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AUSTIN, TEXAS – Senior outfielder Cole Gruber of the University of Nebraska Omaha headlines the 2016 Academic All-America
® Division I baseball team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Gruber has been selected as the 2016 CoSIDA Academic All-American
® of the Year for Division I baseball. An accounting major with a 3.97 G.P.A., Gruber was a 2015 Second Team CoSIDA Academic All-American
® selection.
A native of Papillon, Neb., Gruber started all 56 games and is batting .376 with 13 doubles, two triples, one home run, 55 runs scored, 30 RBI, 32 walks and 43 stolen bases. He ranks second nationally in stolen bases, third for stolen bases per game (0.80) and 38th for hits (80) and paced the Summit League in hits, runs and swiped bags. Gruber had a team-high 25 multi-hit performances and five multi-RBI games, and he was honored as Summit League Player of the Week on March 28. In addition, Gruber holds the all-time league record for sacrifice bunts (35) and is second for career stolen bases (105).
More than a dozen (13) of the 34 members of the 2016 CoSIDA Academic All-America
® Division I baseball teams have at least a 3.90 G.P.A., with three student-athletes sporting a perfect 4.0 G.P.A. The 11 members of the Academic All-America
® NCAA Division I baseball first team have an average G.P.A. of 3.87.
In addition to being this year’s CoSIDA Academic All-American
® of the Year, Gruber is among a group of five student-athletes who are multi-time Academic All-America® choices, four on the first team.
Campbell University senior Matt Parrish was a second team Academic All-America® at designated hitter in 2015 and the third team DH in 2014.
Georgia State senior catcher Joey Roach, was a second team Academic All-America
® selection in 2015, while
Ball State University junior outfielder Alex Call and
University of Nebraska junior outfielder Ryan Boldt were third team Academic All-America
® picks last year.
The CoSIDA Academic All-America
® Division I baseball
first team includes five student-athletes with at least a 3.90 G.P.A., including one with a perfect 4.0. Led by Gruber, Call and Roach, the first team includes University of
Louisiana sophomore pitcher Dylan Moore, who carries a 4.0 G.P.A. and is a double major in political science and pre-law.
St. John’s University senior Thomas Hackimer joined Moore as one of two pitchers on the Academic All-America
® first team.
The infield includes
Campbell’s Parrish, University of Hartford junior David MacKinnon,
Ball State University junior Caleb Stayton and
Omaha senior Clayton Taylor.
In addition to Call and Gruber, the outfield includes
Valparaiso senior Nolan Lodden, and the team designated hitter is
North Carolina Central senior James Dey.
The CoSIDA Academic All-America
® Division I baseball second team includes three student-athletes with a G.P.A. of 3.90 or higher, including
Morehead State senior pitcher Matt Anderson,
North Carolina State junior catcher Andrew Knizner and
Gardner-Webb senior infielder Patrick Graham.
Kent State junior pitcher Eric Lauer is the other pitcher on the Academic All-America
® second team. In addition, to Graham, the Academic All-America
® second team includes
Stanford junior Tommy Edman,
Southeastern Louisiana junior Jameson Fisher, and
Louisville junior Nick Solak.
The CoSIDA Academic All-America
® second team outfield is comprised of
Yale senior Nate Adams,
Michigan senior Cody Bruder and
U.S. Naval Academy senior Sean Trent, while the team’s designated hitter is
Minnesota junior Matt Fielder.
The CoSIDA Academic All-America
® Division I baseball
third team includes two student-athletes with a G.P.A. of 4.0 or higher, led by
Georgia State junior infielder Justin Jones and
New Mexico graduate student pitcher Alex Estrella.
Along with Estrella, the Academic All-America
® third team’s other pitcher is
Kentucky senior Dustin Beggs, while the battery mate is
New Mexico junior Chris DeVito.
In addition to Jones, the infield includes
Southeast Missouri State sophomore Trevor Ezell,
VMI senior David Geary,
Gonzaga senior Taylor Jones and
U.S. Air Force Academy junior Russell Williams.
The Academic All-America
® third team outfield includes Nebraska’s Boldt,
Western Kentucky sophomore Kaleb Duckworth and
Milwaukee senior Luke Meeteer, while the designated hitter is
U.S. Naval Academy sophomore Stephen Born.
The field for the 2016 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship, which begins this weekend at various campus sites, includes 12 student-athletes, representing 10 schools, who are members of the CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division I Baseball Teams –
Alex Estrella and
Chris DeVito (New Mexico);
Sean Trent and
Stephen Born (U.S. Naval Academy);
Andrew Knizner (North Carolina State),
Jameson Fisher (Southeastern Louisiana),
Nick Solak (Louisville),
Dylan Moore (Louisiana)
Matt Fielder (Minnesota),
Trevor Ezell (Southeast Missouri State);
Taylor Jones (Gonzaga); and
Ryan Boldt (Nebraska).
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Jeff Schwartz, North Dakota State University (
jeff.schwartz@ndsu.edu) (701) 231-8332
Academic All-America
® Committee - Vice Co-Chair for Publicity/Communications
Mex Carey, Georgetown University (
Mex.Carey@Georgetown.edu) (202) 687-2475
Academic All-America
® Committee - Coordinator of Publicity