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CoSIDA Academic All-Americas Participating at the Rio Olympics PDF doc
Listed below are Rio Olympic competitors who earned national Academic All-America® honors in their respective sports while competing in college.
There are 82 on this list, representing 49 colleges, 21 countries and 17 sports. Of the 82 AAAs listed, nine of them earned Academic All-America honors during the 2015-16 academic year. The list also includes USA women’s volleyball coach Karch Kiraly, who was inducted into the CoSIDA Academic All-America® Hall of Fame in 2009.
To be an Academic All-America® selection, a student-athlete must be a sophomore in academic standing with a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) and be a starter or important reserve.
More on CoSIDA's Academic All-America® program.
If you have a current or former CoSIDA Academic All-America honoree who is not listed here and who will be competing (or coaching) at the Rio Olympics, please contact Barb Kowal, CoSIDA Director of External Affairs at
barbkowal@cosida.com. Thanks to Dick Lipe, Bently University SID and member of the Academic All-America® Committee, for compiling this list.
There are 11 Academic All-America® of the Year recipients (in their respective sports) going to Rio:
• Elizabeth Beisel, Florida, 2013 women’s at-large (swimming)
• Ana Bogdanovski, Johns Hopkins, 2014 and 2015 women's at-large (swimming)
• Stefan Brits, Florida State
• Abbey D’Agostino, Dartmouth, 2014 women’s track & cross country
• Elena Della Donne, Delaware, 2012 and 2013 women’s basketball
• Missy Franklin, California, 2015 women’s at-large (swimming)
• Anton McKee, Alabama, 2016 men’s at-large (swimming)
• Maya Moore, UConn, women’s basketball, 2010 and 2011 women’s basketball
• Heather O’Reilly, North Carolina, 2006 women’s soccer
• Sarah Pavan, Nebraska, 2006 and 2007 volleyball
• Galen Rupp, Oregon, 2009 men’s track and cross country
Updated August 3, 2016
| Name |
Sport |
Country |
School |
AAA Year |
| Anton McKee |
Men’s Swimming |
Iceland |
Alabama |
2016 M. At-Large AAAOY; 2015 M. At-Large (3rd), 2016 M. At-Large (1st) |
| Kevin Cordes |
Men’s Swimming |
USA |
Arizona |
2013 M. At-Large (3rd), 2015 M. At-Large (1st) |
| Edgar Rivera |
Men’s Track & Field |
Mexico |
Arizona |
2012 M. Track/XC (3rd), 2013 M. Track/XC (1st) |
| Carlota Ciganda |
Women’s Golf |
Spain |
Arizona State |
2010 W. At-Large (3rd) |
| Azahara Munoz |
Women’s Golf |
Spain |
Arizona State |
2008 W. At-Large (1st), 2009 W. At-Large (1st) |
| Jarrion Lawson |
Men’s Track & Field |
USA |
Arkansas |
2016 M. Track/XC (1st) |
| Stacy Lewis |
Women’s Golf |
USA |
Arkansas |
2007 W. At-Large (1st), 2008 W. At-Large (1st) |
| Tina Sutej |
Women’s Track & Field |
Slovenia |
Arkansas |
2012 W. Track/XC (2nd) |
| Sandi Morris |
Women’s Track & Field |
USA |
Arkansas |
2014 W. Track/XC (3rd), 2015 W. Track/XC (1st) |
| Ben Thorne |
Men’s Track & Field |
Canada |
British Columbia |
2015 M. Track/XC (1st) |
| Maria Bernard |
Women’s Track & Field |
Canada |
British Columbia |
2015 W. Track/XC (1st) |
| Victoria Mitchell |
Women’s Track & Field |
Australia |
Butler |
2005 W. Track/XC (2nd) |
| Nathan Adrian |
Men’s Swimming |
USA |
California |
2010 M. At-Large (1st), 2011 M. At-Large (1st) |
| Ryan Murphy |
Men’s Swimming |
USA |
California |
2015 M. At-Large (2nd), 2016 M. At-Large (1st) |
| Missy Franklin |
Women’s Swimming |
USA |
