Matt Pile was named a first-team Academic All-American Monday by CoSIDA.
Pile Honored As First-Team Academic All-American
Mar 9, 2020 | Men's Basketball
OMAHA, Neb. – Junior Matt Pile was named to the 2019-20 Academic All-America Men's Basketball First Team on Monday, it was announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
It marks the second career inclusion on an Academic All-America team for Pile, who earned third-team honors as a sophomore in 2018-19. Pile's accolade is the Omaha men's basketball program's fourth Academic All-America award, and he is the first student-athlete in program history to be a two-time honoree.
Pile carries a 3.93 grade-point average with a major in chemistry. He is a member of the UNO Dean's List and the Summit League's Academic Honor Roll and Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.
In his junior campaign, the Wichita, Kan., native is one of two Summit League players to average a double-double. He had 11.6 points, 10.0 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.5 blocks per game while shooting 57.6% with a team-leading 11 double-doubles. Pile leads the league in total rebounds, defensive rebounds, offensive rebounds and blocks and is second for rebounds per game. He ranks 18th nationally for total rebounds, 22nd for field goal percentage and 31st for rebounds per game.
2019-20 CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA TEAMS
First Team
Student-Athlete, School -- Year, GPA, Major
Brooks DeBisschop (3), Northern Arizona, -- Sr., 3.97, Finance
Christian Lutete, UMass Lowell -- Gr., 3.79 (UG)/4.00 (G), Economics (UG)/Peace & Conflict Studies (G)
Skylar Mays (1)(#), LSU -- Sr., 3.93, Kinesiology/Human Movement
Mason Peatling, Eastern Washington -- Gr., 3.89 (UG)/4.00 (G), Finance (UG)/Business Administration (G)
Matt Pile (3), Omaha -- Jr., 3.93, Chemistry
Second Team
Jimmy Boeheim, Cornell -- Jr., 3.76, Applied Economics & Management
Djordje Dimitrijevic, Mercer -- Sr., 3.87, Computer Science
James Foye (2), Dartmouth College -- Sr., 3.97, Economics
Sam Merrill, Utah State -- Sr., 3.39, Business Administration
Jordan Nwora, Louisville -- Jr., 3.40, Exercise Science
Xavier Tillman, Michigan State -- Jr., 3.63, Communication
Third Team
Amidou Bamba (3), Charlotte -- Gr., 3.98/4.00, MBA
Trent Forrest, Florida State -- Gr., 3.43, Sport Management (UG)/Sport Management (G)
TJ Haws, BYU -- Sr., 3.46, Finance
Davide Moretti, Texas Tech -- Jr., 3.68, Human Science
Google Cloud Academic All-American of the Year: Skylar Mays, LSU
Key
(1) = 2018-19 1st team Academic All-America®
(2) = 2018-19 2nd team Academic All-America®
(3) = 2018-19 3rd team Academic All-America®
(#) = 2017-18 2nd team Academic All-America®
OMAHA MEN'S BASKETBALL ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS
1981 - Jim Gregory (First Team)
1981 - Tom Freeman (Second Team)
2019 - Matt Pile (Third Team)
2020 - Matt Pile (First Team)
It marks the second career inclusion on an Academic All-America team for Pile, who earned third-team honors as a sophomore in 2018-19. Pile's accolade is the Omaha men's basketball program's fourth Academic All-America award, and he is the first student-athlete in program history to be a two-time honoree.
Pile carries a 3.93 grade-point average with a major in chemistry. He is a member of the UNO Dean's List and the Summit League's Academic Honor Roll and Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.
In his junior campaign, the Wichita, Kan., native is one of two Summit League players to average a double-double. He had 11.6 points, 10.0 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.5 blocks per game while shooting 57.6% with a team-leading 11 double-doubles. Pile leads the league in total rebounds, defensive rebounds, offensive rebounds and blocks and is second for rebounds per game. He ranks 18th nationally for total rebounds, 22nd for field goal percentage and 31st for rebounds per game.
2019-20 CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA TEAMS
First Team
Student-Athlete, School -- Year, GPA, Major
Brooks DeBisschop (3), Northern Arizona, -- Sr., 3.97, Finance
Christian Lutete, UMass Lowell -- Gr., 3.79 (UG)/4.00 (G), Economics (UG)/Peace & Conflict Studies (G)
Skylar Mays (1)(#), LSU -- Sr., 3.93, Kinesiology/Human Movement
Mason Peatling, Eastern Washington -- Gr., 3.89 (UG)/4.00 (G), Finance (UG)/Business Administration (G)
Matt Pile (3), Omaha -- Jr., 3.93, Chemistry
Second Team
Jimmy Boeheim, Cornell -- Jr., 3.76, Applied Economics & Management
Djordje Dimitrijevic, Mercer -- Sr., 3.87, Computer Science
James Foye (2), Dartmouth College -- Sr., 3.97, Economics
Sam Merrill, Utah State -- Sr., 3.39, Business Administration
Jordan Nwora, Louisville -- Jr., 3.40, Exercise Science
Xavier Tillman, Michigan State -- Jr., 3.63, Communication
Third Team
Amidou Bamba (3), Charlotte -- Gr., 3.98/4.00, MBA
Trent Forrest, Florida State -- Gr., 3.43, Sport Management (UG)/Sport Management (G)
TJ Haws, BYU -- Sr., 3.46, Finance
Davide Moretti, Texas Tech -- Jr., 3.68, Human Science
Google Cloud Academic All-American of the Year: Skylar Mays, LSU
Key
(1) = 2018-19 1st team Academic All-America®
(2) = 2018-19 2nd team Academic All-America®
(3) = 2018-19 3rd team Academic All-America®
(#) = 2017-18 2nd team Academic All-America®
OMAHA MEN'S BASKETBALL ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS
1981 - Jim Gregory (First Team)
1981 - Tom Freeman (Second Team)
2019 - Matt Pile (Third Team)
2020 - Matt Pile (First Team)
Players Mentioned
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