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2025-26 Academic All-America® Important Dates & Deadlines —
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Nomination Criteria
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Voting Criteria & Awards Distribution
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Help with voting
IMPORTANT: No late nominations/entries are accepted in the Academic All-District/All-America program, per long-standing policy of the CSC Executive Board of Directors. NO EXCEPTIONS. Please plan and schedule accordingly. Download the schedule and refer to the nomination deadlines, voting deadlines and announcement dates throughout the year.
Activities this week (Jan. 12-19)
- Tuesday, Jan. 13 (11:59 PM ET) – Football Academic All-America VOTING closes (NCAA, NAIA)
- Tuesday, Jan. 13 (Noon ET) – Volleyball Academic All-America Team announced (NCAA, NAIA)
Two-year colleges, Canadian institutions, and others not associated with the NCAA or NAIA are eligible to nominate men's and women's soccer players in the College Division At-Large program June 16-23, 2026.
Nomination instructions
To review the nomination criteria, click here. Follow these steps to begin your nomination:
- Go to awards.collegesportscommunicators.com
- Click the blue Member Login button and log in with your CSC email and password. You are brought to your Dashboard/My Programs page.
- You may save your nomination as a "DRAFT or "Submit As FINAL" at any time. It is imperative to "Submit as FINAL" prior to the nomination deadline. Once you submit, you can go back in and make changes/edit up to the deadline!
Please save your work periodically. The system will time out your session after fifteen (15) minutes of inactivity.
You will receive a confirmation email once you submit a nomination. Please check your spam filters if you do not receive it shortly after submitting each nomination.
Important notes and warnings for members related to nominations
The system will limit the number of your nominations depending on the sport (volleyball = 4, football = 8). Submissions in "draft" will count against your total. To open a spot back up, select "withdraw" on a nomination you don't want to move forward. You must submit your nominations as FINAL prior to the deadline for them to move forward.
Please make sure that you carefully proof the academic and athletic eligibility information and statistics prior to hitting SAVE on your nomination screen so your candidate will not be marked "ineligible." Double check the student-athlete's name and gender are correct.
Advancing to the national ballot
Advancing a student-athlete to the national ballot includes two steps.
When nominating you will have the option to end your nomination for All-District, or complete additional supporting information to advance your student-athlete for "Academic All-America consideration."
It is the responsibility of a sub-group of the Academic All-America Core Program Committee to examine each and every candidate put forth for Academic All-America consideration, and those with the highest academic/athletic credentials advance. Not all candidates submitted for consideration will advance.
Voting instructions
ALL members should vote for Academic All-America teams in their division. Academic All-America teams are voted on exclusively by CSC members. The next voting period is for Volleyball from Dec. 16-23.
- Go to awards.collegesportscommunicators.com
- Click the blue Member Login button and log in with your CSC email and password. You are brought to your Dashboard/My Programs page. VOTING ballots will be found to the right.
- At the voting form, instructions at the top will indicate how many student-athletes you may vote for; for some team voting, it is based on position and you chose the appropriate number of candidates per position.
- Once you choose all your selections, you will be asked to name your TOP THREE candidates for Team Member of the Year honors. From your selected list, you will see a blue box next to their nomination info; choose your top three candidates (not in a rank order, so each gets a vote) for Team Member of the Year honors.
Remember to Submit as FINAL prior to the voting deadline. Please save your work periodically. The system will time out your session after fifteen (15) minutes of inactivity.
Awards announcements and distribution
Academic All-District
All eligible student-athletes successfully nominated during the nomination window receive Academic All-District® recognition for their exceptional athletic and academic achievements. In 2024-25, less than five percent of student-athletes earned this prestigious honor across all sports and divisions. Announcements are made on AcademicAllAmerica.com and @AcadAllAmerica social media.
CSC members should provide these three documents to your Academic All-District® honorees:
Digital downloads are available for you to print, customize and distribute to your student-athletes, coaches and others as you see fit.
Download program logos here for use in your school announcements. Do not alter these logos in any way.
Academic All-America
One acrylic plaque will be produced by CSC for each first-, second- and third-team selection. These awards will be shipped directly to nominating communications professionals by awards vendor Levy Recognition.
Awards for fall sports (M/W Soccer, Volleyball, Football) are anticipated to be delivered by late February/early March.
If your institution wants to purchase additional awards for award winners, contact Beau White (beau@cscommunicators.com) for more information.
Social media graphic templates for student-athletes
Templates are available for nominating communications professionals to use in promoting their student-athletes as All-District and/or All-America selections. They can also be shared directly with student-athletes so they can promote their achievements on their social media platforms. A free Canva account is required to use these templates.
Questions? Contact:
Katie Gonzales, AAA Core Committee chair
Mike Mahoney, AAA Core Committeee vice chair
Beau White, CSC staff liaison
Special thanks to the 150-plus College Sports Communicators members dedicated to running the many facets of this program.