Honor Roll Cosida Academic All-America Selections
Jim Youngblood 1968 (2)
Chad Kessler 1987 (2)
Alec Kessler
1988 (1), 1989 (1), 1990 (1)
NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipients
MACK Crenshaw 1965
The late Alec Kessler, an All-America forward at Georgia in 1989-90, arguably rates among the top scholar-athletes in collegiate history. Kessler, a 3.91 student in Microbiology, was twice named the U.S. Basketball Writers Scholar-Athlete of the Year. For being so honored, Kessler was awarded a pair of $20,000 post-graduate scholarships. Kessler, who played four seasons for the NBA’s Miami Heat, in 1991 donated all $40,000 from these scholarships to UGA’s general scholarship fund.
Chad Kessler 1987
Alec Kessler 1990
National association of Basketball Coaches Honors Court
USBWA Scholar-Athlete of the Year 1989 – Alec Kessler
1990 – Alec Kessler
NABC Scholar-Athlete of the Year 1990 – Alec Kessler
CoSIDA basketball Academic All-American of the Year 1989 – Alec Kessler
1990 – Alec Kessler
CoSIDA All-Sports Academic All-American of the Year 1990 – Alec Kessler
Dave Bliss 2008
Houston Kessler 2015
Juwan Parker 2015
Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll Honorees 1962 Allan Johnson Carlton Gill 1964 Charles Bagby 1965 Jimmy Pitts Jerry Waller Mack Crenshaw Mike Taylor 1966 Dick McIntosh Frank Harscher Waymond Henry 1967 Jim Youngblood Frank Harscher Waymond Henry 1968 Jim Youngblood Dick McIntosh 1969 Cort Nagel Greg Main
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1971 Barry Cohen 1973 Dick Toth David Lucey 1975 Greg Keith 1985 David Dunn Chad Kessler 1986 Chad Kessler 1987 Alec Kessler Chad Kessler 1988 Alec Kessler 1989 Alec Kessler 1990 Alec Kessler 1993 Kris Nordholz Kendall Rhine 1994 Kris Nordholz 1995 Kris Nordholz 1996 Kris Nordholz
1997 Jon Nordin 1998 Jon Nordin 1999 Jon Nordin Michael Chadwick Sean Faulkner 2000 Sean Faulkner 2001 Mike Patrick 2002 Mike Patrick 2003 Mike Patrick Rashad Wright Ryan Pevey Brian Watts Richard Wehunt 2004 Mike Bucklin Jay McAuley 2005 Jay McAuley Steve Newman
Joey Waldrop Julian Williams 2006 Jay McAuley Steve Newman Dave Bliss 2007 Dave Bliss Corey Butler Steve Newman 2008 Dave Bliss Corey Butler 2009 Ricky McPhee 2010 Matt Bucklin Ricky McPhee Tyler Whatley 2011 Matt Bucklin Connor Nolte Gerald Robinson
Trey Thompkins 2012 Matt Bucklin Connor Nolte Elliott Long 2013 Houston Kessler 2014 Nemi Djurisic Taylor Echols Houston Kessler Juwan Parker Marcus Thornton Brandon Young 2015 Taylor Echols Houston Kessler Dusan Langura Juwan Parker Marcus Thornton Brandon Young
Dave Bliss Bold caps designates SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year honoree for men’s basketball