Academic Honors
The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) select All-District and All-America Academic teams. First-team All-District selections advance to the national ballot. Athletes who are selected to the District teams are referred to as Academic All-District. Academic All-America is only used in reference to athletes who make one of the CoSIDA national teams. Memphis has had five CoSIDA Academic All- Americans in the school's history. Running back Dave Casinelli was the first student-athlete honored in 1963 to the second team. In 1992, Memphis placed both Pat Jansen (DL) and Gary Bouldin (TE) on the All-American squad with Jansen earning the school's only first team selection. Brandon Patterson (DB) became the Tigers' first two-time All-American in 2007 and 2008. Most recently, Matt Reagan was named to the All-District IV second team in 2009.
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In 1992, defensive lineman Pat Jansen became the first Tiger to be named to the CoSIDA Academic All-American first team.
Former defensive back, Bran- don Patterson, is the only Memphis football player to be named a CoSIDA Academic All-American twice, being selected to the second team in both 2007 and 2008.
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Tight end Gary Bouldin was an Academic All- American second team selection in 1992.
Offensive lineman Dominik Riley received the Spirit of Service Award in 2010. He was also named to the C-USA All-Academic Team.
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