Michigan State University Athletics
Three Spartans Named to CoSIDA Academic All-District At-Large Team
5/17/2019 12:26:00 PM | General, Swimming and Diving, Wrestling
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Michigan State University had three student-athletes selected to the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District First Team on Thursday. Redshirt freshman Cameron Caffey (wrestling), junior Scott Piper (swimming), and senior Courtney Aycock (swimming) were all selected by CoSIDA in recognition of the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances in the athletic realm and in the classroom.
Caffey, an academic sophomore from Carbondale, Illinois, boasts a 4.000 grade point average as a computer engineering major at Michigan State. In his first year of competition as a Spartan, Caffey amassed a 32-9 record on the mat alongside a 13-5 record in the Big Ten and a 19-4 record in tournaments. Caffey was an NCAA qualifier in 2019 and went 2-2 in his first trip to the championships. In April, Caffey was named a member of the United States Junior Greco-Roman wrestling team that will represent the United States in Tallinn, Estonia in August.
Piper, a junior from Naperville, Illinois, owns a 4.000 GPA as a biosystems engineering major at Michigan State. At the 2019 Big Ten Championships, he broke the school record in both the 200 IM (1:46.42) and 200 fly (1:42.73). Piper also recorded six first-place finishes throughout the season, along with qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Trials at the USA Winter Nationals back in December.
Aycock, a senior from Knoxville, Tennessee, rounds out the Spartan honorees with a 4.000 GPA in kinesiology. She owns the second-fastest time in MSU history in the 200 free (149.91) and sixth fastest in the 100 free (50.73). At the 2019 SASS Academic Excellence Gala, Aycock was awarded with the prestigious President's Award which is given to the male and female graduating senior with the highest cumulative GPA.
First-team Academic All-District honorees advance to the Academic All-America ballot where first-, second-, and third-team Academic All-America honorees will be announced in June.
Caffey, an academic sophomore from Carbondale, Illinois, boasts a 4.000 grade point average as a computer engineering major at Michigan State. In his first year of competition as a Spartan, Caffey amassed a 32-9 record on the mat alongside a 13-5 record in the Big Ten and a 19-4 record in tournaments. Caffey was an NCAA qualifier in 2019 and went 2-2 in his first trip to the championships. In April, Caffey was named a member of the United States Junior Greco-Roman wrestling team that will represent the United States in Tallinn, Estonia in August.
Piper, a junior from Naperville, Illinois, owns a 4.000 GPA as a biosystems engineering major at Michigan State. At the 2019 Big Ten Championships, he broke the school record in both the 200 IM (1:46.42) and 200 fly (1:42.73). Piper also recorded six first-place finishes throughout the season, along with qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Trials at the USA Winter Nationals back in December.
Aycock, a senior from Knoxville, Tennessee, rounds out the Spartan honorees with a 4.000 GPA in kinesiology. She owns the second-fastest time in MSU history in the 200 free (149.91) and sixth fastest in the 100 free (50.73). At the 2019 SASS Academic Excellence Gala, Aycock was awarded with the prestigious President's Award which is given to the male and female graduating senior with the highest cumulative GPA.
First-team Academic All-District honorees advance to the Academic All-America ballot where first-, second-, and third-team Academic All-America honorees will be announced in June.
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