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Martinelli 1st Team Academic All-American

CatManTrue

CatManTrue

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prez77

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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?
 
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macarthur31

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prez77 said:
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?
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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...")
 
AdamOnFirst

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macarthur31 said:
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...")
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I would guess GPAs, maybe credit hours, major, and other things like fellowships are listed on the form. So a kid who was a star on the court while gettin g a 3.9 GPA (I made that number up) while majoring in a "real" major at a renowned academic institution is going to be more impressive than a kid with a 3.6 in kinesiology at UTEP.
 
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PlowKing2

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I find the NU press release unintentionally hilarious. It conveys that the main criteria are basketball stats.
 
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