University of Hawai’i senior setter Jakob Thelle capped off a decorated career by becoming the first student-athlete in school history to be named College Sports Communicators Academic All-America first team.
The Tonsberg, Norway native also earned first team honors last season in the men’s at-large category. He is the fourth UH student-athlete all-time to earn multiple Academic All-America certificates but the first to do so on the first team.
Other multiple UH Academic All-Americans include men’s tennis’ Felix Albert (2017-third team, 2018-first team), track and field’s Annett Wichmann (2007-third team, 2008-second team, 2009-first team), and men’s volleyball’s Costas Theocharidis (2002-second team, 2003-first team).
Thelle and Theocharidis both earned First Team Academic All-America and AVCA Player of the Year awards in the same season. In 2003, Theocharidis was also selected as the Men’s At-Large All-America of the Year.
Thelle, a graduate student with a 4.00 grade point average in urban and regional planning, was the only men’s volleyball player listed on the 17-member first team. He is the fifth player in program history to be named an Academic All-American.
The at-large category consists of a number of sports including men’s volleyball, beach volleyball, golf, tennis, swimming & diving, and water polo among others. A total of 47 student-athletes were named to the Division I first-, second-, and third-teams. Mississippi State men’s golfer Ford Clegg was named the Team Member of the Year.
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