Matt Pile, who carries a 3.90 GPA with a medicinal chemistry major, was named a third-team Academic All-American on Monday.
Pile Named Third-Team Academic All-American
Mar 11, 2019 | Men's Basketball
OMAHA, Neb. – Sophomore Matt Pile was named to the 2018-19 Google Cloud Academic All-America Men's Basketball Third Team on Monday, it was announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
It marks the first career inclusion on an Academic All-America team for Pile, who earned first-team Academic All-District recognition last month to advance to the national ballot. Pile is Omaha's third Academic All-American in men's basketball program history and the first in 38 years.
Pile carries a 3.90 grade-point average with a major in medicinal chemistry. He is a member of the UNO Dean's List and the Summit League Academic Honor Roll.
The Goddard, Kan., native's sophomore campaign has seen him average 11.2 points, 7.6 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game with 21 double-figure scoring performances and a team-best eight double-doubles. Pile leads the Summit League in offensive rebounds (90) and ranks in the top five for field goal percentage (second at .596), total rebounds (fourth at 227) and rebounds per game (fifth at 7.6).
2018-19 GOOGLE CLOUD ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA TEAMS
First Team
Student-Athlete, School -- Year, GPA, Major
Marcus Bartley (3), Southern Illinois -- Gr., 4.00/4.00, Sport Administration/MBA
Seth Dugan, Western Michigan -- Sr., 3.97, Finance
Skylar Mays (2), LSU -- Jr., 4.01, Pre-Med/Kinesiology
Tyler Seibring (1, %), Elon -- Sr., 3.95, English/Economics
Joe Sherburne (1), UMBC -- Gr., 4.00/4.00, Financial Economics/Data Science
Second Team
James Foye, Dartmouth -- Jr., 3.96, Economics
Zachary Hunsaker, Brown -- Jr., 4.00, Economics/Portuguese
Michael Jacobson, Iowa State -- Sr., 3.80, Finance
Luke Maye (2), North Carolina -- Sr., 3.47, Business Administration
Dylan Windler (2), Belmont -- Sr., 3.74, Accounting
Third Team
Amidou Bamba, Coastal Carolina -- Jr., 3.97, Finance
Sam Bittner, Fresno State -- Sr., 3.90, Business Administration-Entrepreneurship
Clayton Custer, Loyola Chicago -- Gr., 3.52/3.75, Finance/MBA
Brooks DeBisschop, Northern Arizona -- Jr., 3.96, Finance
Matt Pile, Omaha -- So., 3.90, Medicinal Chemistry
Google Cloud Academic All-American of the Year: Joe Sherburne, UMBC
Key
(1) = CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team selection in 2017-18
(2) = CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team selection in 2017-18
(3) = CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team selection in 2017-18
(%) = CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team selection in 2016-17
OMAHA MEN'S BASKETBALL ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS
1981 - Jim Gregory (First Team)
1981 - Tom Freeman (Second Team)
2019 - Matt Pile (Third Team)
It marks the first career inclusion on an Academic All-America team for Pile, who earned first-team Academic All-District recognition last month to advance to the national ballot. Pile is Omaha's third Academic All-American in men's basketball program history and the first in 38 years.
Pile carries a 3.90 grade-point average with a major in medicinal chemistry. He is a member of the UNO Dean's List and the Summit League Academic Honor Roll.
The Goddard, Kan., native's sophomore campaign has seen him average 11.2 points, 7.6 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game with 21 double-figure scoring performances and a team-best eight double-doubles. Pile leads the Summit League in offensive rebounds (90) and ranks in the top five for field goal percentage (second at .596), total rebounds (fourth at 227) and rebounds per game (fifth at 7.6).
2018-19 GOOGLE CLOUD ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA TEAMS
First Team
Student-Athlete, School -- Year, GPA, Major
Marcus Bartley (3), Southern Illinois -- Gr., 4.00/4.00, Sport Administration/MBA
Seth Dugan, Western Michigan -- Sr., 3.97, Finance
Skylar Mays (2), LSU -- Jr., 4.01, Pre-Med/Kinesiology
Tyler Seibring (1, %), Elon -- Sr., 3.95, English/Economics
Joe Sherburne (1), UMBC -- Gr., 4.00/4.00, Financial Economics/Data Science
Second Team
James Foye, Dartmouth -- Jr., 3.96, Economics
Zachary Hunsaker, Brown -- Jr., 4.00, Economics/Portuguese
Michael Jacobson, Iowa State -- Sr., 3.80, Finance
Luke Maye (2), North Carolina -- Sr., 3.47, Business Administration
Dylan Windler (2), Belmont -- Sr., 3.74, Accounting
Third Team
Amidou Bamba, Coastal Carolina -- Jr., 3.97, Finance
Sam Bittner, Fresno State -- Sr., 3.90, Business Administration-Entrepreneurship
Clayton Custer, Loyola Chicago -- Gr., 3.52/3.75, Finance/MBA
Brooks DeBisschop, Northern Arizona -- Jr., 3.96, Finance
Matt Pile, Omaha -- So., 3.90, Medicinal Chemistry
Google Cloud Academic All-American of the Year: Joe Sherburne, UMBC
Key
(1) = CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team selection in 2017-18
(2) = CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team selection in 2017-18
(3) = CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team selection in 2017-18
(%) = CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team selection in 2016-17
OMAHA MEN'S BASKETBALL ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS
1981 - Jim Gregory (First Team)
1981 - Tom Freeman (Second Team)
2019 - Matt Pile (Third Team)
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