thomas 53
Academic All-America Men's At-Large Selections Total
Emory University 37
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 37
University of Notre Dame 31
University of Nebraska 28
University of Minnesota 27
Stanford University 26
Augustana College (Ill.) 25
Johns Hopkins University 25
Penn State University 24
Kenyon College 23
Academic All-America Baseball Selections Total
University of Notre Dame 29
Bucknell University 28
Wichita State University 27
Illinois Wesleyan University 25
Delta State University 22
Johns Hopkins University 22
Mississippi State University 22
Western Michigan University 19
University of Arizona 18
University of Nebraska 18
Academic All-America Men's Basketball Selections Total
Illinoise Wesleyan University 24
UCLA 20
University of Kansas 19
Indiana University 18
Duke University 17
Millikin University 15
Gonzaga University 14
Northwestern University 14
Brigham Young University 14
Purdue University 14
University of Utah 13
University of Notre Dame 13
Academic All-America Football Selections Total
University of Nebraska 98
Penn State University 57
University of Notre Dame 54
University of Dayton 49
Ohio State University 49
University of Oklahoma 47
Stanford University 40
Carnegie Mellon University 38
U.S. Air Force Academy 35
University of Texas 35
University of Michigan 35
Academic All-America Women's Soccer Selections Total
University of Notre Dame 15
University of North Carolina 13
Penn State University 11
Charlotte (UNC-Charlotte) 9
University of Portland 9
U.S. Naval Academy 9
Ohio Northern University 8
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology 7
Franklin Pierce University 7
Academic All-America Softball Selections Total
University of Nebraska 27
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale 20
Florida Southern College 20
Illinois Wesleyan University 19
The College of New Jersey 19
University of Notre Dame 18
California State University-Fresno (Fresno State) 18
DePaul University 18
Northern Illinois University 17
Kent State University 14
McDaniel College 14
Ohio Northern University 14
University of Tennessee 14
University of Michigan 14
Academic All-America Men's Cross Country/Track & Field Total
Adams State College 16
Calvin College 14
University of Oregon 14
Augustana College (Ill.) 14
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) 13
University of Notre Dame 12
North Dakota State University 12
Nebraska Wesleyan University 12
University of Wisconsin 11
Florida State University 11
Rice University 11
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