University of North Carolina Athletics
Hood Earns CoSIDA Academic All-District Honors
November 4, 2016 | Football
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. --- University of North Carolina junior tailback Elijah Hood has earned 2016 Academic All-District honors from the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). The team recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom.
A native of Charlotte, N.C., Hood carries a 3.34 GPA in information and library sciences. He earned his Eagle Scout badge prior to enrolling at UNC in 2014 and spent the most recent offseason interning at the Legislative Services Office in Raleigh. On the field, Hood ranks 13th in UNC career rushing yards with 2,198. This season he has rushed for 476 yards on 96 attempts (5.0 avg.) in seven games. A year ago, he rushed for 17 touchdowns and 1,463 rushing yards, which ranks second only to Don McCauley in UNC single-season history.
The Academic All-District™ teams include are divided into eight geographic districts across the United States and Canada. This is the sixth year of the expanded Academic All-America® program as CoSIDA moved from recognizing a University Division (Division I) and a College Division (all non-Division I) and has doubled the number of scholar-athletes honored. The expanded teams include NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II and NCAA Division III participants, while the College Division Academic All-America® Team combines NAIA, Canadian and two-year schools.
The Division II and III Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division II and III national governance structures, to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2016-17 DII and DIII Academic All-America® teams program.
First-team Academic All-District™ honorees advance to the CoSIDA Academic All-America® Team ballot, where first-, second- and third-team All-America honorees will be selected later this month.
For more information about the Academic All-District™ and Academic All-America® Teams program, please visit www.cosida.com.
