List of Football Academic All-America Team Members of the Year

Football Academic All-America Team Members of the Year
Awarded for the yearly outstanding men's American football Academic All-America team member
Country United States & Canada
Presented by Capital One & the College Sports Information Directors of America
Currently held by Carson Wentz, North Dakota State
Jason Vander Laan, Ferris State
Hank Spencer, Mount Union
Logan Paben, Peru State
Official website http://cosida.com/Academic%20All-America/aaaselections.aspx

List of Football Academic All-America Team Members of the Year is a list of the annual selection by the College Sports Information Directors of America and its Academic All-America sponsor of the individual athlete selected as the most outstanding of the annual Football Academic All-America selections. From 1996 to 2011 one winner each was chosen from both the College and University Divisions for all twelve Academic All-America teams including football. The Academic All-America program recognizes combined athletic and academic excellence of the nation's top student-athletes. The University Division team included eligible participants from National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I member schools, while the College Division team included scholar-athletes from all of the following: NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), Canadian universities and colleges and two-year schools. Currently, each team selects Academic All-District honorees in eight geographic districts across the United States and Canada.[1] First team All-District honorees make the All-America team ballots. All twelve 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 football, women's volleyball and men's and women's at-large teams) had one Academic All-American of the Year each for both the College and University divisions. One of these twelve sport-by-sport Academic All-Americans of the year is selected as the Academic All-America Team Members of the Year for each division.[2] The most recent football players to win the all-sports honor are Carson Wentz of North Dakota State University and Jason Vander Laan of Ferris State University, respectively winners of the Division I and Division II awards for the 2015–16 academic year (with the football awards designated as 2015 awards and the overall awards presented for 2016).[3][4]

In 2011, the Academic All-America program was expanded from two to four divisions. NCAA Divisions II and III were separated into their own divisions, while the College Division now consists only of non-NCAA institutions.[5]

Tables of winners

Names in bold indicate winners of the all-sports Academic All-America award.

Two-division era (1991–2010)

Year University Division Winner School College Division Winner School
1991 Vardell, TommyTommy Vardell Stanford
1992 Hansen, JimJim Hansen Colorado
1993 Ruddy, TimTim Ruddy[6] Notre Dame
1994 Zatechka, RobRob Zatechka Nebraska
1995 Wuerffel, DannyDanny Wuerffel[7] Florida Chris Palmer St. John's (MN)
1996 Wuerffel, DannyDanny Wuerffel Florida
1997 Manning, PeytonPeyton Manning TennesseeBrad Gray MIT
1998 Stinchcomb, MattMatt Stinchcomb Georgia
1999 Pennington, ChadChad Pennington Marshall
2000 Brees, DrewDrew Brees[8] Purdue
2001 Johnson, RyanRyan Johnson[9] Montana State T.J. Hess Widener
2002 Kingsbury, KliffKliff Kingsbury[10] Texas TechMike Bowman[11]Susquehanna
2003 Krenzel, CraigCraig Krenzel[12] Ohio StateTyler Paul[12] Emporia State
2004 Smith, AlexAlex Smith[13] UtahTy Touchstone[13] Eastern New Mexico
2005 Hartigan, NickNick Hartigan[14] Brown Josh Lamberson [14] Northwest Missouri State
2006 Posluszny, PaulPaul Posluszny[15] Penn StateRyan Meredith[15] Pittsburg State
2007 Cramer, BrandonBrandon Cramer[16] DaytonDanny Woodhead[16] Chadron State
2008 Tebow, TimTim Tebow[17] Florida Greg Micheli[17] Mount Union
2009 Tebow, TimTim Tebow[18] FloridaBeau Kildow[18]Morningside
2010 McElroy, GregGreg McElroy[19] AlabamaIsaac Odim[19] Minnesota–Duluth

Four-division era (2011–present)

Year Div. I Winner School Div. II Winner School Div. III Winner School College Winner School
2011 Luck, AndrewAndrew Luck[5] StanfordClay Garcia[20] Colorado Mines Zweifel, MichaelMichael Zweifel[21] DubuqueJake Snodgrass[22] McPherson
2012 Jones, BarrettBarrett Jones[23] AlabamaDustin Vaughan[24] West Texas A&M Driskill, NickNick Driskill[25] Mount UnionJake Snodgrass[26] McPherson
2013 Ikard, GabeGabe Ikard[27] Oklahoma Adams, TrentTrent Adams[28] Northwest Missouri State Arena, JohnJohn Arena[29] Johns Hopkins Wims, LamontLamont Wims[30] Robert Morris (IL)
2014 Zenner, ZachZach Zenner[31] South Dakota State Rodgers, KevinKevin Rodgers[32] Henderson State Bates, MichaelMichael Bates[33] Illinois College Zumpfe, ConnorConnor Zumpfe[34] Nebraska Wesleyan
2015 Wentz, CarsonCarson Wentz[35] North Dakota State Vander Laan, JasonJason Vander Laan[36] Ferris State Spencer, HankHank Spencer[37] Mount Union Paben, LoganLogan Paben[38] Peru State

Schools with multiple awards

School Awards
Florida 4[m 1]
Mount Union 3
Alabama 2
McPherson 2[m 2]
Northwest Missouri State 2
Stanford 2
Notes
  1. ↑ Four awards won by two individuals.
  2. ↑ Two awards won by the same individual.

