Truman State University Athletics

CoSIDA began the distinguished Academic All-America program in 1952, and since then, has honored thousands of deserving student-athletes from numerous sports across all divisions with these elite Academic All-America scholar-athlete honors. Among the ranks of Division II, Truman State University has the second-most honorees all-time with 117 behind just Pittsburg State University's 121 selections. The complete list of Bulldogs can be found below in chronological order.

Currently, CoSIDA sponsors Academic All-America programs for men's soccer, women's soccer, football, volleyball, men's basketball, women's basketball, baseball, softball and men's and women's track and field/cross country. Many other sports are eligible through the At-Large program.

Lester Jordan, then Sports Information Director at SMU, is considered the father of the first team (football), which was released on Saturday, December 6, 1952. Men's Basketball was added in 1963 and baseball in 1970. The first women's Academic All-America team-for women's basketball-appeared in 1980. Legendary broadcaster Dick Enberg was named the national spokesperson for the program in 1986. Starting with the 1987-88 seasons, CoSIDA began selecting an Academic All-America of the Year in each sport and an overall Academic All-America of the Year by division.

The Academic All-America program is comprised of four divisional teams, with student-athletes being honored separately in Division I, Division II and Division III. The College Division team is comprised of NAIA, Canadian and two-year student-athletes. This format began in the 2011-12 academic year. Previously there were two teams - University Division (D1) and a College Division (all others).

The Academic All-America Hall of Fame was established in 1988 with the first class consisting of Bill Bradley, Pete Dawkins, Pat Haden, Tom McMillen, Donn Moomaw and Merlin Olsen.
 

