CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Virginia pitcher Owen Coady was featured on the 2024 Academic All-District Baseball Team as selected by College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA). The award recognizes the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances on the court and in the classroom.

Coady is a graduate student in the McIntire School of Commerce and has appeared in 15 games on the mound for the Cavaliers this season, including seven starts. Coady received his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania while majoring in Political Science and minoring in history.

To be considered for CSC Academic All-District honors, an undergraduate student-athlete must have at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale). A graduate student-athlete must have at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) as both an undergraduate and a grad student unless they are in their first semester as a graduate student and don’t have an established graduate GPA. To earn inclusion on the team, a student-athlete must have played in at least 90 percent of their team’s games (pitchers need 17 appearances or 25 innings pitched) and have at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average.

Academic All-District honorees are considered for advancement to the CSC Academic All-America®ballot. CSC Academic All-America finalists advance to the national ballot to be voted on by CSC members. First-, second-, and third-team Academic All-America honorees will be announced July 2, 2024.