California |
2015 W. At-Large AAAOY; 2015 W. At-Large (1st) |
| Patricia Mamona |
Women’s Track & Field |
Portugal |
Clemson |
2010 W. Track/XC (3rd) |
| Jenny (Barringer) Simpson |
Women’s Track & Field |
USA |
Colorado |
2008 W. Track/XC (1st), 2009 W. Track/XC (1st), 2010 W. Track/XC (1st) |
| Maya Moore |
Women’s Basketball |
USA |
Connecticut |
2010 & 2011 Women’s Basketball AAAOY; 2009 Women’s Basketball (1st), 2010 Women’s Basketball (1st), 2011 Women’s Basketball (1st) |
| Sean Furey |
Men’s Track & Field |
USA |
Dartmouth |
2004 M. Track/XC (3rd), 2005 M. Track/XC (2nd) |
| Abbey D’Agostino |
Women’ s Track & Field |
USA |
Dartmouth |
2014 W. Track AAAOY; 2013 W. Track/XC (1st), 2014 W. Track/XC (1st) |
| Elena Della Donne |
Women’s Basketball |
USA |
Delaware |
2012 & 2013 Women’s Basketball AAAOY; 2012 Women’s Basketball (1st), 2013 Women’s Basketball (1st) |
| Shannon Rowbury |
Women’s Track & Field |
USA |
Duke |
2007 W. Track/XC (1st) |
| Elizabeth Beisel |
Women’s Swimming |
USA |
Florida |
2013 W. At-Large AAAOY; 2012 W. At-Large (1st), 2013 W. At-Large (1st), 2014 W. At-Large (1st) |
| Alonzo Russell |
Men’s Track & Field |
Bahamas |
Florida State |
2014 M. Track/XC (3rd) |
| Stefan Brits |
Men’s Track & Field |
South Africa |
Florida State |
2016 M. Track/XC AAAOY; 2013 M. Track/XC (2nd), 2014 M. Track/XC (3rd), 2015 M. Track/XC (1st), 2016 M. Track/XC (1st) |
| Colleen Quigley |
Women’s Track & Field |
USA |
Florida State |
2014 W. Track/XC (2nd), 2015 W. Track/XC (2nd) |
| Kimberly Williams |
Women’s Track & Field |
Jamaica |
Florida State |
2010 W. Track/XC (1st), 2011 W. Track/XC (1st) |
| Susan Kuijken |
Women’s Track & Field |
Netherlands |
Florida State |
2009 W. Track/XC (1st) |
| Maicel Uibo |
Men’s Track & Field |
USA |
Georgia |
2015 M. Track/XC (2nd) |
| Keturah Orji |
Women’s Track & Field |
USA |
Georgia |
2016 W. Track/XC (1st) |
| Leontia Kallenou |
Women’s Track & Field |
USA |
Georgia |
2016 W. Track/XC (1st) |
| Kelsie Ahbe |
Women’s Track & Field |
Canada |
Indiana |
2014 W. Track/XC (3rd) |
| Hillary Bor |
Men’s Track & Field |
USA |
Iowa State |
2011 M. Track/XC (2nd) |
| Ana Bogdanovski |
Women’s Swimming |
Macedonia |
Johns Hopkins |
2014 W. At-Large (1st), 2015 W. At-Large (1st) |
| Jessica Javelet |
Women’s Rugby |
USA |
Louisville |
2005 W. At-Large (2nd), 2006 W. At-Large (1st) |
| Kelsi Worrell |
Women’s Swimming |
USA |
Louisville |
2015 W. At-Large (2nd), 2016 W. At-Large (1st) |
| Cleopatra Borel |
Women’s Track & Field |
Trinidad & Tobago |
Maryland-Baltimore County |
2002 W. Track/XC (3rd) |
| Connor Jaeger |
Men’s Swimming |
USA |
Michigan |
2013 M. At-Large (2nd), 2014 M. At-Large (1st) |
| Lindsay Whalen |
Women’s Basketball |
USA |
Minnesota |
2003 Women’s Basketball (3rd) |
| Pete Lombard |
Cycling – Mountain Bike |
Guam |
Navy |
1988 M. At-Large (1st) |
| Jordan Larson |
Women’s Volleyball |
USA |
Nebraska |
2008 Volleyball (2nd) |
| Sarah Pavan |
Beach Volleyball |
Canada |
Nebraska |
2006 & 2007 Volleyball AAAOY; 2005 Volleyball (1st), 2006 Volleyball (1st), 2007 Volleyball (1st) |
| Alena Sharp |
Women’s Golf |
Canada |
New Mexico State |
2002 W. At-Large (3rd), 2003 W. At-Large (1st) |
| Paul Chelimo |
Men’s Track & Field |
USA |
No. Carolina-Greensboro |
2013 M. Track/XC (2nd) |
| Pardon Ndhlovu |
Men’s Track & Field |
Zimbabwe |
No. Carolina-Pembroke |
2012 M. Track/XC (3rd), 2013 M. Track/XC (3rd) |
| Rachel Dawson |
Field Hockey |
