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• 2023-24 Academic All-America® Master Schedule (NEW SCHEDULE as of Jan. 10- M/W Swimming & Diving Nomination and Voting Period moved to mid-March through mid-April)
Nomination and voting links: https://collegesportscommunicators.com/awards
• Progam Details for CSC Members
• Download Academic All-America® and All-District® Logos
• Nomination/Voting links at CollegeSportsCommunicators.com/Awards
• Teams Announced on AcademicAllAmerica.com
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NCAA and NAIA members: Did you have a Men's or Women's Soccer, Women's Volleyball or Football Academic All-District honoree? Make sure to download the 2023-24 Academic All-District® Certificate (customize this template for your student-athlete and print it on high-quality stock)
Upcoming Academic All-America Program Activities
• 2023-24 Academic All-America® Master Schedule (Complete List of All Sports and Deadlines)
MARCH
Tuesday, March 12
Noon Eastern: Nominations for NCAA and NAIA Men's & Women's Basketball Academic All-District Teams opens
Tuesday, March 19
Noon Eastern: Nominating for NCAA and NAIA Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving Academic All-District Teams opens
Tuesday, March 19
11:59 PM Eastern: Nominating for NCAA and NAIA Men's & Basketball Academic All-District Teams closes
Tuesday, March 26
Noon Eastern: NCAA & NAIA Men's and Women's Basketball Academic All-District Teams announced; Men's & Women's Basketball Academic All-America Team voting opens
Tuesday, March 26
11:59 PM Eastern: Nominating for NCAA and NAIA Men's & Women's Swimming Academic All-District Teams closes
APRIL
Tuesday, April 2
Noon Eastern: NCAA & NAIA Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving Academic All-District Teams announced; Men's & Women's Swimming & Diving Academic All-America Team voting opens
Tuesday, April 2
11:59 PM Eastern: NCAA & NAIA Men's and Women's Basketball Academic All-America Team voting closes
Tuesday, April 9
11:59 PM Eastern: NCAA & NAIA Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving Academic All-America Team voting closes
Tuesday, April 16
Noon Eastern: NCAA & NAIA Women's Basketball Academic All-America Teams announced
Wednesday, April 17
Noon Eastern: NCAA & NAIA Men's Basketball Academic All-America Teams announced
Tuesday, April 23
Noon Eastern: NCAA & NAIA Women's Swimming & Diving Academic All-America Teams announced
Wednesday, April 24
Noon Eastern: NCAA & NAIA Men's Swimming & Diving Academic All-America Teams announced
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Nominating Information for Upcoming Sports
- We are using a new nomination/voting portal (RQ) this year (it was in test mode during the 2023 track & field/xc nominations and voting).
- NEW THIS YEAR: Transfers immediately eligible: Undergraduate and graduate transfer student-athletes are immediately eligible - no more waiting period; if this is a transfer's FIRST semester at your institution, you are required to list both their cumulative undergraduate GPA and graduate GPA (if graduate GPA is applicable) from their previous institution. BOTH MUST MEET THE MINIMUM of a 3.50 GPA.
- If your undergraduate transfer student-athlete has a semester GPA or GPA semesters at your institution, then you use the combined cumulative GPA from all their semesters of study.
Voting Information for Upcoming Sports
- Log into: https://collegesportscommunicators.com/awards
- Each CSC member will vote in their division only.
- An incomplete ballot will not be considered.
- To assist you in voting, each nominated player has a dropdown with their pertinent information; you also have the ability to download Excel sheets with the student-athlete information.
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- NEW THIS YEAR: NCAA & NAIA Athletic eligibility minimums:
M/W Soccer and Football: Student-athletes must compete in 90 percent of the institution's total games OR must start in at least 66 percent of the institution's total games.
Women's Volleyball: Student-athletes must compete in 90 percent of the institution's sets played OR must start in at least 66 percent of the institution's total matches.
- Men's & Women's Basketball: Student-athletes must compete in 90 percent of the institution's total games OR must start in at least 66 percent of the institution's total games; Nomination limits per institution are four (4) for men's basketball; four (4) for women's basketball; nominations open March 12
- Men's and Women's Swimming: Eligible individuals need to compete in four competitions OR finish top eight at a conference meet; Nomination limits per institution are four (4) for men's swimming and diving; four (4) for women's swimming and diving; nominations open March 19
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Nomination limits per institution are in place for each sport contest as listed below:
Fall Contests
Men's Soccer: 6
Women's Soccer: 6
Women's Volleyball: 4
Football: 8
Winter & Spring Contests
Men's Basketball: 4
Athletic eligibility: Basketball student-athletes must compete in 90 percent of the institution's games/contests played OR must start in at least 66 percent of the games/contests.
