STAMFORD, Conn. Hawaii senior Predrag Savovic was named to the Verizon Academic All-America Third Team, announced today in voting by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Savovic, a guard from Herceg Novi, Yugoslavia, had a 3.25 Grade Point Average (GPA) as a international business and finance major. He is averaging 19.4 points for the 24-5 Rainbows.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Verizon Academic All-America program, which was founded by CoSIDA in 1952 to recognize collegiate student-athletes for their outstanding achievements in the classroom and on the playing field. Over the past 50 years, the Verizon Academic All-America program has grown into one of the most recognized and prestigious collegiate scholar-athlete awards nationwide, honoring student-athletes from all NCAA championship sports.
The Verizon Academic All-America Teams are selected by a vote of the 1,800-member CoSIDA. To be eligible, an athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve and maintain a cumulative GPA of at least 3.20 on a scale of 4.00. Sports information directors nominate eligible athletes from their schools who are named to district teams prior to being voted upon the national level.