List of Football Academic All-America Team Members of the Year

Football Academic All-America Team Members of the Year
Awarded for	the yearly outstanding men's American football Academic All-America team member
Country	United States & Canada
Presented by	Capital One & the College Sports Information Directors of America
Currently held by	Carson Wentz, North Dakota State Jason Vander Laan, Ferris State Hank Spencer, Mount Union Logan Paben, Peru State
Official website	http://cosida.com/Academic%20All-America/aaaselections.aspx

List of Football Academic All-America Team Members of the Year is a list of the annual selection by the College Sports Information Directors of America and its Academic All-America sponsor of the individual athlete selected as the most outstanding of the annual Football Academic All-America selections. From 1996 to 2011 one winner each was chosen from both the College and University Divisions for all twelve Academic All-America teams including football. The Academic All-America program recognizes combined athletic and academic excellence of the nation's top student-athletes. The University Division team included eligible participants from National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I member schools, while the College Division team included scholar-athletes from all of the following: NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), Canadian universities and colleges and two-year schools. Currently, each team selects Academic All-District honorees in eight geographic districts across the United States and Canada.^[1] First team All-District honorees make the All-America team ballots. All twelve Academic All-American teams (Men's and women's basketball, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's track & field, men's baseball, women's softball, men's football, women's volleyball and men's and women's at-large teams) had one Academic All-American of the Year each for both the College and University divisions. One of these twelve sport-by-sport Academic All-Americans of the year is selected as the Academic All-America Team Members of the Year for each division.^[2] The most recent football players to win the all-sports honor are Carson Wentz of North Dakota State University and Jason Vander Laan of Ferris State University, respectively winners of the Division I and Division II awards for the 2015–16 academic year (with the football awards designated as 2015 awards and the overall awards presented for 2016).^[3][4]

In 2011, the Academic All-America program was expanded from two to four divisions. NCAA Divisions II and III were separated into their own divisions, while the College Division now consists only of non-NCAA institutions.^[5]

Tables of winners

Names in bold indicate winners of the all-sports Academic All-America award.

Two-division era (1991–2010)

Year	University Division Winner	School	College Division Winner	School
1991	Vardell, TommyTommy Vardell	Stanford
1992	Hansen, JimJim Hansen	Colorado
1993	Ruddy, TimTim Ruddy[6]	Notre Dame
1994	Zatechka, RobRob Zatechka	Nebraska
1995	Wuerffel, DannyDanny Wuerffel[7]	Florida	Chris Palmer	St. John's (MN)
1996	Wuerffel, DannyDanny Wuerffel	Florida
1997	Manning, PeytonPeyton Manning	Tennessee	Brad Gray	MIT
1998	Stinchcomb, MattMatt Stinchcomb	Georgia
1999	Pennington, ChadChad Pennington	Marshall
2000	Brees, DrewDrew Brees[8]	Purdue
2001	Johnson, RyanRyan Johnson[9]	Montana State	T.J. Hess	Widener
2002	Kingsbury, KliffKliff Kingsbury[10]	Texas Tech	Mike Bowman[11]	Susquehanna
2003	Krenzel, CraigCraig Krenzel[12]	Ohio State	Tyler Paul[12]	Emporia State
2004	Smith, AlexAlex Smith[13]	Utah	Ty Touchstone[13]	Eastern New Mexico
2005	Hartigan, NickNick Hartigan[14]	Brown	Josh Lamberson [14]	Northwest Missouri State
2006	Posluszny, PaulPaul Posluszny[15]	Penn State	Ryan Meredith[15]	Pittsburg State
2007	Cramer, BrandonBrandon Cramer[16]	Dayton	Danny Woodhead[16]	Chadron State
2008	Tebow, TimTim Tebow[17]	Florida	Greg Micheli[17]	Mount Union
2009	Tebow, TimTim Tebow[18]	Florida	Beau Kildow[18]	Morningside
2010	McElroy, GregGreg McElroy[19]	Alabama	Isaac Odim[19]	Minnesota–Duluth

Four-division era (2011–present)

Year	Div. I Winner	School	Div. II Winner	School	Div. III Winner	School	College Winner	School
2011	Luck, AndrewAndrew Luck[5]	Stanford	Clay Garcia[20]	Colorado Mines	Zweifel, MichaelMichael Zweifel[21]	Dubuque	Jake Snodgrass[22]	McPherson
2012	Jones, BarrettBarrett Jones[23]	Alabama	Dustin Vaughan[24]	West Texas A&M	Driskill, NickNick Driskill[25]	Mount Union	Jake Snodgrass[26]	McPherson
2013	Ikard, GabeGabe Ikard[27]	Oklahoma	Adams, TrentTrent Adams[28]	Northwest Missouri State	Arena, JohnJohn Arena[29]	Johns Hopkins	Wims, LamontLamont Wims[30]	Robert Morris (IL)
2014	Zenner, ZachZach Zenner[31]	South Dakota State	Rodgers, KevinKevin Rodgers[32]	Henderson State	Bates, MichaelMichael Bates[33]	Illinois College	Zumpfe, ConnorConnor Zumpfe[34]	Nebraska Wesleyan
2015	Wentz, CarsonCarson Wentz[35]	North Dakota State	Vander Laan, JasonJason Vander Laan[36]	Ferris State	Spencer, HankHank Spencer[37]	Mount Union	Paben, LoganLogan Paben[38]	Peru State

