CoSIDA began the distinguished Academic All-America program in 1952, and since then, has honored thousands of deserving student-athletes from numerous sports across all divisions with these elite Academic All-America scholar-athlete honors. To be nominated, a student-athlete must be a starter or important reserve with at least a 3.30 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) at his/her current institution.

 

Men's Basketball	Women's Basketball
1978 Greg Henderson, Third Team 1978 David Henson, Fifth Team 1979 Troy Hudson, Second Team 2006 Kelly Golob, Second Team 2019 Brooks DeBisschop, Third Team 2020 Brooks DeBisschop, First Team	1987 Tracey Barnes, First Team 2016  Rene Coggins, Third Team 2017 Rene Coggins, Second Team
Cross Country/Track & Field	Football
1989 Kent Larsson, Third Team (M) 1989 Brenda Payton, Third Team (W) 1992 Greg Lopez, First Team (M) 1997 Rikke Pedersen, First Team (W) 1998 Rikke Pedersen, First Team (W) 1999 Nils Wiklund, Third Team, (M) 1999 Rikke Pedersen, First Team (W) 2000 Petra Eklund, Third Team (W) 2001 Nils Wiklund, Second Team 2009 David McNeill, First Team (M) 2010 David McNeill, First Team, (M) 2015 Caleb Hoover, First Team, (M) 2016 Caleb Hoover, First Team, (M) 2017  Tyler Day, Second Team, (M) 2019 Geordie Beamish, Second Team (M) 2020  Tyler Day, First Team, (M) Geordie Beamish, First Team (M) (M) - Denotes Men's Team (W) - Denotes Women's Team Cross Country and Track & Field honorees were a part of the At-Large Teams from 1982-2001	1977 Larry Friedrichs, Second Team, OG 1978 Allen Clark, Second Team, RB 1987 Scott Johnson, Second Team, DL 1989 Chris Baniszewski, First Team,  WR 2000 Eric Damko, Second Team, OL 2001 Eric Damko, Second Team, OL 2002 Mark Gould, Second Team, P 2003 Mark Gould, First Team,  P 2011 Ben Bachelier, Second Team, LS 2013  Austin Hasquet, First Team,  LB 2014 Austin Hasquet First Team, LB
Golf	Soccer
2009 Ali Carter, Second Team Golf is considered a part of the At-Large Teams	2009 Kristi Andreassen, Second Team, D 2010 Soccer Kristi Andreassen, First Team, D
Women's Tennis	Volleyball
2002 Yvonne de Waal, Second Team 2007 Susan McClelland, Second Team Tennis is considered a part of the At-Large Teams	2011  Lauren Campbell, Third Team 2019 Abby Stomp, Third Team

The sports below are no longer offered by Northern Arizona University Athletics.

Baseball	Softball
1978 Pete Howell, First Team, P 1980 Mark Seeger, First Team, OF 1981 Jim Coppola, Second Team, 3B	1985 Gayle Kirby, Second Team, 1B