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Corey Kispert of Gonzaga Leads 2020-21 CoSIDA Academic All-America® NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Team
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Corey Kispert
AUSTIN, Texas – Gonzaga University graduate student forward
Corey Kispert headlines the 2020-21 Academic All-America® Division I men’s basketball teams selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and announced Friday.
Kispert has been named the 2020-21 Academic All-America® of the Year for Division I men’s basketball.
A native of Edmonds, Washington, Kispert is pursuing a graduate degree in business administration. Kispert, who helped lead the Zags to the NCAA national championship game, carries a 3.79 GPA in his graduate course work after earning a 3.49 as an undergrad. Kispert was recently named the Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year, averaging 18.6 points a game and 5.0 rebounds. He finished the season sixth in Division I, shooting 44% from beyond the arc. He was also fifth in the country in total points (595), seventh in three-point field goals made (91), and eighth in total field goals made (209). Kispert was named the West Coast Conference Player of the Year and was a consensus First Team All-American. Kispert was named a Senior CLASS All-American and was selected to the I-AAA Athletic Directors Association Scholar Athlete Team. Additionally, he was a finalist for the Oscar Robertson Trophy, Naismith Trophy, Lute Olson Award, and John R. Wooden Award.
Three of the 17 members of the Academic All-America® Division I Men’s Basketball teams boast a perfect 4.0 GPA, including
Ben Vander Plas (Ohio University), who carries a perfect GPA through both undergrad and graduate school. The five members of the first team have an average GPA of 3.79, with the entire men’s team holding a collective average GPA of 3.69.
Matt Pile (University of Nebraska Omaha) is the lone repeat selection among the Academic All-America® Division I men’s basketball teams. He earned first team honors in 2019-20 and was a third team selection during the 2018-19 season.
2020-21 Academic All-America® Men's Basketball Teams – NCAA Division I
| FIRST TEAM |
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| Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| Max Abmas |
Oral Roberts University |
So. |
3.69 |
Biomedical Chemistry |
| Ian DuBose |
Wake Forest University |
Gr. |
3.84/3.80 |
Liberal Studies |
| Corey Kispert |
Gonzaga University |
Gr. |
3.49/3.79 |
Business Administration |
| Matt Pile (1) (%) |
University of Nebraska Omaha |
Sr. |
3.95 |
Chemistry |
| Franz Wagner |
University of Michigan |
So. |
4 |
Organizational Studies |
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| SECOND TEAM |
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| Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| Charles Bassey |
Western Kentucky University |
Jr. |
3.57 |
Interdisciplinary Studies |
| Oscar da Silva |
Stanford University |
Sr. |
3.49 |
Biology |
| Cameron Krutwig |
Loyola University Chicago |
Sr. |
3.45 |
Entrepreneurship |
| Hunter Schofield |
Dixie State University |
Sr. |
3.94 |
Exercise Science |
| Ben Vander Plas |
Ohio University |
Gr. |
4.00/4.00 |
Sports Administration |
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| THIRD TEAM |
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| Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| Tareq Coburn |
Hofstra University |
Sr. |
3.74 |
Community Health |
| Cam Davis |
U.S. Naval Academy |
Sr. |
3.46 |
Ocean Engineering |
| Matt Dentlinger |
South Dakota State University |
Jr. |
4 |
Mechanical Engineering |
| Brady Manek |
University of Oklahoma |
Gr. |
3.63 |
Management (UG) / MBA (G) |
| Jeremiah Robinson-Earl |
Villanova University |
So. |
3.56 |
Communication |
| Luke Smith |
Belmont University |
Sr. |
3.65 |
Business Administration |
| Kobe Webster |
University of Nebraska |
Gr. |
3.75/3.75 |
Educational Administration |
Academic All-America® of the Year: Corey Kispert, Gonzaga University
(1) – 2019-20 1st team Academic All-America®
(%) – 2018-19 3rd team Academic All-America®
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Jeff Schwartz, North Dakota State University | Academic All-America® Co-Director for Publicity
jeff.schwartz@ndsu.edu | (701) 231-8332
Brian Alden, University of Louisville | Academic All-America® Coordinator of Publicity
brian.alden@louisville.edu | (502) 852-3088