MOREHEAD, Ky. -- Men's basketball graduate student guard
Kade Ruegsegger has been awarded an Academic All-District accolade for the 2024-25 season, as voted on by the College Sports Communicators' organization.
The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) began the distinguished Academic All-America® program in 1952, and since then, has honored thousands of deserving student-athletes from numerous sports across all divisions with these elite Academic All-America® scholar-athlete honors. In 2022, CoSIDA re-branded itself as the College Sports Communicators.
Currently, CSC sponsors Academic All-America® programs for men's soccer, women's soccer, football, tennis, volleyball, men's basketball, women's basketball, baseball, softball, swimming and diving and men's and women's track and field/cross country. Many other sports are eligible through the At-Large program. In 2022, the guidelines were updated to include more representation on the All-District teams. Sports have limitations to the number of athletes that can be nominated and the minimum grade-point average was raised to 3.50.
Ruegsegger recently completed his lone season at MSU and in Division I after a stellar career at Mount Veron Nazarene (Ohio) in NAIA. He has a 3.75 grade point average in his Master's of Business Administration program.
Ruegsegger was one of two Eagles to appear in all 32 games this winter. He averaged 5.2 points and 3.2 rebounds while hitting 81 percent of his free throws.
He is just the seventh-ever Eagle men's basketball student-athlete to be named Academic All-District, and it's the third straight season at least one men's player has been recognized for academic and athletic excellence by CSC.
