The highest honor bestowed to a student-athlete makes Bissett Purdue's eighth FirstTeam Academic All-America honoree since the 2007-08 school year. He has compiled a3.88 grade-point average as a health sciences/pre-med major and garnered Third TeamAcademic All-America accolades last year.
However, after also earning All-American honors athletically in platform diving thisseason for being among the eight student-athletes to qualify for the championship final of the event at the NCAA Championships, Bissett becomes just the 10th Boilermaker to earn First Team All-America honors both academically and athletically in the same year. Kara Patterson (2009), a two-time Olympian in the javelin, was the last Purdue student-athlete to accomplish the feat.