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Athletics
The Academic All-America program is organized annually by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), and it has been sponsored by various corporate partners. ESPN The Magazine currently serves as the title sponsor of the Academic All-America program. 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 past decade, Notre Dame leads the nation with 84 Academic All-America selections. In seven different sport categories, Notre Dame ranks in the top 10 in the nation for all-time Academic All-America selections - 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 2008-09 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 for Academic All-America status, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a minimum 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. Since 1952, 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.
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