Martinelli 1st Team Academic All-American

[ricko654321]

Congrats to Nick! Great work, let’s run it back next year!

Martinelli Named Academic All-America First Team Recipient - Northwestern Athletics

AUSTIN, Texas – Northwestern junior forward Nick Martinelli has been named an Academic All-America First Team selection, as announced by College Sports Commu...

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[CatManTrue]

Congrats to Nick! Great work, let’s run it back next year!

Martinelli Named Academic All-America First Team Recipient - Northwestern Athletics

AUSTIN, Texas – Northwestern junior forward Nick Martinelli has been named an Academic All-America First Team selection, as announced by College Sports Commu...

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Incredible. He had an amazing season and I hope he has another in purple.

He and his family may have been disappointed by being selected Second Team Big Ten Selection - but if I were his parent, the 1st Team Academic AA would mean so much more.

Mister Martinelli must be one proud papa! CCC found a gem in Nick. 💎

 

[prez77]

Does anyone know how the academic part is measured? Does it account for the difficulty of a player's coursework or the academic rigor of the university?

 

[macarthur31]

Does anyone know how the academic part is measured? Does it account for the difficulty of a player's coursework or the academic rigor of the university?

If I summarized their flyer correct (obtained at the College Sports Communicators website, who implements Academic-All America)

• Communications directors nominate the student athlete for All-District recognition ("must have minimum 3.5 GPA, and meet high athletic standards.")
• From there, they set up a national ballot where CSC members vote on the teams.
  • I assume that since they are divided by level (D1, D2, etc), that CSC members are limited to vote to their level.

Per your question, prez - I don't think there's a "degree of difficulty" (no pun intended) rating based on major, educational institution, etc. It just seems to me that there's a list of nominees, then they are culled by committee selection, and then later voted by the body at-large.

What's unknown to me: is there a level of "campaigning" like there is for the Oscars, where members take out ads in trade publications. (i.e. "For Your Consideration, Nick Martinelli" and there's like a gif of him hitting the game winning shot vs the Terps, or whatever...")