LA JOLLA, Calif. – The University of California San Diego had 10 scholar-athletes earn a spot on the 2019-20 California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) Winter All-Academic Team. The conference announced its honorees on Wednesday.
The CCAA recognizes individuals academically each season (fall, winter and spring) for all conference-sponsored sports. In order to earn CCAA All-Academic team honors, a scholar-athlete must be of sophomore athletic standing or higher, and own a 3.3 cumulative GPA or better while competing in a conference-sponsored sport for that season. The CCAA Winter All-Academic Team consists of eligible student-athletes who compete in the sports of men's and women's basketball.
A total of 99 men and women from across the CCAA's 13 member institutions were acknowledged for their efforts in the classroom.
The Tritons' total of 10 honorees was tied for the third most in the conference, trailing only Cal State East Bay (14) and Cal State San Marcos (11). UC San Diego's recipients are as follows:
About UC San Diego Athletics
After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program begins a new era in 2020 as a member of the Big West Conference in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions III and II and helped guide more than 1,300 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 82 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 37 have earned prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego student-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent, one of the highest rates among institutions at all divisions.
