Owen Diodati Selected to CoSIDA Division I Baseball Academic All-America Team
6/8/2022 10:57:00 AM | Baseball
Diodati is Alabama baseball’s first Academic All-American since 2007
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama's Owen Diodati was selected to the CoSIDA Division I Baseball Academic All-America Team, the organization announced on Wednesday.
Diodati was named to the organization's third team. He is one of only 33 Division I student-athletes to be selected as a CoSIDA Academic All-American and is one of just 14 members on this year's squad to hold a perfect 4.0 grade-point average.
The selection is Alabama's first since 2007 when Emeel Salem was named a first team Academic All-American. Including Diodati, Alabama has had seven players earn a combined 10 Academic All-America honors since 1972, including first-team honorees Dr. Jeff Laubenthal (1993), Lance Cormier (2002) and Salem (2006, 2007).
In total, The University of Alabama has had a combined 212 Academic All-Americans in program history with Diodati being the 213th. He is joined on the list of Crimson Tide spring honorees by Montana Fouts and Kaylee Tow of softball.
Owen Diodati
Academic All-American (Third Team)
- Pursuing a degree in finance with a specialization in value investing
- Holds a perfect 4.0 grade-point average through three years at the Capstone
- Earned a spot on the President's List six times including the Spring 2022 semester
- Named to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll for 2019-20
- Selected to the SEC Spring Honor Roll in 2021 and is on-pace to be a 2022 honoree
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