Seventy-six times since 1978, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology student-athletes have been named to Academic All-America teams -- and many more to all-district, all-region and all-conference academic teams.

Fifty-five different athletes have had a hand in collecting the 76 individual awards. At least one student-athlete has earned an Academic All-America honor at Rose-Hulman for 23 consecutive years, the sixth longest current streak in the nation.

Baseball player Kevin Kluemper won the nation's top honor when he was named the Verizon Academic All-American of the Year in 1991. Track and field standout Ryan Loftus repeated that elite feat in 1998 by winning a national indoor pole vault championship and graduating with a 3.82 GPA in chemical engineering.

In 2008, Thomas Reives became the second student-athlete in school history to earn Academic All-American honors in multiple sports.  He captured first-team honors in track in 2008, second-team accolades in track in 2007 and second-team recognition in football in 2007 while maintaining a 3.98 GPA in the classroom.

Seventy-one of the 76 Academic All-American honors were handed out by the College Sports Information Directors of America -- the most coveted and competitive Academic All-American award.

Sixteen Engineers have earned Academic All-American recognition in two or more seasons.  Football's Greg Kremer and Ed Huonder joined Reives in receiving the honor three times. Huonder won the award twice as a football player and once as a baseball player. Four Rose-Hulman football players earned Academic All-American honors in 1988, the first time in Verizon program history that one school placed four teammates on an Academic All-American team.

The requirements for each of the Academic All-American award varies, but requirements for the ESPN The Magazine award are: 1) Student-athlete must be enrolled in at least his/her second year of school at his/her current institution; 2) Student-athlete must have a minimum of a 3.2 GPA on a 4.0 scale; and 3) Student-athlete must be a contributing member of his/her athletic team, participating in a minimum of 50% of the team's games or meets. Qualified applicants are then voted on by sports information directors across the nation to form the all-academic team.

Rose-Hulman sports information director Kevin Lanke currently serves as the College Division Representative for football and the men's at-large contests in the school’s Academic All-America district.

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Rose-Hulman Academic All-Americans
(76 Total Awards)

(BOLD * indicates Academic A-A of Year)

BASEBALL

1987 Scott Johnson, 3rd Team
1988 Scott Johnson, 3rd Team
1990 Kyle Thompson, 2nd Team
1990 Kevin Kluemper, 3rd Team
1991 Kevin Kluemper, 1st Team *
1991 Ed Huonder, 2nd Team
1996 Eric Tryon, 1st Team
1997 Eric Tryon, 1st Team
1997 Jimmy Costa, 3rd Team
1998 Jimmy Costa, 1st Team
1999 Andy Cain, 3rd Team
2003 Matt Moore, 1st Team
2008 Michael Matsui, 3rd Team

BASKETBALL

1981 Ron Dale, 3rd Team
1987 David Urbanek, 2nd Team
1992 Scott Beach, 2nd Team
2001 Christopher Unton, 3rd Team
2002 Christopher Unton, 1st Team

CROSS COUNTRY/
TRACK & FIELD

1989 Bob Jacobs, 2nd Team
1990 Bob Jacobs, 3rd Team
1996 Mark Law, 2nd Team
1997 Ryan Loftus, 2nd Team
1998 Ryan Loftus, 1st Team *
2000 Phil Reksel, 3rd Team
2007 Thomas Reives, 2nd Team
2008 Thomas Reives, 1st Team
2008 Rachel Krasich, 3rd Team

FOOTBALL

1978 Rick Matovich, 1st Team
1979 Scott Lindner, 1st Team
1980 Scott Lindner, 1st Team
1980 Jim Novacek, 1st Team
1983 Jack Grote, 2nd Team
1984 Jack Grote, 1st Team
1986 Greg Kremer, 2nd Team
1987 Greg Kremer, 2nd Team
1988 Greg Kremer, 1st Team
1988 Keith Woodason, 1st Team
1988 Shawn Ferron, 1st Team
1988 Jason Duff, 2nd Team
1989 Shawn Ferron, 1st Team
1989 Ed Huonder, 2nd Team
1990 Ed Huonder, 2nd Team
1992 Greg Hubbard, 1st Team
1992 Todd Holthaus, 2nd Team
1993 Greg Hubbard, 1st Team
1996 Chad Welch, 2nd Team
2002 Jesse McQuiston, 1st Team
2002 Tim Swan, 1st Team
2002 Daniel Schwartz, 2nd Team
2003 Ryan Smith, 2nd Team
2004 Neil Harrison, 2nd Team
2005 Patrick Ludwig, 1st Team
2006 Ryan Robinson, 2nd Team
2007 Bill Guiney, 2nd Team
2007 Thomas Reives, 2nd Team

RIFLE

2005 Dan Cloutier, 1st Team
2005 Jennifer Lowe, 1st Team

SOCCER

1989 Mark Schulz, 3rd Team
1990 Mark Schulz, 2nd Team
2003 Jessica Farmer, 2nd Team
2004 Jessica Gross, 2nd Team
2006 Kathleen Stynes, 2nd Team
2006 Matt Trowbridge, 3rd Team
2007 Jennifer Gordon, 1st Team
2007 Matt Trowbridge, 1st Team

SOFTBALL

2008 Ashley Montgomery, 2nd Team

SWIMMING

2002 Matt Smith, 3rd Team

WRESTLING

1991 Matt Morin, 2nd Team
1992 Matt Morin, 1st Team
1994 Jim Labbe, 3rd Team
1995 Jim Labbe, 2nd Team

Other Academic All-America Teams

GOLF COACHES ASSOCIATION

1989 Rick Kennedy, Jim Getter
1993 Chris Posey

WRESTLING COACHES ASSOC.

1990 Matt Morin
1991 Matt Morin