Naval Academy Athletics

The College Sports Communicators, formerly the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), has been selecting the nation's pre-eminent Academic All-American team for over one-half of a century.

Criteria for the award consists of a student-athlete be at least a sophomore, earn a varsity letter in their sport and have attained a minimum 3.50 cumulative grade-point average (changed from 3.20 to 3.30 for the 2008-09 academic year and changed from 3.30 to 3.50 starting with the 2022-23 academic year). Nominees are first voted on by district, then all first-team all-district winners are placed onto a national ballot from which the Academic All-America teams are selected.

The sports of football, women's volleyball, men's / women's soccer, men's / women's basketball, men's / women's swimming & diving (standalone starting in 2022-23), baseball, softball, men's / women's track & field/cross country and men's / women's tennis (standalone starting in 2022-23) have their own respective Academic All-America teams. The remaining NCAA-sponsored sports of women's bowling, women's crew, men's / women's fencing, field hockey, men's / women's golf, men's / women's gymnastics, men's / women's ice hockey, men's / women's lacrosse, men's /women's rifle, men's / women's skiing, men's volleyball, men's / women's water polo and men's wrestling are grouped together onto an At-Large team.

Through the 2024-25 academic year awards, Naval Academy student-athletes have totaled:
-- 183 awards overall -- tied for eighth among Division I schools and tied for 17th across all NCAA Divisions;
-- 147 awards since 2000 -- sixth among Division I schools and tied for 15th across all NCAA Divisions;
-- 109 awards since 2010 -- fourth among Division I schools and 17th across all NCAA Divisions;
-- 43 awards since 2020 -- tied for ninth among Division I schools and tied for 30th across all NCAA Divisions.

A school-record 12 Mids were named an Academic All-American during the 2020-21 academic year, a total that ranked fourth in the country.  Ten Mids earned Academic All-America honors during the 2021-22 academic year, which tied for the fourth-most awards in the country.
 

Academic All-Americans of the Year (click the header to sort)

Multiple Academic All-America Award Winners (click the header to sort)

Year-by-Year Academic All-America Award Winners (click the header to sort)

--At-Large teams are determined in the spring regardless of the competition season.
**denotes multiple award winner