List of Academic All-America Team Members of the Year

List of 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 approximately 1640 annual Academic All-America selections. Since the 2012 awards, one winner has been chosen for each of four divisions. Three of the divisions correspond directly to the three divisions of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)—Division I, Division II, and Division III. The College Division, which previously included all institutions outside of NCAA Division I, now includes only non-NCAA institutions—namely NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) members, two-year colleges and Canadian schools.^[1] Between 1996 and 2011 one winner each was chosen from both the College and University Divisions of 816 annual selections. Between 1988 and 1995 one winner was chosen per year.^[2] The Academic All-America program recognizes combined athletic and academic excellence of the nation's top student-athletes.

Prior to 2012, the University Division team included eligible participants from NCAA Division I member schools, while the College Division team included scholar-athletes from all of the following: NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, NAIA, Canadian universities and colleges and two-year schools.^[3]

Currently, each team selects Academic All-District honorees in eight geographic districts across the United States and Canada. First team All-District honorees make the All-America team ballots. Currently, 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 American football, women's volleyball and men's and women's at-large teams) has one Academic All-American of the Year for every division. One of these twelve sport-by-sport Academic All-American of the years is selected as the Academic All-America Team Members of the Year for each division.^[4]

Division I (formerly University Division)

Note: All athletes are American unless otherwise indicated.

Year	Name	School	Sport
1987–88	Smith, MichaelMichael Smith	Brigham !Brigham Young University	Basketball
1988–89	Martin, JamesJames Martin	Penn !Pennsylvania State University	Wrestling
1989–90	Kessler, AlecAlec Kessler	Georgia !University of Georgia	Basketball
1990–91	Parker, AlAl Parker	Georgia !University of Georgia	Tennis
1991–92	Vardell, TommyTommy Vardell	Stanford University	Football
1992–93	Hansen, JimJim Hansen	Colorado !University of Colorado at Boulder	Football
1993–94	Erikson, CarlCarl Erikson	Oberlin College	Tennis
1994–95	Lobo, RebeccaRebecca Lobo	Connecticut !University of Connecticut	Basketball
	Zatechka, RobRob Zatechka	Nebraska !University of Nebraska–Lincoln	Football
1995–96	Fuller, ToddTodd Fuller	North Carolina State University	Basketball
1996–97	Wuerffel, DannyDanny Wuerffel	Florida !University of Florida	Football
1997–98	Manning, PeytonPeyton Manning	Tennessee !University of Tennessee	Football
1998–99	Stinchcomb, MattMatt Stinchcomb	Georgia !University of Georgia	Football
1999–2000	Pennington, ChadChad Pennington	Marshall University	Football
2000–01	Riley, RuthRuth Riley	Notre Dame !University of Notre Dame	Basketball
2001–02	Dales-Schuman, StaceyStacey Dales-Schuman	Oklahoma !University of Oklahoma	Basketball
2002–03	Kulikowski, TheresaTheresa Kulikowski	Utah !University of Utah	Gymnastics
2003–04	Okafor, EmekaEmeka Okafor	Connecticut !University of Connecticut	Basketball
2004–05	Smith, AlexAlex Smith	Utah !University of Utah	Football
2005–06	Sinclair, ChristineChristine Sinclair	Portland !University of Portland	Soccer
2006–07	Pavan, SarahSarah Pavan	Nebraska !University of Nebraska–Lincoln	Volleyball
2007–08	Pavan, SarahSarah Pavan	Nebraska !University of Nebraska–Lincoln	Volleyball
2008–09	Rupp, GalenGalen Rupp	Oregon !University of Oregon	Track/Cross Country
2009–10	Schluntz, JustineJustine Schluntz	Arizona !University of Arizona	Swimming
2010–11	Moore, MayaMaya Moore	Connecticut !University of Connecticut	Basketball
2011–12	Pancake, BrookeBrooke Pancake[5]	Alabama !University of Alabama	Golf
2012–13	Jones, BarrettBarrett Jones[6]	Alabama !University of Alabama	Football
2013–14	Jacob, KimKim Jacob[7]	Alabama !University of Alabama	Gymnastics
2014–15	Brown, MattMatt Brown[8]	Pennsylvania State University	Wrestling
2015–16	Wentz, CarsonCarson Wentz[9]	North Dakota State University	Football

Division II

Division III

College Division

Year	Name	School	Sport
1995–96	Chris Palmer	Saint John's University (MN)	Football
1996–97	Julie Roe	Millikin University	Basketball
1997–98	Brad Gray	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Football
1998–99	Kelly Schade	Simpson College	Softball
1999–2000	Korey Coon	Illinois Wesleyan University	Basketball
2000–01	Emily Bloss	Emporia State University	Basketball
2001–02	T.J. Hess	Widener College	Football
2002–03	Ashley Rowatt	Kenyon College	Swimming
2003–04	Kristen Shields	Whitworth University	Track & Field
2004–05	Carli Dale	Juniata College	Volleyball
2005–06	Josh Lamberson	Northwest Missouri State University	Football
2006–07	Jamie Wolf	Clarion University	Diving
2007–08	Troy Ruths	Washington University in St. Louis	Basketball
2008–09	Greg Micheli	Mount Union College	Football
2009–10	Jessica Pixler	Seattle Pacific University	Track/Cross Country
2010–11	Shannon Gagne	New Haven !University of New Haven	Track/Cross Country
2011–12	Achten, JamieJamie Achten[20]	Lee University	Soccer
2012–13	Persson, MiaMia Persson[21]	Lindsey Wilson College	Soccer
2013–14	Lunney, StephenStephen Lunney[22]	Martin Methodist College	Soccer
2014–15	Siqueira, WanessaWanessa Siqueira[23]	Park University	Volleyball
2015–16	Esposito, LeahLeah Esposito[24]	Carroll College (Montana)	Cross country, track and field

See also

• Walter Byers Scholarship

Notes

External links

• Academic All-America information page