STANFORD, Calif. - Senior Robert Neff was recently selected to the 2017-18 CoSIDA Academic All-District Men's At-Large first team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Neff advances to the CoSIDA Academic All-America Team ballot, where first-, second- and third-team All-America honorees will be selected in the coming weeks.
The academic all-district at-large teams recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom. The teams are divided into eight geographic districts across the United States and Canada with District 8 encompassing Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Canada.
Neff closed out his career as a two-time NCAA champion in the high bar (2017, 2018) and six-time All-American, claiming titles in the high bar (3), all-around (2) and parallel bars (1). Neff guided the Cardinal to four top-four NCAA Championships finishes, including runner-up efforts during his freshman and sophomore seasons.
During his final season on The Farm, Neff captured nine individual event titles and owned Stanford's top score in three events: pommel horse (14.300), high bar (14.766) and all-around (83.450). Neff was also a finalist for the 2018 Nissen-Emery Award, presented annually to the top senior gymnast in the nation.
A computer science major and German Studies minor boasting a 3.67 GPA, Neff is a three-time MPSF Scholar-Athlete and four-time CGA All-America Scholar-Athlete. This summer, Neff will work as a software developer at Niantic Inc. and return next fall to complete his master's degree in computer network security. Neff was also recently awarded an NCAA postgraduate scholarship.
A member of the U.S. Senior National Team, Neff represented his country at the 2017 World University Games in Taiwan.
Neff joined water polo's Blake Parrish on the men's side while Ella Eastin (swimming), Makenzie Fischer (water polo) and Katie Ledecky (swimming) were the female honorees.