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Jevon Carter
AUSTIN, Texas – West Virginia University senior guard
Jevon Carter highlights the 2017-18 Academic All-America® NCAA Division I basketball teams as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Carter has been named the 2017-18 CoSIDA Academic All-America® of the Year for Division I men’s basketball.
A sport management major with a 3.51 GPA, Carter was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year for the second-straight season. He was a 2017-18 unanimous choice for the All-Big 12 First Team, and is a three-time Academic All-Big 12 First Team. Carter has been named to the All-Big 12 Defensive Team all four years with the Mountaineers. Carter was the Arthur Ashe Jr. Men’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year, and is a finalist for several national awards including the Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award and the John R. Wooden Award.
Of the 16 members on the 2017-18 CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division I men’s basketball teams, 11 have at least a 3.80 GPA, with five student-athletes sporting a perfect 4.0 GPA. The five members of the first team have an average GPA of 3.89, with all three teams combining for a 3.80 GPA.
The CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division I Men’s Basketball teams have four repeat performers –
Joshua Braun (Grand Canyon University),
Jordan Howard (University of Central Arkansas),
A.J. Jacobson (North Dakota State University) and
Tyler Seibring (Elon University) – from last year’s CoSIDA Academic All-America® teams. Additionally, Jacobson and Braun were named to the 2015-16 CoSIDA Academic All-America® teams.
2017-18 Academic All-America® Men's Basketball Team – NCAA Division I
| FIRST TEAM |
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| Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| Jevon Carter |
West Virginia |
Sr. |
3.51 |
Sport Management |
| Tyler Clement |
Creighton |
Gr. |
4.00 / 4.00 |
Finance / Marketing |
| A.J. Jacobson (1) (%) |
North Dakota State |
Gr. |
3.99 / 4.00 |
Zoology (U) / Master of Business Administration (G) |
| Tyler Seibring (3) |
Elon |
Jr. |
3.95 |
English / Economics |
| Joe Sherburne |
UMBC |
Jr. |
4 |
Financial Economics |
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| SECOND TEAM |
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| Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| Christian Adams |
Costal Carolina |
Jr. |
4 |
Economics and Finance |
| Jalen Brunson |
Villanova |
Sr. |
3.34 |
Communications |
| Jordan Howard (2) |
Central Arkansas |
Sr. |
3.71 |
Digital Filmmaking |
| Luke Maye |
North Carolina |
Jr. |
3.45 |
Business Administration |
| Skylar Mays |
LSU |
So. |
4.01 |
Biological Sciences |
| Dylan Windler |
Belmont |
Jr. |
3.84 |
Accounting |
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| THIRD TEAM |
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| Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| Marcus Bartley |
Southern Illinois |
Jr. |
4 |
Sport Administration |
| Joshua Braun (1) (*) |
Grand Canyon |
Gr. |
3.83 / 3.60 |
Master of Business Administration |
| Stone Gettings |
Cornell |
Jr. |
3.81 |
Applied Economics & Management |
| Reed Timmer |
Drake University |
Sr. |
3.47 |
Pharmacy |
| Kevin Vannatta |
UNC Asheville |
Sr. |
3.93 |
Accounting |
CoSIDA Academic All-America® of the Year: Jevon Carter, West Virginia University
(1) -- CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division I 1st team selection in 2016-17
(2) -- CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division I 2nd team selection in 2016-17
(3) -- CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division I 3rd team selection in 2016-17
(*) -- CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division I 1st team selection in 2015-16
(%) -- CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division I 3rd team selection in 2015-16
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Jeff Schwartz, North Dakota State University | Academic All-America® Co-Chair for Publicity/Communications
jeff.schwartz@ndsu.edu | (701) 231-8332
Brian Alden, Fort Wayne
Academic All-America® Coordinator of Publicity
aldenbs@ipfw.edu | (260) 481-6646