Fraase Earns Academic All-District Honors

MOORHEAD, Minn. (2/11/16)—Concordia senior guard Tom Fraase (Bismarck, N.D./Bismarck Century HS) was named to the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District Team.

The CoSIDA Academic All-District Team, formerly known as the Capital One Academic All-District Team,  is the most prestigious student/athlete academic award. Fraase is now eligible to earn Academic All-American honors.

Fraase was the only student/athlete from the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) to earn Academic All-District honors.

Fraase carries a 3.93 grade point average while majoring in Accounting and has already accepted a position at Ernst and Young.    

Fraase is second on the team in scoring this season with a 13.6 points per game average. He is currently fifth in the MIAC in 3-point field goals in conference games. He is also fifth in steals and forth in minutes played.

Fraase recently put up a career-high 35 points in Concordia's double overtime win over Gustavus on Saturday, Jan. 6. He was also named the MIAC Player of the Week on Feb. 8 after averaging 23.0 points, 4.5 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2.5 steals over a two-game stretch.

The Academic All-District team is part of the Academic All-America program, as selected by CoSIDA. Top student-athletes from Division III programs in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan are eligible for inclusion on the District 6 team. Student-athletes must have a grade-point average above 3.30 (4.0 scale) and have outstanding athletic credentials. College sports information directors in the district vote for the teams.

This is the fifth year of the expanded Academic All-America program, as CoSIDA has moved from recognizing a University Division (Division I) and a College Division (all non-Division I), doubling the number of scholar-athletes honored.

 The teams include NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II and NCAA Division III participants, while the College Division team combines NAIA, Canadian and two-year schools. First-team Academic All-District members advance to the Academic All-America ballot, voted on by a committee of CoSIDA members.

The Division III Academic All-America program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division III national governance structure, to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2015-16 Division III Academic All-America teams program.