Academic All American

[Bluevelvet]

When will the academic all american team be announced?

[KnoxVegas]

All-America!

One is an American from America. You are selected from the whole of the country, thus All-America, not American.

[Ben Clark]

So the team is the All-America team, but are the players on said team not All-Americans?

[KnoxVegas]

No, you are an All-America selection/player. In the same way you are not a Hall of Famer, rather you are a Hall of Fame member or member of a particular Hall of Fame.

[Bluevelvet]

When one punches in "all-america", one gets "all-american" in the Merriam Webster online dictionary. This is the definition. Note that "all-america" is an alternative to "all-american". Note definition 1b. A team of all-Americans is an all-American team.

all-American
One entry found for all-American.
Main Entry: 1all-Amer·i·can
Pronunciation: "o-l&-'mer-&-k&n
Function: adjective
1 a also all-Amer·i·ca : selected (as by a poll of journalists) as one of the best in the U.S. in a particular category at a particular time <an all-American quarterback> b : having only all-American participants <an all-American basketball team>
2 : composed wholly of American elements
3 : representative or typical of the U.S. or its ideals <an all-American boy> <her all-American optimism>
4 : of or relating to the American nations as a group

When will the academic all-American team be announced?

[Lax_Stats]

You guys have way too much time on your hands! LOL

[sohotrightnow]

So I suppose you should tell American Airlines to change their name Knox.