Schools with multiple awards

School	Awards
Florida	4[m 1]
Mount Union	3
Alabama	2
McPherson	2[m 2]
Northwest Missouri State	2
Stanford	2

Notes

1. Four awards won by two individuals.
2. Two awards won by the same individual.

Notes

1. "Capital One Academic All-District ® Men's Basketball Teams Released" (PDF). College Sports Information Directors of America. February 3, 2011. Retrieved March 22, 2011.
2. "Academic All-America program Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)" (PDF). College Sports Information Directors of America. Retrieved March 22, 2011.
3. "North Dakota State QB Carson Wentz, Selected Second in the NFL Draft, Is Division I Academic All-America® of the Year" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. July 21, 2016. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
4. "Division II Academic All-America® of the Year Selected: Ferris State Senior QB Jason Vander Laan" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. July 20, 2016. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
5. "Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck headlines the 2011 Capital One Academic All-America® Division I Football Team". College Sports Information Directors of America. December 8, 2011. Retrieved December 8, 2011.
6. "3 Cornhuskers On Academic All-America". Seattle Times. December 19, 1993. Retrieved December 9, 2011.
7. "WUERFFEL TOPS GTE ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA TEAM". Sun-Sentinel. December 20, 1995. p. 12C. Retrieved December 8, 2011.
8. "Purdue's Brees heads 2000 football Academic All-Americans". National Collegiate Athletic Association. December 18, 2000. Retrieved December 8, 2011.
9. "Football, women's volleyball teams kick off annual accolades". National Collegiate Athletic Association. January 7, 2002. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
10. "Thirteen Student-Athletes Earn Repeat Verizon Academic All-America® Football Team Honors" (PDF). College Sports Information Directors of America. December 2, 2002. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
11. "2002-2003 VERIZON ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA® FOOTBALL TEAM (COLLEGE DIVISION)" (PDF). College Sports Information Directors of America. December 2, 2002. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
12. "2003 Academic All-America® Football Team Announced" (PDF). College Sports Information Directors of America. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
13. "Utah's Smith & Eastern New Mexico's Touchstone Head: 2004 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® Football Team" (PDF). College Sports Information Directors of America. December 1, 2004. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
14. "Brown's Hartigan, Northwest Missouri State's Lamberson Head: 2005 ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America® Football Teams" (PDF). College Sports Information Directors of America. December 1, 2005. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
15. "Penn State's Posluszny and Pittsburgh State's Meredith Head: 2006 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® Football Teams" (PDF). College Sports Information Directors of America. November 30, 2006. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
16. "2007 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® Football Team" (PDF). College Sports Information Directors of America. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
17. "2008 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America" (PDF). College Sports Information Directors of America. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
18. "2009-2010 ESPN The Magazine Sport-By-Sport Academic All-Americans Of The Year" (PDF). College Sports Information Directors of America. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
19. "Alabama quarterback Greg McElroy, Minnesota Duluth running back Isaac Odim lead ESPN Academic All-America® Football Teams". College Sports Information Directors of America. November 23, 2010. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
20. "Clay Garcia of Colorado School of Mines named top scholar-athlete on Capital One Academic All-America® Division II Football Team". College Sports Information Directors of America. December 7, 2011. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
21. "Record-setting senior wide receiver Michael Zweifel (University of Dubuque) leads Capital One Academic All-America® Division III Football Team; Zweifel named AAA of the Year for DIII football". College Sports Information Directors of America. December 6, 2011. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
22. "Jake Snodgrass of McPherson leads Capital One Academic All-America® College Division Football Team". College Sports Information Directors of America. December 5, 2011. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
23. "Alabama's Barrett Jones tops Capital One Academic All-America® Division I Football Team". College Sports Information Directors of America. December 6, 2012. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
24. "Quarterback Dustin Vaughan of West Texas A&M tops Capital One Academic All-America® Division II Football Team". College Sports Information Directors of America. December 5, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
25. "Mount Union defensive back Nick Driskill leads Capital One Academic All-America® Division III Football Team". College Sports Information Directors of America. December 4, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
26. "McPherson College quarterback Jake Snodgrass leads Capital One Academic All-America College Division Football Teams; Snodgrass repeats as divisional AAA of the Year". College Sports Information Directors of America. December 3, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
27. "Alabama's Jacob crowned Capital One Division I Academic All-America of the Year" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. July 31, 2014. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
28. "Bentley's Battista named Capital One D2 Academic All-America® of the Year" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. July 30, 2014. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
29. "Cazzola named Capital One Academic D3 All-America® of the Year" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. July 29, 2014. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
30. "Lunney Named Top Capital One Academic All-America® honoree in College Division" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. July 28, 2014. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
31. "Capital One Academic All-America® D1 Football Team Selected" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. December 4, 2014. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
32. "Meet the Capital One Academic All-America® D2 Football Team" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. December 3, 2014. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
33. "Capital One Academic All-America® D3 Football Team Announced" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. December 2, 2014. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
34. "Meet the Capital One Academic All-America® College Div. Football Team" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. December 1, 2014. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
35. "CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division I Football Selected" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. December 3, 2015.
36. "Academic All-America® Football Teams - Division II" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. December 2, 2014.
37. "Academic All-America® Football Teams - Division III". College Sports Information Directors of America. December 1, 2015.
38. "Academic All-America® Football Teams - College Division". College Sports Information Directors of America. November 30, 2015.

External links

• Academic All-America information page