The College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-America® program honorees are selected by the communication directors in each of four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, and NAIA.
CSC, formerly CoSIDA, has recognized the best academic and athletic student-athletes since 1952. A total of 31 Mountaineers have collected 41 of those honors in that span.
| Year |
Name |
Team Name |
Sport/Position |
Team |
| 1970 |
Michael Adams |
Men's Basketball |
Guard |
1st |
| 1973 |
John Randall |
Football |
Defensive Back |
2nd |
| 1973 |
Rod Smith |
Men's Basketball |
Guard |
1st |
| 1977 |
Gaar Potter |
Football |
Defensive Tackle |
2nd |
| 1978 |
Bill Campbell |
Football |
Defensive Back |
1st |
| 1980 |
Justin Cross |
Football |
Tackle |
2nd |
| 1981 |
Steve Barringer |
Men's Basketball |
Guard |
4th |
| 1987 |
Mark Verna |
Football |
Offensive Guard |
2nd |
| 1987 |
Kevin Rombeck |
Men's At-Large |
Golf |
3rd |
| 1988 |
Damon Lockhart |
Football |
Running Back |
1st |
| 1989 |
Lisa Fitzgerald |
Women's At-Large |
Track and Field |
2nd |
| 1993 |
Russ McDaniel |
Men's At-Large |
Cross Country/Track and Field |
2nd |
| 2007 |
Kim Hogarth |
Men's Cross Country/Track and Field |
Distance |
2nd |
| 2010 |
Loren Ahonen |
Men's Cross Country/Track and Field |
Distance |
1st |
| 2011 |
Loren Ahonen |
Men's Cross Country/Track and Field |
Distance |
1st |
| 2011 |
Sean Brown |
Men's Cross Country/Track and Field |
Distance |
2nd |
| 2012 |
Tyler Pennel |
Men's Cross Country/Track and Field |
Distance |
1st |
| 2012 |
Lauren Kleppin |
Women's Cross Country/Track and Field |
Distance |
1st |
| 2013 |
Sophie McNeely |
Women's Cross Country/Track and Field |
Distance |
3rd |
| 2013 |
Tara Richardson |
Women's Cross Country/Track and Field |
Distance |
2nd |
| 2013 |
Vegard Olstad |
Men's Cross Country/Track and Field |
Distance |
2nd |
| 2014 |
Corbin Bennetts |
Men's At-Large |
Wrestling |
1st |
| 2014 |
Tara Richardson |
Women's Cross Country/Track and Field |
Distance |
2nd |
| 2014 |
Austin Ekeler |
Football |
Running Back |
2nd |
| 2015 |
Corbin Bennetts |
Men's At-Large |
Wrestling |
1st |
| 2015 |
Luke Arnold |
Men's Cross Country/Track and Field |
Pole Vault |
1st |
| 2015 |
Ryan Haebe |
Men's Cross Country/Track and Field |
Distance |
1st |
| 2015 |
Austin Ekeler |
Football |
Running Back |
2nd |
| 2016 |
Corbin Bennetts |
Men's At-Large |
Wrestling |
1st |
| 2016 |
Austin Ekeler |
Football |
Running Back |
1st |
| 2017 |
Alicja Konieczek |
Women's Cross Country/Track and Field |
Distance |
2nd |
| 2017 |
Georgia Porter |
Women's Cross Country/Track and Field |
Distance |
1st |
| 2018 |
Alicja Konieczek |
Women's Cross Country/Track and Field |
Distance |
1st (AOTY) |
| 2019 |
Brandon Supernaw |
Men's At-Large |
Wrestling |
3rd |
| 2019 |
Alicja Konieczek |
Women's Cross Country/Track and Field |
Distance |
1st (AOTY) |
| 2023 |
Kaiya Firor |
Women's Track & Field |
Hurdles |
3rd |
| 2024 |
Leah Taylor |
Women's Cross Country/Track and Field |
Distance |
2nd |
| 2024 |
Kaiya Firor |
Women's Track & Field |
Hurdles |
2nd |
| 2024 |
Ricky Freymond |
Football |
Defensive End |
1st |
| 2024 |
Chance Wiening |
Football |
Offensive Line |
1st |
| 2025 |
Allison Beasley |
Women's Cross Country/Track & Field |
Distance |
2nd |
