The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Acho named Academic All-District 7
11.10.2011 | Football
Nov. 10, 2011
Austin -- Texas Longhorns senior linebacker Emmanuel Acho has been named to the 2011-12 Capital One Academic All-District 7 team, the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) have announced.
A sport management major in the College of Education, Acho maintains a 3.42 GPA. A two-time first-team Academic All-Big 12 selection, Acho is a six-time member of the UT Athletics Director's Honor Roll. Last year, Acho was honored with the Arthur Ashe, Jr., Sports Scholarship Award, which is a national award that recognizes minority student-athletes who are committed to both education and athletics.
The senior from Dallas, Texas, was named a William V. Campbell Trophy semifinalist, a Lowe's Senior CLASS Award finalist and also is a member of the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team.
In addition, Acho and his family have made numerous medical mission trips to his parents' native country of Nigeria. He is a regular speaker to Fellowship of Christian Athletes groups and visits the Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas each Friday before home games .
A Lott Trophy quarterfinalist (defensive IMPACT player of the year), Acho has played in 43 career games (21 starts) and has registered 220 tackles (126 solo), seven sacks, 32 TFL, two INT, six forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries, 10 PBD and 18 pressures. In 2011, he leads the Longhorns with 73 tackles (32 solo), and has two sacks, 10 TFL, three PBD and 10 quarterback pressures.
CoSIDA began the Academic All-America program in the 1950's, and since then, has honored thousands of deserving student-athletes from numerous sports and across all divisions with these elite Capital One Academic All-America® scholar-athlete honors. Currently, CoSIDA honors Academic All-Americans in 12 sports.
