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Bidunga Named CSC Academic All-America Second Team
4/14/2026 3:14:00 PM | Men's Basketball
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas men's basketball sophomore Flory Bidunga has been named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-America Second Team, the CSC announced today.
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Bidunga, from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, went to high school in Kokomo, Indiana. He is a communication studies major and a sport management minor maintaining a 3.63 grade point average (GPA).
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To qualify for Academic All-America consideration this year, a student-athlete must be at least a sophomore academically and athletically, along with having at least a 3.50 cumulative GPA. Nominated student-athletes must compete in 90 percent of the institution's games played or must start in at least 66 percent of the games. Each student-athlete nominated has their candidacy evaluated by a sub-committee with sport expertise to ensure that only the top student-athletes are elevated to the national voting ballot. Voting for Academic All-America is done by the CSC membership.
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Bidunga's honor marks the 21st time a Jayhawk has been named men's basketball CSC Academic All-America and the first since Tyrel Reed in 2011.
Kansas Academic All-America Selections (**Academic All-American of the Year; First Team Honorees unless indicated)
Year - Honoree
1971 - Bud Stallworth
1973 - Tom Kivisto (third team)
1974 - Tom Kivisto
1976 - Chris Barnthouse (second team); Ken Koenigs (second team)
1977 - Chris Barnthouse; Ken Koenigs
1978 - Ken Koenigs
1979 - Darnell Valentine
1980 - Darnell Valentine
1981 - Darnell Valentine; Tony Guy (honorable mention)
1982 - David Magley
1996 - Jacque Vaughn; Jerod Haase (second team)
1997 - **Jacque Vaughn; Jerod Haase
1999 - Ryan Robertson
2010 - **Cole Aldrich
2011 - Tyrel Reed
2026 - Flory Bidunga (second team)
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Bidunga, from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, went to high school in Kokomo, Indiana. He is a communication studies major and a sport management minor maintaining a 3.63 grade point average (GPA).
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To qualify for Academic All-America consideration this year, a student-athlete must be at least a sophomore academically and athletically, along with having at least a 3.50 cumulative GPA. Nominated student-athletes must compete in 90 percent of the institution's games played or must start in at least 66 percent of the games. Each student-athlete nominated has their candidacy evaluated by a sub-committee with sport expertise to ensure that only the top student-athletes are elevated to the national voting ballot. Voting for Academic All-America is done by the CSC membership.
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Bidunga's honor marks the 21st time a Jayhawk has been named men's basketball CSC Academic All-America and the first since Tyrel Reed in 2011.
Kansas Academic All-America Selections (**Academic All-American of the Year; First Team Honorees unless indicated)
Year - Honoree
1971 - Bud Stallworth
1973 - Tom Kivisto (third team)
1974 - Tom Kivisto
1976 - Chris Barnthouse (second team); Ken Koenigs (second team)
1977 - Chris Barnthouse; Ken Koenigs
1978 - Ken Koenigs
1979 - Darnell Valentine
1980 - Darnell Valentine
1981 - Darnell Valentine; Tony Guy (honorable mention)
1982 - David Magley
1996 - Jacque Vaughn; Jerod Haase (second team)
1997 - **Jacque Vaughn; Jerod Haase
1999 - Ryan Robertson
2010 - **Cole Aldrich
2011 - Tyrel Reed
2026 - Flory Bidunga (second team)
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