Shields Repeats as 1st-Team Academic All-American

Lincoln – University of Nebraska forward Shavon Shields was recognized for his efforts in the classroom Thursday, as he was named to the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-America™ team.

Shields, who carries a 3.72 GPA in biological sciences, was selected as a first-team Academic All-American for the second straight year. He joins Beau Reid, who was a third-team Academic All-American in 1989 and 1991, as the only two-time Academic All-Americans in program history.

With the selection today, Shields becomes Nebraska’s 321st Academic All-American across all sports, a total which leads the nation.

This is the second major off-court honor for Shields in the last month, as he was named to the NABC Allstate Good Works Team last month recognizing his work in the community. Shields is enjoying the best season of his career, as he enters Sunday’s regular-season finale against Northwestern averaging 16.7 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game. He ranks ninth on NU’s career scoring list with 1,560 career points.

The Big Ten Conference featured two of the first five-team Academic All-Americans in Shields and Iowa’s Jarrod Uthoff.

2015-16 CoSIDA Academic All-America Division I Men’s Basketball Team

First Team

Name	School	Yr.	Hometown	GPA	Major
Canyon Barry	Charleston (S.C.)	Jr.	Colorado Springs, Colo.	4.00	Physics / computer science
Joshua Braun	Grand Canyon	Sr.	Anthem, Ariz.	3.83	Business management
Marcus Paige	North Carolina	Sr.	Marion, Iowa	3.43	Media & journalism / history
Shavon Shields	Nebraska	Sr.	Olathe, Kan.	3.72	Biological sciences
Jarrod Uthoff	Iowa	Gr.	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	3.42	Economics (UG) / leisure studies (G)