Year	Sport	Name (Last, First)	Position (if applicable)	Team
1973	Football	Roberts, Tom	T	1
1977	Men's Basketball	Maddox, Matt		HM
1977	Men's Basketball	Miller, Bill		HM
1978	Football	Driscoll, Keith	LB	1
1978	Baseball	Faucett, Dan	P	1
1978	Men's Basketball	Woodall, Bill		5
1979	Football	Driscoll, Keith	LB	1
1979	Baseball	Faucett, Dan	P	2
1979	Football	Fletcher, Bob	KS	2
1979	Men's Basketball	Maddox, Matt		4
1980	Women's Basketball	Witthoft, Sharon	F	3
1981	Women's Basketball	Jacues, Lisa	G	3
1981	Women's Basketball	Witthoft, Sharon	F	2
1982	Football	Pettibone, Roy	DL	2
1983	Football	Eckhoff, Paul	T	2
1983	Football	Hayes, Tom	QB	2
1983	Baseball	Mikel, Randy	SS	3
1984	Men's Basketball	Campbell, Mark		2
1987	Women's At-Large	Lesseig, Kristen	W. Golf	1
1988	Women's At-Large	Bastart, Karen	W. Track & Field	1
1988	Women's At-Large	Lesseig, Kristen	W. Golf	1
1989	Women's At-Large	Bastart, Karen	W. Track & Field	1
1991	Women's Basketball	Gum, Angie	BC	3
1992	Football	Conaway, K.C.	P	1
1992	Men's At-Large	Jensen, Rob	M. Track & Field	2
1992	Men's At-Large	Wall, Stefan	Soccer	2
1993	Men's At-Large	Beattie, Scott	CC/Track	1
1993	Men's At-Large	Jensen, Rob	CC/Track	2
1993	Football	Roos, Mike	DL	2
1994	Women's At-Large	Hoefer, Virginia	Track & Field	2
1994	Baseball	Royster, Aaron	OF	1
1995	Football	Copeland, Matt	TE	2
1995	Women's At-Large	Hoefer, Virginia	Track & Field	2
1996	Volleyball	Bernthal, Kirsten	S	3
1996	Men's At-Large	Golonka, Jason	CC/Track	2
1996	Women's At-Large	Hoefer, Virginia	Track & Field	1
1996	Women's At-Large	Lybarger, Amanda	Swimming	2
1997	Women's At-Large	Lybarger, Amanda	Swimming	1
1998	Women's At-Large	Brady, Kelli	Tennis	1
1998	Men's Basketball	Reinberg, Jason	F	3
1999	Football	McAdams, Mark	OL	2
1999	Men's Basketball	Reinberg, Jason	F	1
2000	Women's At-Large	Luebbering, Beth	Track & Field	1
2000	Softball	Mackie, Heather	DP	2
2000	Men's Basketball	Reinberg, Jason	F	1
2001	Men's At-Large	Artz, Nathan	Tennis	3
2001	Football	Dorsey, Lance	DB	1
2001	Volleyball	Felkerson, Cassy	MH	1
2001	Volleyball	Glenn, Jenny	OH	1
2001	Football	Lepper, Austin	PK	1
2001	Women's At-Large	Luebbering, Beth	Track & Field	1
2001	Women's At-Large	Luebbering, Beth	Cross Country	3
2001	Softball	Mackie, Heather	IF	2
2001	Women's At-Large	Potts, Laura	Golf	3
2002	Women's Track&Field/Cross Country	Hahn, Kayse		2
2002	Women's At-Large	Hug, Elizabeth	Swimming	3
2002	Football	Lepper, Austin	PK	2
2002	Women's Track&Field/Cross Country	Luebbering, Beth		1
2002	Women's At-Large	Riley, Bridget	Swimming	1
2002	Football	Yehyawi, Tameem	LB	2
2003	Softball	Buford, Britni	P	1
2003	Women's At-Large	Dance, Sarah	Swimming	1
2003	Women's At-Large	Dudley, Kelli	Swimming	1
2003	Men's Track&Field/Cross Country	Helbig, Matt	Track & Cross Country	3
2003	Women's At-Large	Hug, Elizabeth	Swimming	2
2003	Women's Soccer	Murray, Sara	F	2
2003	Football	Yehyawi, Tameem	LB	1
2004	Men's Soccer	Atwood, Jared	D	3
2004	Women's At-Large	Betsworth, Diana	Swimming	1
2004	Women's At-Large	Dance, Sarah	Swimming	1
2004	Women's Soccer	Murray, Sara	F	2
2005	Men's Soccer	Atwood, Jared	D	1
2005	Women's At-Large	Betsworth, Diana	Swimming	1
2005	Women's Soccer	Cepicky, Lauren	M	3
2005	Women's At-Large	Dance, Sarah	Swimming All-America of the Year	1
2006	Women's At-Large	Anderson, Brittany	Swimming	1
2006	Baseball	Beilsmith, Randy	DH	2
2006	Women's At-Large	Kaleps-Clark, Lija	Swimming	2
2006	Men's At-Large	Nurrenbern, Gregg	Wrestling	3
2006	Volleyball	Shearman, Sarah		1
2007	Women's At-Large	Anderson, Brittany	Swimming	1
2007	Women's Track&Field/Cross Country	Faust, Jacquie		3
2007	Women's At-Large	Kaleps-Clark, Lija	Swimming	1
2009	Women's At-Large	Aherne, Kate	Swimming	1
2009	Women's At-Large	Blair, Lindsy	Tennis	3
2009	Men's At-Large	Bracha, Peter	Tennis	3
2009	Women's At-Large	Sylvester, Tanya	Swimming	3
2010	Women's At-Large	Aherne, Kate	Swimming	1
2010	Men's At-Large	Bracha, Peter	Tennis	2
2010	Women's Track&Field/Cross Country	Bierman, Katrina	Track & Field	3
2010	Men's At-Large	McCall, Andrew	Swimming	1
2010	Women's At-Large	Sylvester, Tanya	Swimming	2
2010	Women's Soccer	Buri, Megan	M	2
2011	Men's Basketball	Henderson, Alex		3
2011	Women's Soccer	Buri, Megan		2
2011	Women's At-Large	Sylvester, Tanya	Swimming	1
2012	Women's Soccer	Buri, Megan		1
2012	Baseball	Myers, Devon	C	2
2012	Men's At-Large	McCollough, Eric	Tennis	3
2012	Men's At-Large	Tillis, Brian	Swimming	2
2012	Women's Track&Field/Cross Country	Zweifel, Jennifer		1
2012	Men's Track&Field/Cross Country	Dial, Michael		2
2012	Men's Track&Field/Cross Country	Walls, Joey		3
2013	Women's Track&Field/Cross Country	Boedecker, Deborah		2
2013	Women's Track&Field/Cross Country	McCarroll, Rachel		3
2014	Softball	Klipsch, Andrea	IF	3
2014	Baseball	Trenhaile, Paul	IF	3
2015	Softball	Klipsch, Andrea	IF	2
2015	Baseball	Trenhaile, Paul	OF	2
2015	Men's Track&Field/Cross Country	Kacich, Dominic		3
2016	Women's Soccer	Mattingly, Katie	GK	2
2017	Softball	Reisinger, Christa	OF	3
2017	Women's Track & Field/Cross Country	Tarantino, Laura		3
2018	Men's Basketball	Fischer, Zach	F	1
2018	Softball	Reisinger, Christa	OF	2
2018	Football	Nichols, Mitch	WR	2
2019	Softball	Reisinger, Christa	OF (Softball All-America of the Year)	1
2019	Men's Track & Field/Cross Country	Farrales, Elijah		1
2019	Football	Barr,Jaden	QB	2
2022	Men's Basketball	McKnight,Cade	C	1
2023	Women's Basketball	Belanger,Hannah	G	2

 
Nomination Criteria

• To be nominated, a student-athlete must be a starter or important reserve with at least a 3.30 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) at his or her current institution.

• Nominated athletes must have participated in at least 50 percent of the team's games at the position listed on the nomination form (where applicable). In baseball and softball, pitchers must have at least 10.0 innings pitched. Athletes who have not participated in at least 50 percent of their team's contests are not eligible.

• No student-athlete is eligible until he/she has completed one full calendar year at his/her current institution and has reached sophomore athletic eligibility.

• In the cases of transfers, graduate students and two-year college graduates, the student-athlete must have completed one full calendar year at the nominating institution to be eligible. EXCEPTION: Graduate students who are competing at a different institution than the one from which they earned their undergraduate degree are eligible even if they are in their first semester at the graduate institution.

• Nominees in graduate school must have a cumulative GPA of 3.30 or better both as an undergrad and in grad school.