Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboy Duo Earns Academic All-America Honors
June 13, 2006 | Cowboy Golf
Robinson, a native of Fort Worth, Texas, was selected as the Academic All-America of the Year in the University Division as well. The 2006 Byron Nelson Award recipient already has earned his undergraduate degree at OSU with a 4.0 GPA in political science and is currently pursuing his master's degree in business administration.
Earlier this month, he helped the Cowboys capture the 2006 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship, giving them their 10th national title and first since 2000.
“It is a great honor to be the Academic All-America of the Year,” said Robinson. ”It is great to see so many student-athletes excelling in the classroom. They have all worked hard to be successful and I'm proud to be in that group. I've had wonderful support at Oklahoma State and they should be commended for their dedication to their student-athletes.”
Robinson was one of four repeat first-team selections in the university division.
The second-team University squad was led by Robinson's teammate in sophomore Pablo Martin. The honor capped an outstanding season that saw the Malaga, Spain native claim the Jack Nicklaus Award as the nation's top player and earn first-team All-America honors for the second consecutive year.
The Academic All-America Teams program honors 816 male and female student-athletes annually who have succeeded at the highest level on the playing field and in the classroom. Individuals are selected through voting by CoSIDA (the College Sports Information Directors of America), a 2,000 member organization consisting of sports public relations professionals for colleges and universities in the United States and Canada.
To be eligible, a student-athletes must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current institution and be nominated by his/her sports information director.
The Men's At-Large program for the Academic All-America program includes the sports of fencing, golf, gymnastics, hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, tennis, volleyball, water polo and wrestling.
