NEW YORK—For the second time in his career, Columbia senior offensive lineman Parker Coogan was named to the Google Cloud College Sports Information Directors Association Academic All-District Team, the organization announced. Coogan, who also earned the honor as a sophomore in 2017, becomes the first football player at Columbia since Second Team Academic All-American Chris Schroer (2016 and 2017) to garner the honor for a second year.
 
Coogan was one of nine Columbia football players who were nominated for the honor. Other Lions who were nominated include junior quarterback Josh Bean, junior defensive lineman Cameren Carter, quarterback Ty Lenhart, junior tight end Casey Mariucci, junior defensive back Ben Mathiasmeier, sophomore offensive lineman Zach Minch, senior defensive lineman Alex Robin and senior defensive lineman Arman Samouk.
 
Coogan is part of a 27-member All-District 1 Team comprising honorees from Northeast states. He is now eligible to earn CoSIDa Academic All-America team honors. First, Second and Third Team Academic All-America awards are announced later this month. Nomination criteria calls for a student-athletes to be either a starter or key reserve with at least a 3.30 grade point average on a 4.0 scale. Nominated athletes must also have participated in 50 percent of their team's games and be of sophomore status academically. The nominees are voted upon by members of the College Sports Information Directors Association and are selected by position.
 
In his four-year career, Coogan has started 29 career games at two different positions (right guard-10 and center-19) and has seen action in 32 career games. Last season as the Lions' starting center, he was named an honorable mention All-Ivy League by conference coaches and Third Team All-Ivy League by Phil Steele Magazine. Coogan was also a preseason Second Team All-Ivy League pick. He enters Saturday's game at Cornell after having started 29 consecutive games for the Lions.