Trine's Jared Holmquist has been named the 2015-16 CoSIDA Academic All-American® of the Year for men's basketball and Eastern Mennonite's Jess Rheinheimer has been named the Academic All-American® of the Year for women's basketball by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), the organization announced.
Holmquist was voted the top scholar-athlete in Division III men's basketball as he headlined the 2015-16 CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division III Men's Basketball selections. The All-America® honor is the first of his career and the first for the Trine men's basketball program as a member of Division III. The CoSIDA Academic All-America® teams recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom. Holmquist earned a 3.90 GPA as an accounting major at Trine. His academic honors also include three appearances on the MIAA Academic Honor Roll and recognition on Trine University's president's list.
Also the two-time Old Dominion Athletic Conference Player of the Year and Virginia Farm Bureau Insurance Scholar-Athlete, Rheinheimer combined 19.5 points and 6.8 rebounds a game with her 3.95 GPA in the classroom. A versatile 5-10 forward, she was one of the top shooters in the ODAC again this year, hitting 47.1 percent of her field goal attempts and 33.6 percent from 3-point range. She connected on 82.6 percent of her free throws.
To be eligible for Academic All-America® honors, student-athletes must have been named a first team Academic All-District® performer.
2015-16 Academic All-America ® Men’s Basketball Team
| First team | |||||
| Name | School | Yr. | Hometown | GPA | Major |
| Jordan Daley | Calvin | Sr. | Grand Rapids, Mich. | 3.83 | Psychology |
| Lucas Hausman | Bowdoin | Sr. | Westport, Conn. | 3.53 | Economics |
| Jared Holmquist | Trine | Sr. | Reed City, Mich. | 3.90 | Accounting |
| DeShawn Lowman | Neumann | Jr. | Wilmington, Del. | 4.00 | Criminal justice |
| Daniel Purvlicis | Wabash | Sr. | Noblesville, Ind. | 3.87 | Rhetoric |
| Second team | |||||
| Name | School | Yr. | Hometown | GPA | Major |
| Dillon Bender | Mount Aloysius | Sr. | Seneca, S.C. | 3.98 | Business |
| Tyler Duffy | Rose-Hulman | Sr. | Fishers, Ind. | 3.96 | Software engineering/economics |
| Trey Gordon | Gallaudet | Sr. | Talladega, Ala. | 3.78 | Government/communications |
| Michael Megafu | St. Joseph’s (Bklyn.) | Sr. | Jamaica, N.Y. | 3.83 | Biology |
| Jack Serbin | Carnegie Mellon | Jr. | New Albany, Ohio | 3.79 | Business administration |
| Third team | |||||
| Name | School | Yr. | Hometown | GPA | Major |
| Todd Bonheyo | Gallaudet | Sr. | Frederick, Md. | 3.98 | Mathematics |
| Mitch Ford | Nazareth | Sr. | Victor, N.Y. | 3.36 | Business administration |
| Ben Gardner | Hope | Sr. | Carmel, Ind. | 3.70 | Public accounting |
| Ben Ryan | Augustana | Sr. | Washington, Ill. | 3.54 | Biochemistry/pre-medicine |
| George Valle | Whitworth | Sr. | Bellevue, Wash. | 3.79 | Marketing |
2015-16 Academic All-America ® Women’s Basketball Team
| First team | |||||
| Name | School | Yr. | Hometown | GPA | Major |
| Holly Denfeld | Milwaukee Engineering | Jr. | Edgar, Wis. | 4.00 | Architectural eng./construction mgmt |
| Aubrey Folger | Lancaster Bible | Sr. | South Berwick, Maine | 3.88 | Sport management |
| KC McConnell | Whitworth | Sr. | Clarkston, Wash. | 3.95 | Kinesiology/education |
| Lisa Murphy | Carnegie Mellon | Jr. | McLean, Va. | 3.78 | Psychology |
| Jess Rheinheimer | Eastern Mennonite | Sr. | Manheim, Pa. | 3.95 | Nursing |
| Second team | |||||
| Name | School | Yr. | Hometown | GPA | Major |
| Eireann Anastasi | Delaware Valley | Gr. | Philadelphia, Pa. | 3.93 | Business admin. (accounting) |
| Sabrina Drammis | MIT | Sr. | Hilton Head Island, S.C. | 3.84 | Computer science |
| Jackie Hudepohl | Carnegie Mellon | Jr. | Saratoga, Calif. | 4.00 | Mathematics (statistics) |
| Maura McAfee | Hope | Sr. | Midland, Mich. | 3.69 | Biology |
| Jill Ritrosky | Eastern Connecticut | Sr. | Pittsfield, Mass. | 3.96 | Sport & leisure management |
| Third team | |||||
| Name | School | Yr. | Hometown | GPA | Major |
| Cary Beahm | Roanoke | Jr. | Dendron, Va. | 3.96 | Criminal justice sociology |
| Samm Chandler | Averett | So. | Burnsville, N.C. | 4.00 | Biomedical science/sports mgmt. |
| Malory Christenson | Carroll | Sr. | Appleton, Wis. | 3.94 | Physical therapy |
| Jordan Holmes | Denison | Jr. | Pittsburgh, Pa. | 3.30 | Psychology |
| Kelsey Tietje | Defiance | Jr. | Deshler, Ohio | 3.72 | Business administration |