High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Academic All-America (sometimes CoSIDA Academic All-America, Capital One Academic All-America (2011–present), ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America (2004–2010), Verizon Academic All-America (2000–04) or GTE Academic All-America (1985–2000)) program is a student-athlete recognition program. It is now presented by ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America (formerly sponored by Verizon and GTE) and administered by College Sports Information Directors of America or CoSIDA. The program selects an honorary sports team composed of the most outstanding student athletes of a specific season for positions in various sports—who in turn are given the honorific "Academic All-American". Since 1952 CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-American recognition on male and female athletes in Divisions I, II, and III of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as well as NAIA athletes, covering all championship sports. The phrases "Academic All-America" and "Academic All-American" are protected trademarks of CoSIDA. In each program, regional Academic All-District selections are made with the first-team All-District selections being eligible for Academic All-America team selections.