College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) is the organization that has since 1952 bestowed Academic All-American recognition on male and female athletes in Divisions I, II, and III of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)--covering all NCAA championship sports--and NAIA athletes.
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History
CoSIDA began as a part of the American College Public Relations Association (ACPRA). It split and was established as a separate organization in 1957 for sports information directors at all levels. At the original 1957 meeting there were 102 attendees as of 2010 there are over 2,400 members in the United States and Canada.
CoSIDA has selected the Academic All-Americans, which have been presented by ESPN The Magazine. On January 31, 2011, Capital One Financial Corporation announced a partnership with CoSIDA to become the title sponsor of the Academic All-America Program.
CoSIDA is responsible for the annual selection of 816 Academic All-Americans in men's soccer, football, basketball, baseball and track and field/cross country and women's soccer, volleyball, basketball, softball, and track and field/cross country, and for at-large teams for men and women in Division I, II and III and NAIA in all NCAA championship sports. The sports that CoSIDA recognizes as eligible for at-large Academic All-American recognition are: women's bowling, women's crew, men's and women's fencing, wmmen's field hockey, men's and women's golf, men's and women's gymnastics, men's and women's ice hockey, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's rifle, men's and women's skiing, men's and women's swimming, men's and women's tennis, men's volleyball, men's and women's water polo, and men's wrestling.
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Dick Enberg Award winners
The organization is also responsible for the Dick Enberg Award, presented annually to a "person whose actions and commitment have furthered the meaning and reach of the Academic All-America Teams Program and/or the student athlete while promoting the values of education and academics." Jackie Joyner-Kersee has been selected as the 2011 recipient.
Presidents
The following is a listing of past presidents:
- 2015-16: Judy Willson, Mountain West Conference
- 2014-15: Eric McDowell, Union College (N.Y.)
- 2013-14: Shelly Poe, Auburn
- 2012-13: Joe Hornstein, FIU
- 2011-12: Tom Di Camillo, Pacific West Conference & Central Arizona College
- 2010-11: Larry Dougherty, Temple
- 2009-10: Justin Doherty, Wisconsin
- 2008-09: Nick Joos, Baylor
- 2007-08: Charles Bloom, Southeastern Conference
- 2006-07: Doug Dull, Maryland
- 2005-06: Joe Hernandez, Ball State
- 2004-05: Rod Commons, Washington State
- 2003-04: Tammy Boclair, Vanderbilt
- 2002-03: Alan Cannon, Texas A&M
- 2001-02: Pete Moore, Syracuse
- 2000-01: Fred Stabley Jr., Central Michigan
- 1999-00: Max Corbet, Boise State
- 1998-99: Maxey Parrish, Baylor
- 1997-98: Pete Kowalski, Rutgers
- 1996-97: Jim Vruggink, Purdue
- 1995-96: Rick Brewer, North Carolina
- 1994-95: Hal Cowan, Oregon State
- 1993-94: Doug Vance, Kansas
- 1992-93: Ed Carpenter, Boston University
- 1991-92: George Wine, Iowa
- 1990-91: June Stewart, Vanderbilt
- 1989-90: Arnie Sgalio, Big Sky Conference
- 1988-89: Bill Little, Texas
- 1987-88: Bob Smith, Rutgers
- 1986-87: Roger Valdiserri, Notre Dame
- 1985-86: Jack Zane, Maryland
- 1984-85: Nordy Jenson, Western Athletic Conference
- 1983-84: Bill Whitmore, Rice
- 1982-83: Howie Davis, Massachusetts
- 1981-82: Nick Vista, Michigan State
- 1980-81: Langston Rogers, Delta State
- 1979-80: Dave Schulthess, Brigham Young
- 1978-79: Don Bryant, Nebraska
- 1977-78: Bob Peterson, Minnesota
- 1976-77: Bill Esposito, St. John's
- 1975-76: Bob Bradley, Clemson
- 1974-75: Hal Bateman, Air Force
- 1973-74: Jones Ramsey, Texas
- 1972-73: Jim Mott, Wisconsin
- 1971-72: Dick Page, Massachusetts
- 1970-71: Elmore Hudgins, Southeastern Conference
- 1969-70: Harry Burrell, Iowa State
- 1968-69: Tom Miller, Indiana
- 1967-68: Bill Young, Wyoming
- 1966-67: Marvin Francis, Wake Forest
- 1965-66: Bob Culp, Western Michigan
- 1965-66: Val Pinchbeck, Syracuse
- 1964-65: Harold Keith, Oklahoma
- 1963-64: Warren Berg, Luther
- 1962-63: Bob Hartley, Mississippi State
- 1961-62: John Cox, Navy
- 1960-61: Marty Reisch, Air Force
- 1959-60: Wilbur Evans, Southwest Athletic Conference
- 1958-59: Fred Stabley Sr., Michigan State
- 1957-58: Ted Mann, Duke
Conventions
The following is a listing of past and future convention sites, including memnbership and attendance:
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