Academic All-American

STANFORD, Calif. – Senior forward Erica McCall was named to the 2016-17 Academic All-American Division I second team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) it was announced Thursday.
 
McCall is the eighth academic All-American in program history, joining Chiney Ogwumike, Kristin Folkl, Kate Starbird, Chris MacMurdo, Julie Zeilstra, Jeanne Ruark Hoff and Louise Smith, and her award is the 208th for a Stanford student-athlete all-time.
 
A psychology major with a 3.58 GPA, McCall is a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-District honoree and two-time Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention pick. She's a finalist for this year's Senior CLASS Award, given to the nation's top senior who excels in four areas - community, classroom, character and competition - and will graduate a quarter early, finishing her studies at the end of the winter session.
 
McCall was awarded All-Pac-12 accolades for the second consecutive season on Tuesday after averaging team highs in points (15.0), rebounds (8.5) and blocks (1.5). The senior has scored in double figures in all but three games this season, collected 12 double-doubles and leads the conference in offensive rebounds with 3.9 per game.
 
On watch lists for the Naismith Trophy, Wade Trophy, Wooden Award and Ann Meyers Drysdale Award, McCall is 27th in school history in points (1,278), eighth in rebounds (889) and fourth in blocks (182), one of a select group at Stanford with those career numbers (Jayne Appel, Chiney Ogwumike, Val Whiting).
 
Stanford's unquestioned leader, McCall has been a team captain each of the past two seasons and has served in the same capacity for her country. The senior co-captained the United States to a perfect 6-0 record and gold at the 2015 World University Games in Gwangju, South Korea, her fourth world championship with USA Basketball teams.
 
McCall and Stanford are also active in charitable causes throughout the community. Among recent service trips, the Cardinal visited Lucile Packard Children's Hospital early last month, playing games, interacting and spending time with patients at one of the country's foremost pediatric care facilities. Last season, McCall visited third and fifth-grade classrooms in East Palo Alto for her urban education class and used her visit to pen a paper on teacher-student interaction in the urban school setting.
 
Stanford, the No. 2 seed in the upcoming Pac-12 Tournament, has a bye into the quarterfinals and will play the winner of No. 7 Washington State and No. 10 Colorado on Friday, March 3 at 6 p.m.

Stanford's CoSIDA Academic All-Americans