It was announced earlier today that graduate student Fritz Nugent (Tinley Park, IL) was named the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-America of the Year for Track & Field and Cross Country in the College Division.

With this honor, Nugent earns his sixth CoSIDA Academic award of his career, which includes three All-District and three All-America honors. He currently holds a 3.95 cumulative GPA through the School of Education, in which he is pursuing a Master of Arts in Higher Education. In 2006, he completed his Bachelor of Arts with a 3.66 GPA as a Studio Arts major. This season, he helped the Bulldog men take second in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) by earning All-Conference honors in the 400m Hurdles, High Jump, Long Jump and as a member of the 4x100m Relay. He capped off an outstanding career at Redlands by capturing his second NCAA Individual Championship with a first-place leap of 23’ 6 ¾” in the Long Jump. Last season, he won the NCAA Decathlon Championship with a school-record total of 7,199 points.

Nugent now awaits the announcement of the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship, which is due out on June 24.

A committee of CoSIDA members determines the All-American teams from the All-District First Team honorees.