Note: The following is the schedule for announcements of the Capital One Academic All-America® of the Year award recipients:
Mon., July 28 College Division - Stephen Lunney (Jr., soccer), Martin Methodist College PDF doc
Tue., July 29 NCAA Division III - Christy Cazzola (Grad., track & field/cross country), Wisconsin-Oshkosh PDF doc
Wed., July 30 NCAA Division II - Lauren Battista (Sr., basketball), Bentley University PDF doc
Thur., Aug. 1 NCAA Division I - Kim Jacob (Sr., gymnastics), University of Alabama
PDF doc
AUSTIN, Texas – Senior gymnast
Kim Jacob of the University of Alabama has been named as the 2013-14 Capital One Division I Academic All-America®
of the Year, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Jacob is the third consecutive Alabama student-athlete to be named as the Capital One Division I Academic All-America® of the Year. Football’s
Barrett Jones was selected in 2013 while women’s golfer
Brooke Pancake earned the award in 2012.
“Just to be a member of the Capital One Academic All-America® At-Large team was such a tremendous honor, but to be named the Capital One Academic All-America® of the Year is beyond anything I could have imagined,” said Jacob. “I am deeply humbled by this prestigious award and want to thank
Capital One and the members of CoSIDA for finding me worthy of it. This honor would not have been possible without the support and encouragement of my coaches, teammates and the staff of the University of Alabama Center for Academic Student Services.”
Jacob was the NCAA All-Around Champion in 2014. She established career-best scores on all four apparatus– vault (9.925), uneven bars (9.925), balance
beam (9.95) and floor exercise (9.95) - and in the all-around (39.625) this past season. During her career in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, she captured 36 individual titles and helped the Crimson Tide win back-to-back NCAA titles in 2011 and 2012 and post top-four national finishes all four years of her career. An 11-time All-American during her illustrious career, Jacob earned four first-team honors – the most in the nation - in 2014.
“I am incredibly excited that Kim has been honored by Capital One and CoSIDA as the Academic All-America® of the Year,” said UA head gymnastics
coach Sarah Patterson. “To me, she epitomizes what this award is all about – balancing everything it takes to be a champion in the classroom and in
the gym. Through this amazing season, she has been a national champion and All-American as well as an NCAA and SEC Postgraduate Scholarship
winner and now she is being recognized as the top scholar-athlete among all NCAA Division I athletes.”
The two-time Capital One Academic All-America® Women’s At-Large first-team selection carries a 4.00 G.P.A. while pursuing her bachelor’s degree
in exercise science. The Raleigh, North Carolina, native, was named the 2014 Honda Cup Division I Athlete of the Year by the Collegiate Women
Sports Award as well as earning the Honda Award for Gymnastics.
Jacob is the third CoSIDA Academic All-America® of the Year honoree to earn the prestigious Honda Award in 2014. Capital One Division III Academic All-America® of the Year selection
Christy Cazzola (track and field/cross country) of the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh was the Honda Division III
Player of the Year, while Capital One Division II Academic All-America® of the Year
Lauren Battista of Bentley University's NCAA national championship women's basketball team was the Honda Award Division II Player of the Year.
“We are extremely proud of Kim and everything that she has accomplished throughout her amazing Crimson Tide career,” said Alabama Director of
Athletics Bill Battle. “To be named the Capital One Academic All-America® of the Year is an incredible honor that speaks to the hard work and
dedication that she exhibited as both a student and an athlete.
“This is the third year in a row that a University of Alabama student-athlete has earned this accolade, which represents the best of the best among
all NCAA Division I athletes when it comes to combining academic and athletic achievement,” Battle added. “That kind of sustained excellence is
a tribute to the department-wide emphasis that we put on our mission to educate and prepare our student-athletes to compete at the highest levels
in life after graduation.”
In addition to Jacob, Battista and Cazzola, Martin Methodist College junior soccer standout
Stephen Lunney was the the Capital One College
Division Academic All-America® of the Year winner.
2013-14 CAPITAL ONE SPORT-BY-SPORT DIVISION I ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA® OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNERS
Name Sport Cl. Hometown Major, G.P.A.
Luke Caldwell, New Mexico M. Track/XC Sr. Betchworth, England Physics, 3.92
Tim Colwell, North Dakota State Baseball Sr. Shoreview, Minn. Zoology (Spanish, Chemistry), 4.00
*Aaron Craft, Ohio State M. Basketball Sr. Findlay, Ohio Nutrition (Pre-Med), 3.93
Abbey D’Agostino, Dartmouth W. Track/XC Sr. Topsfield, Mass. Psychology, 3.72
Gabe Ikard, Oklahoma Football Sr. Oklahoma City, Okla. Multidisciplinary Studies with pre-med theme, 4.00 t Kim Jacob, Alabama W. At-Large Sr. Raleigh, N.C. Exercise Science, 4.00
Michael Newburger, Ohio State M. At-Large Sr. Austin, Texas Physics, Mathematics, 3.96
Chiney Ogwumike, Stanford W. Basketball Sr. Cypress, Texas International Relations, 3.46
Ellen Renfroe, Tennessee Softball Sr. Jackson, Tenn. Psychology, 3.78
Harrison Shipp, Notre Dame M. Soccer Sr. Lake Forest, Ill. Finance, 3.88
Frances Silva, West Virginia W. Soccer Gr. Overland Park, Kan. Broadcast Journalism (UG), 3.97
Sport Management (GR), 4.00
Katie Slay, Penn State Volleyball Sr. Raleigh, N.C. Communications Sciences & Disorders, 3.64
*-repeat selection
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For More Information:
Michael MacEachern, Young Harris College
Academic All-America® Vice Co-Chair for Publicity/Communications
mfmaceachern@yhc.edu
(706) 379-5106