USA |
North Carolina |
2008 W. At-Large (1st) |
| Whitney Engel |
Women’s Soccer |
USA |
North Carolina |
2009 W. Soccer (2nd) |
| Ashlyn Harris |
Women’s Soccer (alt.) |
USA |
North Carolina |
2009 W. Soccer (2nd) |
| Heather O’Reilly |
Women’s Soccer (alt.) |
USA |
North Carolina |
2006 W. Soccer AAAOY; 2005 W. Soccer (2nd), 2006 W. Soccer (1st) |
| Erin Teschuk |
Women’s Track & Field |
Canada |
North Dakota State |
2016 W. Track/XC (3rd) |
| Gerek Meinhardt |
Men’s Fencing |
USA |
Notre Dame |
2014 M. At-Large (1st) |
| Lee Kiefer |
Women’s Fencing |
USA |
Notre Dame |
2015 W. At-Large (1st) |
| Brittany Borman |
Women’s Track & Field |
USA |
Oklahoma |
2011 W. Track/XC (3rd), 2012 W. Track/XC (2nd) |
| Daniel Ramirez |
Men’s Swimming |
Mexico |
Oklahoma Baptist |
2013 M. At-Large (1st) |
| Rafa Souza |
Women’s Soccer |
Brazil |
Ole Miss |
2013 W. Soccer (2nd) |
| Cyrus Hostetler |
Men’s Track & Field |
USA |
Oregon |
2010 M. Track/XC (1st) |
| Galen Rupp |
Men’s Track & Track |
USA |
Oregon |
2009 M. Track/XC AAAOY; 2006 M. Track/XC (1st), 2007 M. Track/XC (1st), 2009 M. Track/XC (1st) |
| Jenna Prandini |
Women’s Track & Field |
USA |
Oregon |
2015 M. Track/XC (2nd) |
| Brianne Theisen-Eaton |
Women’s Track & Field |
Canada |
Oregon |
2012 W. Track & Field (2nd) |
| Kara (Patterson) Winger |
Women’s Track & Field |
USA |
Purdue |
2009 W. Track/XC (1st) |
| Lennie Waite |
Women’s Track & Field |
Great Britain |
Rice |
2009 W. Track/XC (2nd) |
| Sabrina D’Angelo |
Women’s Soccer |
Canada |
South Carolina |
2014 W. Soccer (1st) |
| Jeannelle Scheper |
Women’s Track |
St. Lucia |
South Carolina |
2014 W. Track/XC (2nd), 2015 W. Track/XC (2nd) |
| Heather Miller-Koch |
Women’s Track & Field |
USA |
St. Cloud St. |
2010 W. Track/XC (1st) |
| Matthew Dellavedova |
Men’ s Basketball |
Australia |
St. Mary’s |
2012 Men’s Basketball (1st), 2013 Men’s Basketball (2nd) |
| Maya DiRado |
Women’s Swimming |
USA |
Stanford |
2014 W. At-Large (1st) |
| Ryan Crouser |
Men’s Track & Field |
USA |
Texas |
2016 M. Track/XC (1st) |
| Natalia Gaitan |
Women’s Soccer |
Colombia |
Toledo |
2012 W. Soccer (3rd) |
| Lauren Fendrick |
Beach Volleyball |
USA |
UCLA |
2001 Volleyball (1st) |
| Sam Mewis |
Women’s Soccer (alt.) |
USA |
UCLA |
2014 W. Soccer (1st) |
| Karsta Lowe |
Women’s Volleyball |
USA |
UCLA |
2014 Volleyball (3rd) |
| Karch Kiraly |
Women’s Volleyball (coach) |
USA |
UCLA |
2009 AAA HOF (honorary) |
| Natalie Hagglund |
Women’s Volleyball (alt.) |
USA |
USC (Southern Cal) |
2013 Volleyball (1st) |
| Ray Looze |
Women’s Swimming (asst.) |
USA |
USC (Southern Cal) |
1990 M. At-Large (1st) |
| Jeremy Taiwo |
Men’s Track & Field |
USA |
Washington |
2013 M. Track/XC (1st) |
| Courtney Thompson |
Women’s Volleyball |
USA |
Washington |
2004 Volleyball (3rd), 2005 Volleyball (2nd), 2006 Volleyball (2nd) |
| Nico Campriano |
Shooting |
Italy |
West Virginia |
2011 M. At-Large (1st) |
| Petra Zublasing |
Shooting |
Italy |
West Virginia |
2012 M. At-Large (2nd), 2013 M. At-Large (2nd) |
| Dave Johnson |
Shooting (Coach) |
USA |
West Virginia |
1984 M. At-Large (2nd), 1986 M. At-Large (2nd) |
| Sarah-Anne Brault |
Triathlon |
Canada |
West Virginia |
2011 W. Track/XC (2nd), 2013 W. Track/XC (2nd) |
| Marko Blazevski |
Men’s Swimming |
Macedonia |
Wingate |
2012 M. At-Large (1st), 2013 M. At-Large (1st), 2014 M. At-Large (1st) |
| Gwen Jorgensen |
Triathlon |
USA |
Wisconsin |
2009 W. Track/XC (2nd) |