Women's Basketball: 4
Athletic eligibility:
Basketball student-athletes must compete in 90 percent of the institution's games/contests played OR must start in at least 66 percent of the games/contests.
Men's Swimming & Diving: 4
Athletic eligibiliy: Eligible individuals need to compete in four competitions OR finish top eight at a conference meet
Women's Swimming & Diving: 4
Athletic eligibility: Eligible individuals need to compete in four competitions OR finish top eight at a conference meet
Softball: 5
Athletic eligibility:
Position players will remain with the 90% played in or 66% started like the fall contests.
For pitchers, eligible nominees need to pitch 25-plus innings or appear in 17 games as a pitcher.
Baseball: 5
Athletic eligibility:
Position players will remain with the 90% played in or 66% started like the fall contests.
For pitchers, eligible nominees need to pitch 25-plus innings or appear in 17 games as a pitcher.
Men's Tennis: 4
Athletic eligibility:
Eligible nominees need to be in the lineup for 70% of matches that include team scored (e.g. NOT individual ITA stuff). I realize this isn't an either-or like our other criteria, but being a "starter" and a "participant" in tennis are synonymous.
Women's Tennis: 4
Athletic eligibility:
Eligible nominees need to be in the lineup for 70% of matches that include team scored (e.g. NOT individual ITA stuff). I realize this isn't an either-or like our other criteria, but being a "starter" and a "participant" in tennis are synonymous.
Men's At-Large: 6
Athletic eligibility: Student-athletes in the at-large sports must compete in 90 percent of the institution's games/contests played OR must start in at least 66 percent of the games/contests.
Women's At-Large: 6
Athletic eligibility: Student-athletes in the at-large sports must compete in 90 percent of the institution's games/contests played OR must start in at least 66 percent of the games/contests.
In the At-Large program, nominations are limited to SIX NOMINEES PER GENDER PER SCHOOL, for a maximum total of SIX men's at-large candidates and a maximum SIX women's at-large candidates per school. If an institution has multi-divisional status and participates in more than one division, that institution still may nominate only a total of SIX men and SIX women total.
Men's Track & Field/Cross Country: 5
Athletic eligibility:
Eligible nominees will be based off of
TFRRS performance list rankings at the time of nomination:
https://www.tfrrs.org/
- NCAA institutions: Top 50 in region in single event (XC, indoor or outdoor)
- NAIA: Top 25 in a conference in single event (XC, indoor or outdoor)
- College Division: Appear in national ranking in single event (XC, Indoor, outdoor)
Men's and Women's College Division At-Large (One nomination portal for all those in two-year, Canadian and other associations not affiliated with the NCAA or NAIA)
Choose a total of 10 men and 10 women from your institution from these sports:
- Men's Soccer
- Women's Soccer
- Women's Volleyball
- Football
- Men's Basketball
- Women's Basketball
- Baseball
- Softball
- Men's Track and Field
- Women's Track and Field
- Women's Beach Volleyball
- Women's Bowling
- Women's Rowing
- Men's and Women's Fencing
- Women's Field Hockey
- Men's and Women's Golf
- Men's and Women's Gymnastics
- Men's and Women's Ice Hockey
- Men's and Women's Lacrosse
- Men's and Women's Rifle
- Men's and Women's Skiing
- Men's and Women's Swimming
- Men's and Women's Tennis
- Men's Volleyball
- Men's and Women's Water Polo
- Men's Wrestling
Awards Fulfillment
For more information about Academic All-District certificates and Academic All-America awards and updated program logos, click here. CSC members who wish to order additional plaques at the school's expense for fall sport Academic All-America honorees should contact Barb Kowal at barb@cscommunicators.com.
Resources (Master Calendar and Program Logos Above)
Click here for nomination criteria.
Click here for an informational flyer about the history and prestige of the program.
Click here for best practices for nominating and voting.
Click here for best practices for promoting your student-athletes.
Contacts
Katie Gonzales, AAA Core Committee chair
Mike Mahoney, AAA Core Committeee operations coordinator
Barb Kowal, CSC staff liaison
Special thanks to the 150-plus College Sports Communicators members dedicated to running the many facets of this program.