The 2011-12 Capital One Academic All-America® program opened October 4 with MEN'S and WOMEN'S SOCCER NOMINATIONS for all divisions. The nomination deadline for men's and women's soccer Academic All-District Teams is Tuesday, Oct. 18, at 6 p.m. Eastern, but don't wait until the last minute to nominate!
FOOTBALL and WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT NOMINATIONS for all divisions started Tuesday, October 11 and conclude on Tuesday, Oct. 25 at 6 pm Eastern.
• See AAA information, links and maps of NEW 2011-12 DISTRICTS below.
• Only current 2011-12 CoSIDA members may nominate and vote in the Capital One Academic All-America® program. Need to update your 2011-12 membership or join CoSIDA? Click HERE
Log in here to nominate for Capital One Academic All-America®
Map of 2011-12 Academic All-America Districts (PDF)
Academic All-America Committee List: Chairs, Vice-Chairs, District Coordinators list (PDF)
Link to more Capital One Academic All-America® program information
2011-12 Master Schedule of Nomination/Voting Deadlines, Team Release Dates (PDF)
CoSIDA Members:
Online nominations for the Capital One Academic All-America® men's and women's soccer, football and volleyball programs are now open.
All nominations for the Capital One Academic All-America® program must be done online through the CoSIDA Web site. Nominations will be accepted only from current CoSIDA members, and members may nominate student-athletes only from their own institution.
To nominate student-athlete(s) for the Capital One Academic All-America® program, visit the Academic All-America® Web site at http://www.cosida.com/aa and log in with your CoSIDA
user name and password. If you do not have your user name and profile, click the link next to "Forget your login information?" and your user information will be sent to the e-mail address that appears in the CoSIDA directory.
You will be asked to select your school's division, and the online system will automatically determine the correct Academic All-America district.
Completing most of the rest of the nomination form is a matter of choosing the position and filling in the blanks. There is a data field for additional supporting nomination which is limited to 500 characters. This data can be copied and pasted from other applications.
IMPORTANT: DO NOT enter a PO Box as a university address. The CoSIDA awards system cannot ship to PO Boxes.
New to the system this year is the ability to save a nomination and submit it at a later time. Please note that there are "Save" and "Submit" buttons at the bottom of the nomination form. Nomination forms which have been saved still must be submitted before the nomination deadline!
When you are ready to submit the nomination form, hit "submit" and the system will e-mail a receipt for the nomination. Make sure to save this confirmation e-mail, as it contains a unique ID number which will assist in troubleshooting if necessary.
FOR MEN'S and WOMEN'S SOCCER: The nomination deadline is Tuesday, Oct. 18, at 6 p.m. Eastern, but don't wait until the last minute!
FOR FOOTBALL and WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL: The nomination deadline is Tuesday, Oct. 25 at 6 p.m. Eastern - but please don't wait until the last minute to nominate.
NOMINATION REMINDERS:
• Only current 2011-12 CoSIDA members may nominate and vote in this program.
• The nominee must be a starter or important reserve with legitimate athletic credentials.
• Nominees must have a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.30 (on a 4.0 scale) in BOTH undergrad and graduate work. This MAY NOT be rounded up to 3.30; thus, a student-athlete with a 3.299 GPA is not eligible. Nominees in graduate school must have a cumulative GPA of 3.30 or better both as an undergrad AND in graduate school. For example, a student-athlete with GPAs of 3.0 in undergraduate work and 3.9 in graduate school would not be eligible, even if the average of the two combined was above 3.30.
• Nominees must have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at your institution (true freshmen, red-shirt freshmen and ineligible athletic transfers are not eligible) and must have completed at least one academic year at your institution.
• Nominees must have participated in at least 50 percent of the team's games (in the position listed on the nomination form).