CoSIDA Members:
The 2011-12 Capital One Academic All-America® program opened October 4 with men's and women's soccer nominations and followed with football and women's volleyball nominations. Nominations have closed for all four programs and voting for all four sport Academic All-District Teams is open.
• VOTING now underway for MEN'S and WOMEN'S SOCCER Academic All-District
teams and concludes on Tuesday, Nov. 1 (at 6 p.m. Eastern).
Men's & women's soccer Academic All-District Teams release: TO BE ANNOUNCED
• VOTING also is underway for FOOTBALL and WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL Academic All-District Teams begins and will continue through Tuesday, Nov. 8.
Football & women's volleyball Academic All-District Teams release: Thursday, Nov. 10
• See AAA information, links and maps of NEW 2011-12 DISTRICTS below. Members vote in their district. There are four Capital One AAA teams which will be chosen in Division I, Division II, Division III and the College Division (comprised of NAIA, two-year colleges and Canadian schools).
• 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
Members vote in their district. There are four Capital One AAA teams which will be chosen in Division I, Division II, Division III and the College Division (comprised of NAIA, two-year colleges and Canadian schools).
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.
Once you have logged in, there will be an option for "Vote on a District Ballot." Click on this link to go to a screen listing the district ballots that are available for you to vote upon. Select the radio button for the ballot you wish to vote upon and click on "Proceed to Ballot."
You can print a copy of the ballot to peruse by clicking the link and printing the page that pops up. To reduce the chance of a time out error, first print copies of all the ballots, then log out (or close your browser window) and read through the printed copies, then log back in to vote.
To vote, click the radio buttons for the student-athletes for whom you wish to vote, then click "submit ballot." If there are more ballots for you to vote upon, the system will prompt you to vote on those.
Every vote does count, so cast yours today! The voting deadline for men's and women's soccer is 6 p.m., Eastern Time, on Tuesday, Nov. 1, while the voting deadline for football and women's volleyball is 6 p.m., Eastern Time, on Tuesday, Nov. 8.
Thank you for your participation in the Capital One Academic All-America® programs!
Log in here to nominate and vote 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)
INFORMATION ON NOMINATIONS FOR UPCOMING WINTER & SPRING TEAM HONORS
Next up: Men's and Women's Academic All-District nominations (Tue., Jan. 3-Tue., Jan. 17, 2012)
CoSIDA Members:
A few reminders for the 2011-12 Capital One Academic All-America® program.
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.
The program has expanded from two teams (University and College divisions) to four teams this year (Division I, Division II, Division III, and a College Division which combines NAIA, two-year and Canadian schools).
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 by the deadline date and 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
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).