GAINESVILLE, Fla. – For the first time in program history, a Gator was named to the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-America Division I At-Large Team after men’s tennis captain Sam Riffice<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__floridagators.com_roster.aspx-3Frp-5Fid-3D14597&d=DwIFAw&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=6lfaFqnRy7P6w_MEp3kYd3uT33OJ2DlabQin3hI6zus&s=4TbooQhQ2AS53BbctBQDnygj0Z-YI0xPWOtw7fYZpVk&e= > earned Academic All-America Second Team accolades as announced by CoSIDA on Friday afternoon.
The political science major boasts an impressive 3.72 GPA and is the first men’s tennis player to receive this honor. Riffice was also named to the SEC Academic Spring Honor Roll List and the ITA Scholar-Athletes All-Academic Team earlier this month, in addition to receiving CoSIDA’s Academic All-District IV Men’s At-Large First Team, which qualified him to receive All-American status.
After helping the team to its first NCAA National Championship title with a 4-1 victory over Baylor, Riffice also won the NCAA Singles Championship, making him the third player in program history to do so since 1999. Riffice finished the season ranked No. 2 in the final ITA tennis rankings, while earning his fourth All-American honor after becoming the eighth player in the 21st century to earn a team and singles national championship in the same season. Riffice went on to beat the No. 1 and No. 2-seeds in back-to-back days to win the singles title just days after claiming the team national championship.
Below is the complete list of the Men’s At-Large CoSIDA 2020-21 Academic All-America Team:
FIRST TEAM
Sport
Name
School
Yr.
GPA
Major
Swimming
Nick Albiero (1)
University of Louisville
Sr.
3.95
Health & Human Performance in Exercise Science
Gymnastics
Jack Baldwin
Pennsylvania State University
Sr.
4.00
Mechanical Engineering
Golf
Ford Clegg
Mississippi State University
Jr.
4.00
Finance
Lacrosse
Phil Goss (1) (#)
Brown University
Sr.
4.00
Economics & Political Science
Volleyball
Miki Jauhiainen (1) ($)
Brigham Young University
Gr.
4.00 / 4.00
Computer Science (G)
Swimming
Eric Knowles (1) ($)
North Carolina State University
Sr.
4.00
Materials Science Engineering
Ice Hockey
Jack LaFontaine
University of Minnesota
Sr.
3.83
English
Swimming
Derek Maas
University of Alabama
Sr.
4.00
Biology / Premed
Swimming
Micah Oh (1)
U.S. Naval Academy
Sr.
4.00
Honors Applied Mathematics
Tennis
Jannik Opitz (1) (%)
Western Michigan University
Gr.
4.00 /4.00
Applied Statistics
Swimming
Nicholas Perera
University of Alabama
Jr.
4.00
Mechanical Engineering
Water Polo
Nicolas Saveljic
UCLA
Gr.
3.85 / 3.85
Education
Tennis
Carl Söderlund
University of Virginia
Gr.
3.73 /3.72
Commerce
Wrestling
Anthony Valencia
Arizona State University
Sr.
4.00
Business (Communication)
Gymnastics
Shane Wiskus
University of Minnesota
Sr.
3.40
Business & Marketing Education
SECOND TEAM
Sport
Name
School
Yr.
GPA
Major
Water Polo
Tyler Abramson
Stanford University
Sr.
3.60
Management Science & Engineering
Wrestling
Myles Amine
University of Michigan
Gr.
3.40 / 3.82
Business Administration (UG) / Sport Mgmt. (G)
Swimming
Cade Auerbach
University of Alabama
Sr.
4.00
Finance / Economics / Math
Wrestling
Paul Bianchi
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Sr.
4.00
Sport Management
Swimming
Ben Bramley
Purdue University
Jr.
3.89
Finance
Swimming
Andrew Capobianco ($)
Indiana University
Jr.
3.75
Exercise Science
Lacrosse
Christian Daniel (3)
U.S. Naval Academy
Sr.
3.84
Astrophysics
Lacrosse
Conor Gaffney (2) ($) (&)
Lehigh University
Gr.
3.95 / 4.00
Mechanical Engineering & Finance (UG)
Lacrosse
Chris Gray
University of North Carolina
Sr.
3.65
Management & Society
Wrestling
Shane Griffith
Stanford University
Jr.
3.54
Science, Technology & Society
Wrestling
Zach Hartman
Bucknell University
Jr.
3.91
Biology (Pre-Med)
Ice Hockey
Austin Kamer
Michigan State University
Sr.
4.00
Chemical Engineering
Wrestling
Nick Lee
Pennsylvania State University
Sr.
3.53
Health Policy & Administration
Ice Hockey
Strauss Mann
University of Michigan
Jr.
3.91
Business Administration
Tennis
Charlie Morkel
UNC Asheville
Sr.
4.00
Mathematics & Economics
Tennis
University of Florida
Jr.
3.72
Political Science
Tennis
Andrew Ton
U.S. Naval Academy
Sr.
3.77
Quantitative Economics
THIRD TEAM
Sport
Name
School
Yr.
GPA
Major
Lacrosse
Alex Akins
University of Detroit Mercy
Gr.
3.90 / 4.00
MBA
Lacrosse
Michael Altmann
Hofstra University
Gr.
3.57 / 3.81
Management (UG) / Marketing (G)
Swimming
Nate Biondi
University of California, Berkeley
Sr.
3.57
American Studies
Tennis
Axel Geller
Stanford University
Sr.
3.80
Economics
Wrestling
Hayden Hidlay
North Carolina State University
Gr.
3.52 / 4.00
Business Admin. (UG) / Nonprofit Management (G)
Fencing
Finn Hossfeld
Duke University
So.
3.88
Public Policy
Wrestling
Mason Kauffman
Northern Illinois University
Sr.
4.00
Kinesiology
Golf
David Laskin
University of Arizona
Sr.
3.75
Finance
Fencing
Nestor Levin
U.S. Air Force Academy
Jr.
3.86
Engineering Chemistry
Swimming
Alex Liang
Stanford University
Sr.
3.61
Economics
Gymnastics
Andrew Lyubovsky
William & Mary
Sr.
3.83
Computer Science / Neuroscience
Tennis
Francisco Rocha
Middle Tennessee State University
Jr.
4.00
Economics / Business Administration
Tennis
Fermin Ruiz Crespo
Alabama A&M University
Sr.
4.00
Civil Engineering
Tennis
Pascal Wagemaker
Georgia Southern University
Sr.
4.00
Mechanical Engineering
Skiiing
Joey Young
University of Colorado
Sr.
3.85
Finance / Accounting
CoSIDA Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year: Nick Albiero, University of Louisville
(1) – 2020 CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team selection
(2) – 2020 CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team selection
(3) – 2020 CoSIDA Academic All-American Third Team selection
(#) – 2019 CoSIDA Academic All-American First Team selection
(%) – 2019 CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team selection
($) – 2019 CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team selection
(&) – 2018 CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team selection
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