AMES, Iowa – Iowa State sophomore point guard Tamin Lipsey has 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 17.

So far this year, Lipsey has been named a finalist for the Naismith National Defensive Player of the Year, the Lefty Driesell Defensive Player of the Year and the Lute Olson National Player of the Year. He was also named an AP Honorable Mention All-American.

The awards have been rolling in for Lipsey, who was selected to the Big 12 Championship All-Tournament team after leading the Cyclones to their sixth Big 12 Championship. He was also named an NABC First Team All-District selection. Lipsey has also been named to the All-Big 12 First Team and Big 12 All-Defensive Team this season.

Lipsey has been stuffing the stat sheet all season, averaging 12.5 points, 4.9 assists, 4.6 rebounds and 2.7 steals per game. He is one of just 17 NCAA Division I men’s basketball players since 1996-97 to average those numbers in a season.

The No. 4 Cyclones return to action Thursday night, facing No. 10 Illinois in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. Iowa State is seeded second in the East Region, while the Fighting Illini are a No. 3 Seed. Tipoff is set for 9:09 p.m. (CT) in Boston and will be broadcast on TBS.