Oklahoma State University Athletics
Anderson Earns CoSIDA Academic All-District Honors
May 06, 2021 | Cowboy Basketball
STILLWATER - Oklahoma State guard Avery Anderson III earned CoSIDA First Team Academic All-District honors, and is now eligible for Academic All-America consideration.
Anderson is the first Cowboy basketball player since Christien Sager in 2015 to earn Academic All-District recognition, and he is just the seventh selection in program history. The previous recipients were: Gary Hassman in 1964, Joe Smith in 1969, Fredrik Jönzén in 2002, Phil Forte III in 2014 and Sager in 2014-15.
The CoSIDA academic awards are voted on by college athletics communications professionals from across the country, and they recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the court and in the classroom. Academic All-America teams will be announced in late May.
Anderson earned his first Academic All-Big 12 selection in March, and carries a 3.46 GPA in Recreation Management at OSU.
On the court, the sophomore was named to the All-Big 12 Championship Team after helping lead the Cowboys to the conference tournament title game. Anderson posted three 20-plus point scoring performances over the last six contests, and averaged 19.2 points on 52.6 percent shooting over that stretch.
Anderson burst onto the national scene by powering OSU to a win at No. 6 West Virginia with a career-high 31 points on 11-of-14 shooting. The 31 points tied for the fourth most by a Big 12 player in 2020-21.
Thanks in large part to Anderson, Oklahoma State rose to No. 11 in the Associated Press top-25, earned a No. 4 seed in the NCAA Tournament and advanced to the second round for the first time since 2009.
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CoSIDA Academic All-District 7 (CO, ID, KS, NE, NM, NV, OK, TX)
Max Abmas, Oral Roberts (Biomedical Chemistry)
Avery Anderson III, Oklahoma State (Recreation Management)
Brady Manek, Oklahoma (Management / MBA)
Matt Pile, Nebraska-Omaha (Chemistry)
Kobe Webster, Nebraska (Educational Administration)
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Anderson is the first Cowboy basketball player since Christien Sager in 2015 to earn Academic All-District recognition, and he is just the seventh selection in program history. The previous recipients were: Gary Hassman in 1964, Joe Smith in 1969, Fredrik Jönzén in 2002, Phil Forte III in 2014 and Sager in 2014-15.
The CoSIDA academic awards are voted on by college athletics communications professionals from across the country, and they recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the court and in the classroom. Academic All-America teams will be announced in late May.
Anderson earned his first Academic All-Big 12 selection in March, and carries a 3.46 GPA in Recreation Management at OSU.
On the court, the sophomore was named to the All-Big 12 Championship Team after helping lead the Cowboys to the conference tournament title game. Anderson posted three 20-plus point scoring performances over the last six contests, and averaged 19.2 points on 52.6 percent shooting over that stretch.
Anderson burst onto the national scene by powering OSU to a win at No. 6 West Virginia with a career-high 31 points on 11-of-14 shooting. The 31 points tied for the fourth most by a Big 12 player in 2020-21.
Thanks in large part to Anderson, Oklahoma State rose to No. 11 in the Associated Press top-25, earned a No. 4 seed in the NCAA Tournament and advanced to the second round for the first time since 2009.
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CoSIDA Academic All-District 7 (CO, ID, KS, NE, NM, NV, OK, TX)
Max Abmas, Oral Roberts (Biomedical Chemistry)
Avery Anderson III, Oklahoma State (Recreation Management)
Brady Manek, Oklahoma (Management / MBA)
Matt Pile, Nebraska-Omaha (Chemistry)
Kobe Webster, Nebraska (Educational Administration)
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