This week's activities: 2026-27 Academic All-America® nominating and voting

To be eligible to nominate, you must be a current, dues-paying, member employed by and NCAA, NAIA, NJCAA, 3C2A or NWAC college or university.

1. Login to your CSC account.
2. Go to awards.collegesportscommunicators.com.
3. Click the blue Member Login button and log in via single sign-on with your CSC email and password. You are brought to your Dashboard/My Programs page. Nomination dropdown is to the left. Voting ballots will be found to the right.
4. You may save your nomination as a "DRAFT or "Submit As FINAL" at any time. It is imperative to "Submit as FINAL" prior to the nomination deadline. Once you submit, you can go back in and make changes/edit up to the deadline!

Please save your work periodically. The system may time out your session after fifteen (15) minutes of inactivity.

You will receive a confirmation email once you submit a nomination. Please check your spam filters if you do not receive it shortly after submitting each nomination.

Important notes and warnings for members related to nominations
The system will limit the number of your nominations depending on the sport. Submissions in "draft" will count against your total. To open a spot back up, select "withdraw" on a nomination you don't want to move forward. You must submit your nominations as FINAL prior to the deadline for them to move forward.

Please make sure that you carefully proof the academic and athletic eligibility information and statistics prior to hitting SAVE on your nomination screen so your candidate will not be marked "ineligible." Double check the student-athlete's name and gender are correct.

All current dues-paying members of CSC who are eligible (Individual membership, Conference All-In membership, University/College All-In membership, College Sports Governing Bodies & Bowl Games, Lifetime Members) are encouraged to vote for Academic All-America teams within your division.

1. Login to your CSC account.
2. Go to awards.collegesportscommunicators.com
3. Click the blue Member Login button  and log in with your CSC email and password. You are brought to your Dashboard/My Programs page. VOTING ballots will be found to the right.
4. At the voting form, instructions at the top will indicate how many student-athletes you may vote for; for some team voting, it is based on position and you chose the appropriate number of candidates per position.
5. Once you choose all your selections, you will be asked to name your TOP THREE candidates for Team Member of the Year honors. From your selected list, you will see a blue box next to their nomination info; choose your top three candidates (not in a rank order, so each gets a vote) for Team Member of the Year honors.

Remember to Submit as FINAL prior to the voting deadline. Please save your work periodically. The system will time out your session after fifteen (15) minutes of inactivity.

Advancing a student-athlete to the national ballot includes two steps. Not all candidates submitted for consideration will advance.

1. When nominating you will have the option to end your nomination for All-District, or complete additional supporting information to advance your student-athlete for "Academic All-America consideration."
2. It is the responsibility of a sub-group of the Academic All-America Core Program Committee to examine each and every candidate put forth for Academic All-America consideration, and those with the highest academic/athletic credentials advance. 

Download program logos here for use in your school announcements. Do not alter these logos in any way.

Questions about awards can be directed to Beau White (beau@cscommunicators.com).

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Academic All-District 

All eligible student-athletes successfully nominated during the nomination window receive Academic All-District® recognition for their exceptional athletic and academic achievements. In 2024-25, less than five percent of student-athletes earned this prestigious honor across all sports and divisions. Announcements are made on AcademicAllAmerica.com and @AcadAllAmerica social media.

CSC members should provide these three documents to your Academic All-District® honorees:
Digital downloads are available for you to print, customize and distribute to your student-athletes, coaches and others as you see fit.

• 2026-27 Academic All-District® Certificate (customize this template for your student-athlete and print it on nice quality stock)
• Congratulatory Letter (print this letter to give to your student-athletes with their certificate)
• Download program informational flyer here (print and distribute to your student-athletes, coaches and others to educate them about the program)

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Academic All-America

One acrylic plaque will be produced by CSC for each first-, second- and third-team selection. These awards will be shipped directly to nominating communications professionals by awards vendor Levy Recognition.

Awards for fall and winter sports have been shipped. You should receive a confirmation email with UPS tracking information for your award directly from Levy Recognition.

These awards should be provided to the winning student-athletes. If you do any special type of presentation, CSC would love to receive photos and videos. Make sure when posting on social media to tag and collab with @AcadAllAmerica.

Institutions desiring additional copies of plaques can order them online directly from Levy Recognition at aaa.levyrecognition.com. The cost of a duplicate plaque is $27 plus shipping and handling costs. Be aware that the shipping costs may exceed the cost of the award.

To be considered for Academic All-America consideration, all nomination deadlines are strictly adhered to. NO EXCEPTIONS.

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New late policy for Academic All-District nominations for 2026-27

Approved last summer by the Executive Board of Directors with support from the Advisory Council, CSC will adopt a new late policy for Academic All-District nominations.

This new policy only applies to late additions for Academic All-District only.

To be eligible for Academic All-America consideration, there is no change. All nominators must meet all deadlines as outlined in the important dates calendar. There will be no exceptions for Academic All-America consideration.

However, for Academic All-District we are making a change. After the regular deadline has passed, members will have the opportunity to submit late nominations with a late fee of $100 per sport contest.

For standalone sports like volleyball, football, softball and baseball the late fee is $100 per sport contest. For sports with gendered contests like soccer, basketball, etc., the fee is $100 for each contest — if you needed to submit late nominations for both men’s soccer and women’s soccer it would be a total of $200.

For the flat fee in each sport contest, members will be able to maximize their nominations to the full limit for that contest (i.e. six nominations for women's soccer).

A member who nominates a student-athlete who is later determined to be ineligible, can also use the late process to nominate a different student-athlete.

The deadline for all late Academic All-District nominations for the 2026-27 academic year for all sports will be July 31, 2027. No additions will be accepted after that date. This late policy will not be retroactive or apply to past years.

The link for late nominations will be through a different form than the regular nominations and will be provided upon request. The fee must be paid online by card or ACH to access the form. Payments by invoice or check will not be accepted.