ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA® TEAM S ELECTED BY C O SIDA

For Release: Monday, March 9 – 12 noon ET

SKYLAR MAYS OF LSU, OF TEXAS TECH LEAD ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA® DIVISION I MEN’S & WOMEN’S TEAMS

AUSTIN, Texas – Louisiana State University senior guard and Texas Tech University graduate student forward Brittany Brewer headline the 2019-20 Academic All-America® Division I men’s and women’s basketball teams selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and announced Monday.

Mays has been named the 2019-20 Academic All-America® of the Year for Division I men’s basketball, while Brewer earned the distinction of 2019-20 Academic All-America® of the Year for Division I women’s basketball.

Mays, a kinesiology major from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, earns Academic All-America® of the Year honors after being named to the Academic All-America® First Team in 2018-19 and earning second team honors in 2017-18. He boasts a 3.93 GPA and was named to the All-SEC Second Team last season. He was also named the 2019 SEC Scholar Athlete of the Year. This season, Mays is a top-10 finalist for the as of one the nation’s top . He leads the Tigers scoring 16.6 points per game and is second on the team in assists, averaging 3.0 per game. Mays is the only player in LSU history to accumulate 1,500 points, 400 rebounds, 300 assists, and 200 steals.

A native of Abilene, Texas, Brewer is pursuing a graduate degree in community, family & addiction sciences. She becomes a two-time First Team Academic All-America selection after also earning the honor in 2018-19. Brewer carries a 3.66 GPA in her graduate course work after earning a 4.0 as an undergrad. She was recently named one of 10 finalists for Lisa Leslie Award as one of the top center in the country. She ranks second in the country averaging 4.39 blocks a game, while scoring 16.5 points and grabbing 10.3 rebounds for the Red Raiders. Earlier this season she tied the Division I record when she blocked 16 shots against Louisiana Monroe.

Three of the 15 members of the Academic All-America® Division I Men’s Basketball teams boast a perfect 4.0 GPA, all of which are graduate students. The five members of the first team have an average GPA of 3.93, with the entire men’s team holding a collective average GPA of 3.78

Four others join Mays as repeat selections on the Academic All-America® Division I men’s basketball teams from 2018-19 – Amidou Bamba (Charlotte), Brooks DeBisschop (Northern Arizona University), James Foye (Dartmouth College), and Matt Pile (University of Nebraska Omaha).

Six of the 15 members of the Academic All-America® Division I women’s basketball teams sport a perfect 4.0 GPA in either undergrad or graduate school. The five members of the first team have an average GPA of 3.94, with the complete15-member women’s team averaging a 3.88 GPA.

Along with Brewer, the Academic All-America® Division I Women’s Basketball teams have four other repeat performers from last year’s teams – Becca Hittner (Drake University), Ciara Duffy (University of South Dakota), (Oregon State University), and Sara Rhine (Drake University). Additionally, Duffy and Rhine were named to the 2017-18 Academic All-America® team.

For more information regarding the Academic All-America® program, visit https://academicallamerica.com/.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Brian Alden, University of Louisville | Academic All-America® Coordinator of Publicity [email protected]| (502) 852-3088

Jeff Schwartz, North Dakota State University | Academic All-America® Co-Director for Publicity [email protected] | (701) 231-8332

2019-20 Academic All-America ® Men’s Basketball Team NCAA Division I

NCAA DIVISION I

CoSIDA Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year: Skylar Mays, Louisiana State University

FIRST TEAM Name School Yr. GPA Major Brooks DeBisschop (3) Northern Arizona University Sr. 3.97 Finance Christian Lutete UMass Lowell Gr. 3.79 /4.00 Economics (UG) / Peace & Conflict Studies (G) Skylar Mays (1)(#) Louisiana State University Sr. 3.93 Kinesiology / Human Movement Mason Peatling Eastern Washington University Gr. 3.89 /4.00 Finance (UG) / Business Administration (G) Matt Pile (3) University of Nebraska Omaha Jr. 3.93 Chemistry

SECOND TEAM Name School Yr. GPA Major Jimmy Boeheim Cornell University Jr. 3.76 Applied Economics & Management Djordje Dimitrijevic Mercer University Sr. 3.87 Computer Science James Foye (2) Dartmouth College Sr. 3.97 Economics Utah State University Sr. 3.39 Business Administration University of Louisville Jr. 3.40 Exercise Science Michigan State University Jr. 3.63 Communication

THIRD TEAM Name School Yr. GPA Major Amidou Bamba (3) Charlotte Gr. 3.98/4.00 MBA Trent Forrest Florida State University Gr. 3.43 Sport Management (UG) / Sport Management (G) TJ Haws Brigham Young University Sr. 3.46 Finance Davide Moretti Texas Tech University Jr. 3.68 Human Science

(1) = 2018-19 1st team Academic All-America® (2) = 2018-19 2nd team Academic All-America® (3) = 2018-19 3rd team Academic All-America® (#) = 2017-18 2nd team Academic All-America® 2019-20 Academic All-America ® Women’s Basketball Team NCAA Division I

NCAA DIVISION I

CoSIDA Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year: Brittany Brewer, Texas Tech University

FIRST TEAM Name School Yr. GPA Major Brittany Brewer (1) Texas Tech University Gr. 4.00/3.66 Community, Family & Addiction Sciences Ciara Duffy (1)(%) University of South Dakota Gr. 4.00/4.00 Political Science / History Erica Ogwumike Rice University Gr. 3.86/4.00 Post-Baccalaureate Program Mikayla Pivec (2) Oregon State University Gr. 3.93/3.93 BioChemistry / BioPhysics Sara Rhine (1)(%) Drake University Gr. 4.00/4.00 Elementary Education (UG) / Counseling (G)

SECOND TEAM Name School Yr. GPA Major Baylor University Sr. 3.77 Communication Studies University of Iowa Sr. 3.83 Journalism & Mass Comm. / Spanish Ellie Harmeyer Belmont University Gr. 3.87/4.00 Nursing Becca Hittner (3) Drake University Sr. 3.97 Marketing Peyton Williams Kansas State University Sr. 3.94 Anthropology / International Studies

THIRD TEAM Name School Yr. GPA Major Camryn Brown High Point University Sr. 3.97 Human Relations Hanna Crymble University of Vermont Sr. 3.81 Biochemistry Vivian Gray Oklahoma State University Jr. 3.66 Marketing Chante Stonewall DePaul University Sr. 3.68 Psychology / Sociology University of Virginia Gr. 3.87/3.63 Leadership & Public Policy / Global Develop. Studies

(4) = 2018-19 1st team Academic All-America® (5) = 2018-19 2nd team Academic All-America® (6) = 2018-19 3rd team Academic All-America® (%) = 2017-18 3rd team Academic All-America®