This list of Nebraska Cornhuskers academic honors and awards are the academic achievements of student-athletes from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. The university represents the Big Ten Conference in NCAA Division I, fielding twenty-four varsity teams (ten men's, fourteen women's) across fifteen sports. Nebraska student-athletes have earned 175 first-team and 365 overall Academic All-America awards; seventeen of these have also been named Academic All-American of the Year. Nebraska's eighteen Today's Top 10 Awards are the most of any university.
National awards William V. Campbell Trophy: Rob Zatechka (1994), Kyle Vanden Bosch (2000) Broderick Cup: Sarah Pavan (2006–07) NCAA Woman of the Year Award: Billie Winsett-Fletcher (1996), Angela Mercurio (2019) CSC Academic Hall of Fame: Dave Rimington (inducted 2004), Karen Jennings (inducted 2008), Pat Tyrance (inducted 2009)
Today's Top 10 Award The NCAA Honors Committee annually honors one graduating student-athlete per varsity sport with the Today's Top 10 Award for "exceptional athletic and academic achievements, as well as their contributions to their campuses and communities." Nebraska student-athletes have won eighteen Today's Top 10 Awards, more than any other school.
Football: Randy Schleusener (1981), Dave Rimington (1983), Mark Traynowicz (1985), Jake Young (1990), Pat Tyrance (1991), Trev Alberts (1994), Rob Zatechka (1995), Aaron Graham (1996), Grant Wistrom (1998) Men's gymnastics: Tom Schlesinger (1989), Patrick Kirksey (1991), Anton Stephenson (2019) Women's gymnastics: Richelle Simpson (2006) Women's tennis: Mary Weatherholt (2013) Volleyball: Virginia Stahr (1990), Janet Kruse (1992), Nancy Metcalf (2002), Sarah Pavan (2008)
Academic All-Americans Academic All-American of the Year CSC annually selects an academic All-American of the Year from each NCAA-sponsored sport. Twelve Nebraska athletes have combined to earn seventeen awards. CSC also names a student-athlete as the NCAA Division I academic All-American of the year across all sports – three Cornhuskers have been selected, Rob Zatechka in 1994 and Sarah Pavan in 2006 and 2007. Pavan is one of two NCAA Division I student-athletes to win the award twice.
Lori Sippel – 1988 Virginia Stahr – 1988, 1989 Janet Kruse – 1990, 1991 Karen Jennings – 1992, 1993 Rob Zatechka – 1994 Nicola Martial – 1996 Joy Taylor – 1996 Janet Blomstedt – 1997 Jeff Leise – 2002, 2003 Sarah Pavan – 2006, 2007 John Welk – 2015 Drew Wiseman – 2017
First-team academic All-Americans Nebraska student-athletes have earned 365 total Academic All-America selections across all sports, second to Stanford among NCAA Division I universities, including 175 first-team honors. Potential academic All-America selections must be in at least their second year of school, maintain a 3.5 cumulative grade-point average, regularly feature in his or her team's athletic competitions, and be active in the community. Nebraska's football program has produced 108 academic All-Americans, most among FBS schools.
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