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Moretti Earns CoSIDA Academic All-America Honors
March 09, 2020 | Men's Basketball
LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech junior Davide Moretti has earned 2019-20 CoSIDA Academic All-America® honors to highlight his athletic and academic success.
A Bologna, Italy native majoring in human science, Moretti is a third-team selection on the Academic All-America list and is also a two-time All-Big 12 selection having earned third team honors as a sophomore and being named All-Big 12 Honorable Mention on Sunday. He is the only Big 12 men's student-athlete to be named to the Academic All-America Teams and joins Lady Raider Brittany Brewer who also earned the honor. He is currently second on the NCAA active career list with a 90.6 percentage from the free-throw line where he is 213-for-235 over the past three seasons and is averaging 13.0 points per game going into the postseason. Moretti was named the NCAA Elite 90 winner at last year's NCAA Final Four.
He is the fourth CoSIDA Academic All-America selection in program history following Bubba Jennings who earned the award twice for the 1982-83 and 1984-85 seasons and Tobin Doda (1985-86). Jennings and Doda were both honorable mention selections. The award is selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) with 15 student-athletes earning the honor.
Moretti, who has scored 969 points in his career, leads the Red Raiders with 67 3-pointers made this season and is ninth all-time in program history with 166 3-pointers made in his career.
Moretti scored a career-high 25 points earlier this season against West Virginia where he went 4-for-5 on 3-pointers and is coming off scoring 18 points against Kansas in the regular-season finale with two 3-pointers and going 4-for-4 at the free-throw line. He is currently shooting 41.9 percent from the field, 38.3 percent on 3-pointers and led the Big 12 this season at 90.2 percent (92 of 102) from the line. A starter in 69 straight games, he has scored in double figures in 22 games this season and has made two or more 3-pointers in 21 games with five games having hit four. Along with his scoring prowess, he is averaging 2.3 assists per game this season and is tied for the team lead with 36 steals.
He is a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-District selection and Big 12 All-Academic performer.
Moretti and the Red Raiders open the Big 12 Championship against Texas at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday in the quarterfinals at the Sprint Center in Kansas City.
2019-20 Academic All-America® Men's Basketball Teams – NCAA Division I
Academic All-America® of the Year: Skylar Mays, Louisiana State University
(1) – 2018-19 1st team Academic All-America®
(2) – 2018-19 2nd team Academic All-America®
(3) – 2018-19 3rd team Academic All-America®
($) – 2017-18 2nd team Academic All-America®
A Bologna, Italy native majoring in human science, Moretti is a third-team selection on the Academic All-America list and is also a two-time All-Big 12 selection having earned third team honors as a sophomore and being named All-Big 12 Honorable Mention on Sunday. He is the only Big 12 men's student-athlete to be named to the Academic All-America Teams and joins Lady Raider Brittany Brewer who also earned the honor. He is currently second on the NCAA active career list with a 90.6 percentage from the free-throw line where he is 213-for-235 over the past three seasons and is averaging 13.0 points per game going into the postseason. Moretti was named the NCAA Elite 90 winner at last year's NCAA Final Four.
He is the fourth CoSIDA Academic All-America selection in program history following Bubba Jennings who earned the award twice for the 1982-83 and 1984-85 seasons and Tobin Doda (1985-86). Jennings and Doda were both honorable mention selections. The award is selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) with 15 student-athletes earning the honor.
Moretti, who has scored 969 points in his career, leads the Red Raiders with 67 3-pointers made this season and is ninth all-time in program history with 166 3-pointers made in his career.
Moretti scored a career-high 25 points earlier this season against West Virginia where he went 4-for-5 on 3-pointers and is coming off scoring 18 points against Kansas in the regular-season finale with two 3-pointers and going 4-for-4 at the free-throw line. He is currently shooting 41.9 percent from the field, 38.3 percent on 3-pointers and led the Big 12 this season at 90.2 percent (92 of 102) from the line. A starter in 69 straight games, he has scored in double figures in 22 games this season and has made two or more 3-pointers in 21 games with five games having hit four. Along with his scoring prowess, he is averaging 2.3 assists per game this season and is tied for the team lead with 36 steals.
He is a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-District selection and Big 12 All-Academic performer.
Moretti and the Red Raiders open the Big 12 Championship against Texas at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday in the quarterfinals at the Sprint Center in Kansas City.
2019-20 Academic All-America® Men's Basketball Teams – NCAA Division I
| FIRST TEAM | ||||
| Name | School | Yr. | GPA | Major |
| Brooks DeBisschop (3) | Northern Arizona University | Sr. | 3.97 | Finance |
| Christian Lutete | UMass Lowell | Gr. | 3.79/4.00 | Economics (UG) / Peace & Conflict Studies (G) |
| Skylar Mays (1)(#) | Louisiana State University | Sr. | 3.93 | Kinesiology / Human Movement |
| Mason Peatling | Eastern Washington University | Gr. | 3.89/4.00 | Finance (UG) / Business Administration (G) |
| Matt Pile (3) | University of Nebraska Omaha | Jr. | 3.93 | Chemistry |
| SECOND TEAM | ||||
| Name | School | Yr. | GPA | Major |
| Jimmy Boeheim | Cornell University | Jr. | 3.76 | Applied Economics & Management |
| Djordje Dimitrijevic | Mercer University | Sr. | 3.87 | Computer Science |
| James Foye (2) | Dartmouth College | Sr. | 3.97 | Economics |
| Sam Merrill | Utah State University | Sr. | 3.39 | Business Administration |
| Jordan Nwora | University of Louisville | Jr. | 3.4 | Exercise Science |
| Xavier Tillman | Michigan State University | Jr. | 3.63 | Communication |
| THIRD TEAM | ||||
| Name | School | Yr. | GPA | Major |
| Amidou Bamba (3) | Charlotte | Gr. | 3.98/4.00 | MBA |
| Trent Forrest | Florida State University | Gr. | 3.43 | Sport Management (UG) / Sport Management (G) |
| TJ Haws | Brigham Young University | Sr. | 3.46 | Finance |
| Davide Moretti | Texas Tech University | Jr. | 3.68 | Human Science |
Academic All-America® of the Year: Skylar Mays, Louisiana State University
(1) – 2018-19 1st team Academic All-America®
(2) – 2018-19 2nd team Academic All-America®
(3) – 2018-19 3rd team Academic All-America®
($) – 2017-18 2nd team Academic All-America®
All-Big 12 on the court, and an All-American in the classroom.
— Texas Tech Basketball (@TexasTechMBB) March 9, 2020
Congrats, @davide25moretti!
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