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CoSIDA.com/AcademicAllAmerica
New Academic All-America® website joins CoSIDA.com as the organization's two official websites, both developed in partnership with SIDEARM Sports. CoSIDA and SIDEARM Sports have extended their partnership through 2021. SIDEARM has been CoSIDA’s official website provider since 2008.
With today’s release of the Academic All-America® College Division soccer teams, the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), in partnership with SIDEARM Sports, have launched a new standalone website dedicated to the Academic All-America® program, Academic All-America® Hall of Fame and Dick Enberg Award.
The site can be accessed at
CoSIDA.com/AcademicAllAmerica and will be the home for news and history of CoSIDA’s signature program.
All CoSIDA member-only functions of the program, such as nominating and voting, will continue to be communicated through CoSIDA.com and all other CoSIDA communications platforms (Twitter, AAA Twitter, Facebook, AAA Facebook).
“The Academic All-America® Team and Hall of Fame are CoSIDA’s signature programs and the most important things we do as an organization,” CoSIDA Executive Director Doug Vance said. “As we continue to elevate these programs, it was important to give them a first-class online presence. We want to thank SIDEARM Sports for being a great partner for this project.”
With the launch of this new site and the continued development of CoSIDA.com, CoSIDA and SIDEARM have extended their partnership through 2021. SIDEARM has been CoSIDA’s official website provider since 2008.
About the Academic All-America® Program and Hall of Fame
CoSIDA began the distinguished Academic All-America® program in 1952, and since then, has honored thousands of deserving student-athletes from numerous sports across all divisions with these elite Academic All-America® scholar-athlete honors.
Currently, CoSIDA sponsors Academic All-America® programs for men's soccer, women's soccer, football, volleyball, men's basketball, women's basketball, baseball, softball and men's and women's track and field/cross country. Many other sports are eligible through the At-Large program.
Lester Jordan, then Sports Information Director at SMU, is considered the father of the first team (football), which was released on Saturday, December 6, 1952. Men's Basketball was added in 1963 and baseball in 1970. The first women's Academic All-America® team-for women's basketball-appeared in 1980. Legendary broadcaster Dick Enberg was named the national spokesperson for the program in 1986. Starting with the 1987-88 seasons, CoSIDA began selecting an Academic All-America® of the Year in each sport and an overall Academic All-America® of the Year by division.
The Academic All-America® program is comprised of four divisional teams, with student-athletes being honored separately in NCAA Division I, Division II and Division III. The College Division team is comprised of NAIA, Canadian and two-year student-athletes.
The Academic All-America® Hall of Fame was established in 1988 with the first class consisting of Bill Bradley, Pete Dawkins, Pat Haden, Tom McMillen, Donn Moomaw and Merlin Olsen. The Hall of Fame currently has 146 members.
Both the Academic All-America® program and the Hall of Fame are nominated and voted upon exclusively by members of CoSIDA.