FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (February 20, 2020) – For the second time in as many years, senior
Brooks DeBisschop was voted to the CoSIDA Academic All-District 8 First Team in an announcement Thursday morning. DeBisschop will now move on to the Academic All-America ballot with first, second and third team honorees being announced in March.
DeBisschop, out of West Linn, Ore., carries a 3.97 cumulative grade point average in finance. He was joined on the District 8 First Team by BYU's TJ Haws, Utah State's Sam Merrill, Eastern Washington's Mason Peatling and Oregon State's Ethan Thompson.
The Northern Arizona men's basketball senior captain was honored as an Academic All-District 8 First Team and Academic All-America Third Team honoree last season. Should he earn Academic All-American status for the second straight year, DeBisschop would become the 10th NAU student-athlete, and first Lumberjack men's basketball player, to be a multiple Academic All-American.
DeBisschop is in the midst of his best season on the court with the 'Jacks, averaging career-highs of 12.1 points, 7.8 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game. He has also already recorded a career-high of 27 steals and tied a career-high with 21 blocks this season. DeBisschop leads the conference in field goal percentage (.573) and ranks third in rebounds.
In league games, DeBisschop is NAU's leading scorer averaging 14.4 points per game.
