Skylar Mays Named First Team Academic All-American

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March 11, 20198 Comments

Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports

LSU junior guard Skylar Mays was named a First-Team Academic All-America on the 2019 Google Cloud Academic All-America Division I Men’s Basketball Team Monday. Per LSUSports.net:

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The team is selected annually by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and all sports information/communications members are eligible to vote on the final ballot made up of all-district selections around the country.

Mays, a Baton Rouge product and one of the leaders of this LSU Basketball team, is averaging in double figures on the court while maintaining a 4.01 GPA average in pre-med/kinesiology.

Twice this semester, the Tigers have been on the road on a Wednesday night with Mays having major tests scheduled on Thursday in his evening physics class and another test in another class on Friday morning. Besides his studies and tests there was also the demands of practice time added in. Read more.

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Tom Bronco•74 months

Congrats Skylar, one of the true student/athletes out there. Play and study on!

themunch•74 months

well deserved... solid work

chicageaux_tiger•74 months

Class act, loved his comments on TV after the game Saturday.

HonoraryCoonass•74 months

Congratulations on this fantastic recognition as a quintessential student-athlete. LSU is proud of you. (We expect you to be on this list again next year.) Keep it up!

Fightin Okra•74 months

Deserving

ExpoTiger•74 months

Outstanding

atltiger6487•74 months

this is the main reason I LOVE Skylar Mays. Quality student, quality player, great effort and attitude on the court and off.

Wild Thang•74 months

Geaux Tigers!!

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