AUSTIN, Texas (March 9, 2020) – Senior
Brooks DeBisschop made Northern Arizona men's basketball history on Monday, becoming the first Lumberjack men's basketball player to be voted a CoSIDA Academic First Team All-American. DeBisschop is just the 12th NAU student-athlete to be named to the Academic All-America First Team in their respective sport.
The West Linn, Ore. native was an Academic All-America Third Team selection last season. With his selection this season, he is the 10th NAU student-athlete to receive multiple Academic All-American honors. DeBisschop, who was named to the Academic All-District 8 First Team for the second consecutive season last month, is the first Lumberjack Academic First Team All-American since Caleb Hoover (track & field and cross country) in 2016.
DeBisschop holds a 3.97 cumulative grade point average in finance. Also voted to the First Team was UMass Lowell's Christian Lutete, LSU's Skylar Mays, Eastern Washington's Mason Peatling and Omaha's Matt Pile. Mays was named the 2019-20 Academic All-American of the Year for Division I men's basketball. The five members of the first team have an average GPA of 3.93.
Heading into the conference tournament, which begins Wednesday in Boise, Idaho for the NAU men's basketball team, DeBisschop is averaging career-highs of 11.8 points, 8.0 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game. The two-year team captain has set new career-bests in all statistical categories including points, rebounds, assists, blocks and steals.
DeBisschop currently ranks seventh all-time in program history in career rebounds with 695.
DeBisschop, a three-time Big Sky All-Academic selection and Golden Eagle Scholar-Athlete award recipient, has received just one grade lower than an 'A' during his time at NAU.
