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AMES, Iowa – Iowa State redshirt senior Nate Heise and junior Tamin Lipsey have been named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District team, the organization announced Tuesday morning.
The award recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the court and in the classroom. Student-athletes must have a 3.5 cumulative GPA and the proper athletic accomplishments to make the ballot. Academic All-District® honorees advance to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot. First-, second and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced April 15.
Both players earned CSC Academic All-District honors last year as well, with Lipsey also being named to the CSC Academic All-America Second Team.
Heise averaged 5.1 points, 3.2 rebounds and 1.0 assists for the season, but it was down the stretch when he turned it on for the Cyclones. In the final 10 games of the year, where Heise earned seven starts, he averaged 9.2 points and 4.7 rebounds, the third-most rebounds on the team. He scored in double figures in five of the last 10 games, including a season-high 13 points against Ole Miss in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
Lipsey was one of five Cyclones that averaged double figures on the season at 10.6 points per game. He was second on the team in assists at 3.1, while also averaging 2.6 rebounds per game. Lipsey had 68 steals on the year, the 11th-most in program history. In 103 career games, Lipsey is averaging 10.2 points, 3.7 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 2.3 steals per game. He is one of just 26 players in college basketball to average those numbers in a career while playing at least 100 games. Lipsey earned All-Big 12 Third Team honors and Big 12 All-Defensive Team honors this season.
Ranked in the Top 15 in the country all season, the No. 15 Cyclones finished the year 25-10 with a trip to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. It was just the sixth season with at least 25 victories in program history.
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State redshirt senior Nate Heise and junior Tamin Lipsey have been named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District team, the organization announced Tuesday morning.
The award recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the court and in the classroom. Student-athletes must have a 3.5 cumulative GPA and the proper athletic accomplishments to make the ballot. Academic All-District® honorees advance to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot. First-, second and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced April 15.
Both players earned CSC Academic All-District honors last year as well, with Lipsey also being named to the CSC Academic All-America Second Team.
Heise averaged 5.1 points, 3.2 rebounds and 1.0 assists for the season, but it was down the stretch when he turned it on for the Cyclones. In the final 10 games of the year, where Heise earned seven starts, he averaged 9.2 points and 4.7 rebounds, the third-most rebounds on the team. He scored in double figures in five of the last 10 games, including a season-high 13 points against Ole Miss in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
Lipsey was one of five Cyclones that averaged double figures on the season at 10.6 points per game. He was second on the team in assists at 3.1, while also averaging 2.6 rebounds per game. Lipsey had 68 steals on the year, the 11th-most in program history. In 103 career games, Lipsey is averaging 10.2 points, 3.7 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 2.3 steals per game. He is one of just 26 players in college basketball to average those numbers in a career while playing at least 100 games. Lipsey earned All-Big 12 Third Team honors and Big 12 All-Defensive Team honors this season.
Ranked in the Top 15 in the country all season, the No. 15 Cyclones finished the year 25-10 with a trip to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. It was just the sixth season with at least 25 victories in program history.
