July 3, 2013

NOTRE DAME, Ind. — Whether it be Federal Graduation rates, Academic Progress Rate (APR) statistics or Graduation Success Rate (GSR) figures, Notre Dame ranks among the national leaders in performance of its student-athletes in the classroom. Notre Dame also stands near the top in the number of Academic All-American accolades its student-athletes receive each year.

During the 2012-13 school year, eight Irish student-athletes were honored as Capital One Academic All-Americans by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). That’s the most student-athletes to receive Academic All-America® citations since the 2008-09 school year.

The eight honorees this past year were: Greg Andrews (men’s tennis), Ashley Armstrong (women’s golf), Mike Golic, Jr. (football), Logan Renwick (men’s track and field), Harrison Shipp (men’s soccer), Manti Te’o (football), Rebecca Tracy (women’s cross country/track and field) and Elizabeth Tucker (women’s soccer).

CoSIDA conducts the selection process for Academic All-Americans annually. 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. Capital One serves as the program’s title sponsor.

Currently, Notre Dame ranks second all-time with 231 Academic All-Americans, trailing only Nebraska’s 307. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is third with 204, followed by Penn State (182) and Stanford (176) rounding out the top five.

In addition, Notre Dame ranks in the top-10 in several different sports. The Irish have had more Academic All-Americans than any other school in baseball and women’s soccer while also holding down the top-10 in football (third), men’s at-large (third), softball (tied for sixth), men’s basketball (tied for ninth) and men’s cross country/track and field (tied for ninth).

Since 2000, Notre Dame ranks third in the number of student-athletes who have earned Academic All-American® honors with 105.

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 communications office. Since 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-America honors on more than 14,000 student-athletes in Divisions I, II, III and a College Division team comprised of NAIA, Canadian and two-year institutions.

Total Academic All-America Selections1. Nebraska                   3072. Notre Dame                             2313. MIT                        2044. Penn State                     1825. Stanford                       1766. Augustana (Ill.)                   1467. Emory                      1448. Nebraska Wesleyan                  1429. Florida                            12710. Bucknell                      125
Division I1. Nebraska                   3072. Notre Dame                             2313. Penn State                     1824. Stanford                       1765. Florida                    1276. Bucknell                       1257. Texas                      1248. Georgia                    1199. UCLA                           117   Ohio State                     117   Tennessee                      117   Oklahoma                   117
Most AAA Selections since 20001. Nebraska                       1202. MIT                        1073. Notre Dame                             1054. Emory                      1035. Penn State                      886. RPI                         837. Stanford                        808. Nebraska Wesleyan                   799. Alabama                     7810. Calvin College                 71
Men's At-Large1. Emory                       432. MIT                         423. Notre Dame                           344. Stanford                        32   Nebraska                    326. Johns Hopkins                   287. Minnesota                       27   Penn State                      27   Kenyon College                  2710. U.S. Naval Academy                     26
Baseball1. Notre Dame                           292. Bucknell                        283. Wichita State                   274. Johns Hopkins                   265. Illinois Wesleyan                   256. Mississippi State                   23   Delta State                     238. Western Michigan                    19   Nebraska                    19   Rose Hulman Institute of Technology     19
Men's Basketball1. Illinois Wesleyan                   242. UCLA                            20   Kansas                      20   Indiana                     205. Duke                        196. Millikin                        15   Northwestern                    15   Gonzaga                     159. Brigham Young                   14Notre Dame                          14
Football1. Nebraska                   1042. Penn State                      623. Notre Dame                           584. Dayton                      525. Ohio State                      49   Oklahoma                        497. Nebraska Wesleyan                       458. Carnegie Mellon                 449. Stanford                    4310. Massachusetts Institute of Technology  37
Women's Soccer1. Notre Dame                           172. North Carolina                  163. Portland                    12   Penn State                      125. Hardin-Simmons                  116. Stanford                        107. Charlotte                        9   U.S. Naval Academy                       9   Armstrong Atlantic State                 910. Ohio Northern                   8    Franklin Pierce                     8    North Dakota State                      8    Oklahoma City                   8    Johns Hopkins                   8    Otterbein College                   8
Softball1. Nebraska                    292. Southern Illinois-Carbondale            233. Florida Southern                    214. Tennessee                       205. Illinois Wesleyan                   19   College of New Jersey               197. DePaul                      18   Fresno State                    18Notre Dame                          1810. Northern Illinois                  17
Men's Cross Country/Track and Field1. Augustana (Ill.)                    212. Calvin College                  193. Nebraska                        18   Adams State                         185. RPI                             17   Rice                        177. Oregon                      168. Nebraska Wesleyan                       159. Florida State                   14Notre Dame                          14   Wisconsin                       14