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A total of 10 Notre Dame student-athletes have earned CoSIDA Academic All-America recognition on three occasions during their Fighting Irish careers, including a trio of three-time first-team CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, and two Academic All-Americans of the Year. The following list includes all of Notre Dame’s three-time Academic All-Americans across all teams and all sports, dating back to the inception of the CoSIDA Academic All-America program in 1952.

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John Loughran
Baseball

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Vanessa Pruzinsky
Women’s Soccer

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Bob Arnzen
Men’s Basketball

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Erika Bohn
Women’s Soccer

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Joy Battersby
Softball

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Tom Gibbons
Football

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Jarrah Myers
Softball

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Joe Heap
Football

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Katie Marten
Softball

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Greg Dingens
Football

CHRONOLOGICAL LISTING
Name 1stYr/Sport/Tm/Pos 2ndYr/Sport/Tm/Pos 3rdYr/Sport/Tm/Pos
Joe Heap 1952/Football/1st/RB 1953/Football/1st/RB 1954/Football/1st/RB
Bob Arnzen 1967/M Basketball/1st/F 1968/M Basketball/1st/F 1969/M Basketball/1st/F
Tom Gibbons 1978/Football/2nd/DB 1979/Football/2nd/DB 1980/Football/1st/DB
Greg Dingens 1983/Football/2nd/DL 1984/Football/1st/DL 1985/Football/1st/DL
John Loughran 1985/Baseball/3rd/OF 1986/Baseball/1st/OF 1987/Baseball/2nd/OF
Joy Battersby 1995/Softball/2nd/P 1996/Softball/2nd/P 1997/Softball/3rd/P
Katie Marten 1995/Softball/3rd/DH 1996/Softball/2nd/DH 1997/Softball/1st/DH
Jarrah Myers# 2000/Softball/3rd/C 2001/Softball/1st/C 2002/Softball/1st/C
Vanessa Pruzinsky# 2000/W At-Large/1st/D 2001/W At-Large/1st/D 2003/W Soccer/1st/D
Erika Bohn 2003/W Soccer/2nd/G 2004/W Soccer/1st/G 2005/W Soccer/1st/G
Ashley Armstrong 2013/W At-Large/3rd 2014/W At-Large/2nd 2015/W At-Large/2nd
# – Academic All-America Team Member Of The Year
 
THREE-TIME FIRST-TEAM ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS
Joe Heap 1952/Football/RB 1953/Football/RB 1954/Football/RB
Bob Arnzen 1967/M Basketball/F 1968/M Basketball/F 1969/M Basketball/F
Vanessa Pruzinsky# 2001/W At-Large/D 2002/W At-Large/Soccer 2003/W Soccer/D
# – Academic All-America Team Member Of The Year
 
BASEBALL THREE-TIME ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS (1)
John Loughran 1985/3rd/OF 1986/1st/OF 1987/2nd/OF
 
MEN’S BASKETBALL THREE-TIME ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS (1)
Bob Arnzen 1967/1st/F 1968/1st/F 1969/1st/F
 
FOOTBALL THREE-TIME ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS (3)
Joe Heap 1952/1st/RB 1953/1st/RB 1954/1st/RB
Tom Gibbons 1978/2nd/DB 1979/2nd/DB 1980/1st/DB
Greg Dingens 1983/2nd/DL 1984/1st/DL 1985/1st/DL
 
Women’s Golf Three-Time Academic All-Americans (1)
Ashley Armstrong 2013/W At-Large/3rd 2014/W At-Large/2nd 2015/W At-Large/2nd
 
WOMEN’S SOCCER THREE-TIME ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS (2)
Vanessa Pruzinsky# 2001/1st/W At-Large 2002/1st/W At-Large 2003/1st/D
Erika Bohn 2003/2nd/G 2004/1st/G 2005/1st/G
# – Academic All-America Team Member Of The Year
 
SOFTBALL THREE-TIME ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS (3)
Joy Battersby 1995/2nd/P 1996/2nd/P 1997/3rd/P
Katie Marten 1995/3rd/DH 1996/2nd/DH 1997/1st/DH
Jarrah Myers# 2000/3rd/C 2001/1st/C 2002/1st/C
# – Academic All-America Team Member Of The Year