Notes

  1. ↑ "Capital One Academic All-District ® Men's Basketball Teams Released" (PDF). College Sports Information Directors of America. February 3, 2011. Retrieved March 22, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Academic All-America program Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)" (PDF). College Sports Information Directors of America. Retrieved March 22, 2011.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. 1 2 "Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck headlines the 2011 Capital One Academic All-America® Division I Football Team". College Sports Information Directors of America. December 8, 2011. Retrieved December 8, 2011.
  6. ↑ "3 Cornhuskers On Academic All-America". Seattle Times. December 19, 1993. Retrieved December 9, 2011.
  7. ↑ "WUERFFEL TOPS GTE ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA TEAM". Sun-Sentinel. December 20, 1995. p. 12C. Retrieved December 8, 2011.
  8. ↑ "Purdue's Brees heads 2000 football Academic All-Americans". National Collegiate Athletic Association. December 18, 2000. Retrieved December 8, 2011.
  9. ↑ "Football, women's volleyball teams kick off annual accolades". National Collegiate Athletic Association. January 7, 2002. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
  10. ↑ "Thirteen Student-Athletes Earn Repeat Verizon Academic All-America® Football Team Honors" (PDF). College Sports Information Directors of America. December 2, 2002. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
  11. ↑ "2002-2003 VERIZON ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA® FOOTBALL TEAM (COLLEGE DIVISION)" (PDF). College Sports Information Directors of America. December 2, 2002. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
  12. 1 2 "2003 Academic All-America® Football Team Announced" (PDF). College Sports Information Directors of America. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
  13. 1 2 "Utah's Smith & Eastern New Mexico's Touchstone Head: 2004 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® Football Team" (PDF). College Sports Information Directors of America. December 1, 2004. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
  14. 1 2 "Brown's Hartigan, Northwest Missouri State's Lamberson Head: 2005 ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America® Football Teams" (PDF). College Sports Information Directors of America. December 1, 2005. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
  15. 1 2 "Penn State's Posluszny and Pittsburgh State's Meredith Head: 2006 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® Football Teams" (PDF). College Sports Information Directors of America. November 30, 2006. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
  16. 1 2 "2007 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® Football Team" (PDF). College Sports Information Directors of America. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
  17. 1 2 "2008 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America" (PDF). College Sports Information Directors of America. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
  18. 1 2 "2009-2010 ESPN The Magazine Sport-By-Sport Academic All-Americans Of The Year" (PDF). College Sports Information Directors of America. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
  19. 1 2 "Alabama quarterback Greg McElroy, Minnesota Duluth running back Isaac Odim lead ESPN Academic All-America® Football Teams". College Sports Information Directors of America. November 23, 2010. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
  20. ↑ "Clay Garcia of Colorado School of Mines named top scholar-athlete on Capital One Academic All-America® Division II Football Team". College Sports Information Directors of America. December 7, 2011. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  21. ↑ "Record-setting senior wide receiver Michael Zweifel (University of Dubuque) leads Capital One Academic All-America® Division III Football Team; Zweifel named AAA of the Year for DIII football". College Sports Information Directors of America. December 6, 2011. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  22. ↑ "Jake Snodgrass of McPherson leads Capital One Academic All-America® College Division Football Team". College Sports Information Directors of America. December 5, 2011. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  23. ↑ "Alabama's Barrett Jones tops Capital One Academic All-America® Division I Football Team". College Sports Information Directors of America. December 6, 2012. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
  24. ↑ "Quarterback Dustin Vaughan of West Texas A&M tops Capital One Academic All-America® Division II Football Team". College Sports Information Directors of America. December 5, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  25. ↑ "Mount Union defensive back Nick Driskill leads Capital One Academic All-America® Division III Football Team". College Sports Information Directors of America. December 4, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  26. ↑ "McPherson College quarterback Jake Snodgrass leads Capital One Academic All-America College Division Football Teams; Snodgrass repeats as divisional AAA of the Year". College Sports Information Directors of America. December 3, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  27. ↑ "Alabama's Jacob crowned Capital One Division I Academic All-America of the Year" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. July 31, 2014. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
  28. ↑ "Bentley's Battista named Capital One D2 Academic All-America® of the Year" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. July 30, 2014. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
  29. ↑ "Cazzola named Capital One Academic D3 All-America® of the Year" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. July 29, 2014. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
  30. ↑ "Lunney Named Top Capital One Academic All-America® honoree in College Division" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. July 28, 2014. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
  31. ↑ "Capital One Academic All-America® D1 Football Team Selected" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. December 4, 2014. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
  32. ↑ "Meet the Capital One Academic All-America® D2 Football Team" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. December 3, 2014. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
  33. ↑ "Capital One Academic All-America® D3 Football Team Announced" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. December 2, 2014. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
  34. ↑ "Meet the Capital One Academic All-America® College Div. Football Team" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. December 1, 2014. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
  35. ↑ "CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division I Football Selected" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. December 3, 2015.
  36. ↑ "Academic All-America® Football Teams - Division II" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. December 2, 2014.
  37. ↑ "Academic All-America® Football Teams - Division III". College Sports Information Directors of America. December 1, 2015.
  38. ↑ "Academic All-America® Football Teams - College Division". College Sports Information Directors of America. November 30, 2015.

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