July 3, 2009
NOTRE DAME, Ind. -
For the second consecutive year, eight student-athletes from the University of Notre Dame have garnered ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-America honors. With the conclusion of the 2008-09 school year, Notre Dame ranks second all-time among all universities and colleges in the number of Academic All-Americans it has produced.
The Academic All-American selection process is organized annually by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Notre Dame has had 210 Academic All-Americans and ranks second behind Nebraska's total of 268 since the program's inception in 1952. Over the course of the last decade, Notre Dame stands first in the number of Academic All-Americans it has produced as Irish student-athletes have garnered Academic All-America citations on 84 occasions.
In seven different sport categories, Notre Dame ranks in the top 10 -- baseball (first), women's soccer (first), football (third), men's at-large (third), men's cross country/track & field (tied for fourth), softball (tied for seventh) and women's at-large (tied for 10th).
Notre Dame's Academic All-Americans in '08-'09 included: Mike Anello (football; second team), Matt Besler (men's soccer; first team), Brittany Bock (women's soccer; first team), Lauren Buck (women's at-large; third team), Erik Condra (men's at-large/hockey; second team), Jordan Pearce (men's at-large/hockey; first team), Patrick Smyth (men's cross country/track & field; first team) and Elise Weber (women's soccer; second team).
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. CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-America honors on more than 14,000 student-athletes in Divisions I, II, III and NAIA covering all NCAA championship sports.
Academic All-America Selections (All Divisions) Total
University of Nebraska 268
University of Notre Dame 210
Penn State University 157
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 155
Stanford University 136
Augustana College (Ill.) 130
Bucknell University 117
University of Texas 115
Emory University 114
UCLA 111
Division I Academic All-Americans Total
University of Nebraska 268
University of Notre Dame 210
Penn State University 157
Stanford University 136
Bucknell University 117
University of Texas 115
UCLA 111
Ohio State University 106
University of Florida 105
University of Georgia 102
Most Academic All-America Selections Since 2000 Total
University of Notre Dame 84
University of Nebraska 82
Emory University 73
Penn State University 63
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) 62
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 59
North Dakota State University 50
Calvin College 49
Gustavus Adolphus College 49
University of Tennessee 49
Academic All-America Men's At-Large Selections Total
Emory University 37
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 36
University of Notre Dame 31
University of Nebraska 28
University of Minnesota 27
Augustana College (Ill.) 25
Stanford University 25
Johns Hopkins University 24
Penn State University 23
Kenyon College 23
University of Texas 22
Academic All-America Women's At-Large Selections Total
Emory University 37
University of Georgia 31
Truman State University 31
University of Nebraska 30
University of Florida 30
Gustavus Adolphus College 26
University of Texas 26
Augustana College (Ill.) 26
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 25
University of Wisconsin 25
University of Notre Dame 23
Ithaca College 23
Penn State University 23
Academic All-America Baseball Selections Total
University of Notre Dame 29
Bucknell University 28
Wichita State University 26
Illinois Wesleyan University 25
Delta State University 22
Johns Hopkins University 21
Mississippi State University 20
Western Michigan University 19
University of Arizona 18
University of Nebraska 17
Academic All-America Football Selections Total
University of Nebraska 98
Penn State University 53
University of Notre Dame 52
University of Dayton 48
Ohio State University 48
University of Oklahoma 47
Stanford University 37
Carnegie Mellon University 36
U.S. Air Force Academy 34
University of Texas 33
Academic All-America Women's Soccer Selections Total
University of Notre Dame 14
Penn State University 11
University of North Carolina 11
Charlotte (UNC-Charlotte) 8
University of Portland 7
U.S. Naval Academy 7
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology 7
University of Indianapolis 6
Saint Louis University 6
Ohio Northern University 6
Academic All-America Softball Selections Total
University of Nebraska 26
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale 20
Florida Southern College 20
California State University-Fresno (Fresno State) 18
Illinois Wesleyan University 18
The College of New Jersey 18
DePaul University 18
University of Notre Dame 17
Northern Illinois University 17
Kent State University 14
McDaniel College 14
Ohio Northern University 14
Academic All-America Men's Cross Country/Track & Field Total
Calvin College 14
Adams State College 13
University of Oregon 13
University of Notre Dame 12
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) 12
Augustana College (Ill.) 12
North Dakota State University 12
Nebraska Wesleyan University 11
University of Wisconsin 10
Florida State University 10
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