College Sports Information Directors of America

College Sports Information Directors of America

College Sports Information Directors of America logo
Abbreviation CoSIDA
Formation 1957
Affiliations National Collegiate Athletic Association, ESPN The Magazine
Staff
4 [Doug Vance, Executive Director]
Website cosida.com
Academic All-American teams were marketed as "All-American Team Presented by ESPN The Magazine as selected by CoSIDA" until Fall 2010.

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.[1]

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.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4]

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.[5]

Presidents

The following is a listing of past presidents:[6]

Conventions

The following is a listing of past and future convention sites, including memnbership and attendance:[7]

Year Site Membership Convention
2022 Las Vegas -- --
2021 Orlando -- --
2020 Las Vegas -- --
2019 Orlando -- --
2018 Washington, D.C. -- --
2017 Orlando -- --
2016 Dallas -- --
2015 Orlando -- --
2014 Orlando 3056 --
2013 Orlando 2954 852
2012 St. Louis 2786 859
2011 Marco Island 2862 727
2010 San Francisco 2497 614
2009 San Antonio 2563 553
2008 Tampa 2397 832
2007 San Diego 2216 920
2006 Nashville 2143 726
2005 Philadelphia 1946 783
2004 Calgary 1961 496
2003 Cleveland 1954 780
2002 Rochester 1888 748
2001 San Diego 1877 1065
2000 St. Louis 1855 980
1999 Orlando 1839 1195
1998 Spokane 1812 609
1997 New Orleans 1825 1060
1996 Boston 1803 1056
1995 Denver 1772 903
1994 Chicago 1804 1030
1993 Atlanta 1810 987
1992 Lexington 1706 989
1991 San Francisco 1669 915
1990 Houston 1627 947
1989 Washington, D.C. 1467 1122
1988 Kansas City 1361 855
1987 Portland 1426 701
1986 Nashville 1360 836
1985 Boston 1341 904
1984 St. Louis 1304 714
1983 San Diego 1170 610
1982 Dallas 1077 651
1981 Philadelphia 984 639
1980 Kansas City 944 495
1979 Chicago 593 458
1978 Atlanta 510 415
1977 Los Angeles 550 312
1976 Cincinnati 671 335
1975 Houston 623 303</tbody>

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "Florida's Tim Tebow and Morningside's Beau Kildow top ESPN the Magazine's Academic All-America Football Team". College Sports Information Directors of America. 2009-11-24. Retrieved 2010-02-12.
  2. ↑ "General Info: What is CoSIDA?". College Sports Information Directors of America. Retrieved 2010-02-12.
  3. ↑ "CoSIDA Membership Benefits". College Sports Information Directors of America. Retrieved 2010-02-12.
  4. ↑ "Academic All-America". College Sports Information Directors of America. Retrieved 2010-02-12.
  5. ↑ CoSIDA honors Joyner-Kersee Archived June 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine., NCAA, May 12, 2011
  6. ↑ "Past Presidents". College Sports Information Directors of America. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  7. ↑ "Convention Sites". College Sports Information Directors of America. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
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