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)            TotalUniversity of Nebraska                                     277University of Notre Dame                                   216Penn State University                                      167Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)                165Stanford University                                        144Augustana College (Ill.)                                   134Bucknell University                                        119University of Texas                                        119Emory University                                           118UCLA                                                       113
Division I Academic All-Americans TotalUniversity of Nebraska 277University of Notre Dame 216Penn State University 167Stanford University 144Bucknell University 119University of Texas 119UCLA 113University of Florida 113Ohio State University 108University of Georgia 105
Most Academic All-America Selections Since 2000 TotalUniversity of Notre Dame 90University of Nebraska 90Emory University 77Penn State University 73Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) 68Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 58Calvin College 55North Dakota State University 54University of Alabama 53University of St. Thomas 53
Academic All-America Men's At-Large Selections TotalEmory University 37Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 37University of Notre Dame 31University of Nebraska 28University of Minnesota 27Stanford University 26Augustana College (Ill.) 25Johns Hopkins University 25Penn State University 24Kenyon College 23
Academic All-America Baseball Selections TotalUniversity of Notre Dame 29Bucknell University 28Wichita State University 27Illinois Wesleyan University 25Delta State University 22Johns Hopkins University 22Mississippi State University 22Western Michigan University 19University of Arizona 18University of Nebraska 18
Academic All-America Men's Basketball Selections TotalIllinoise Wesleyan University 24UCLA 20University of Kansas 19Indiana University 18Duke University 17Millikin University 15Gonzaga University 14Northwestern University 14Brigham Young University 14Purdue University 14University of Utah 13University of Notre Dame 13
Academic All-America Football Selections TotalUniversity of Nebraska 98Penn State University 57University of Notre Dame 54University of Dayton 49Ohio State University 49University of Oklahoma 47Stanford University 40Carnegie Mellon University 38U.S. Air Force Academy 35University of Texas 35University of Michigan 35
Academic All-America Women's Soccer Selections TotalUniversity of Notre Dame 15University of North Carolina 13Penn State University 11Charlotte (UNC-Charlotte) 9University of Portland 9U.S. Naval Academy 9Ohio Northern University 8Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology 7Franklin Pierce University 7
Academic All-America Softball Selections TotalUniversity of Nebraska 27Southern Illinois University-Carbondale 20Florida Southern College 20Illinois Wesleyan University 19The College of New Jersey 19University of Notre Dame 18California State University-Fresno (Fresno State) 18DePaul University 18Northern Illinois University 17Kent State University 14McDaniel College 14Ohio Northern University 14University of Tennessee 14University of Michigan 14
Academic All-America Men's Cross Country/Track & Field TotalAdams State College 16Calvin College 14University of Oregon 14Augustana College (Ill.) 14Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) 13University of Notre Dame 12North Dakota State University 12Nebraska Wesleyan University 12University of Wisconsin 11Florida State University 11Rice University 11

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