CoSIDA Academic All-District 5 Team

ROCHESTER, Mich. - Oakland men's basketball player Max Hooper was named to the CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America) Academic All-District 5 Team, announced the organization on Thursday. This marks the first time in Oakland's Division I era that a men's basketball player has earned academic all-district team honors.

Hooper, a redshirt senior guard from Carmel Valley, Calif., ranks sixth in the NCAA in 3-pointers made per game at 3.6 and is 12th in 3-point field goal percentage. He has hit seven or more triples in a game four times this season including setting a career high with nine 3-pointers and 27 points at Green Bay on Jan. 23. Hooper has not registered a 2-point field goal attempt this season despite shooting 195 3-point attempts. He is on pace to become the third player in the past 10 years to finish in the top-100 nationally in 3-point attempts and also attempt fewer than 20 two-point shots. Earlier this season, Hooper was ranked as second-best 3-point shooter in the country by Bleacher Report.

In the classroom, Hooper maintains a 3.64 grade-point average in graduate school in Public Administration and is on pace to earn his Master's degree in April of 2016. He is a graduate transfer from St. John's where he graduated with a 3.56 in 2014. He earned Horizon League Honor Roll distinctions this Fall.

The 2016 CoSIDA Academic All-District^TM Men's Basketball Teams recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom. District 5, one of eight districts across the United States and Canada, encompasses Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio.

To be eligible for Academic All-America® consideration, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.30 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current institution.

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