University of Minnesota Athletics
USTFCCCA Honors Gophers for Academics
7/17/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track & Field
MINNEAPOLIS ââ'¬" Eighteen University of Minnesota women's track & field student-athletes have been named 2015 USTFCCCA All-Academic individual honorees, the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced Friday. The Golden Gophers also earned a USTFCCCA All-Academic team award for posting a 3.50 team GPA.
Gophers Alex Beckman, Liz Berkholtz, Ke-ke Burks, Lauren Domski, Becca Dyson, Emerald Egwim, Cami Gilson, Angie Guenther, Kailee Kamps, Kat Keller, Rachel Melum, Taylor Mikkalson, Katie Murgic, Emma Spagnola, Devin Stanford, Lyndsey Thorpe, Kaila Urick and Jessica Waldvogel collected USTFCCCA All-Academic honors for their combined academic and athletic accomplishments.
To qualify for the USTFCCCA All-Academic Track & Field Team, the student-athlete must have compiled a cumulative grade point average of 3.25 and have met at least one of the following athletic standards:
- For the indoor season, a student-athlete must have finished the regular season ranked in the national top 96 in an individual event or ranked in the national top 48 (collective listing) in a relay event on the official NCAA POP list provided by TFRRS.org;
- For the outdoor season, a student-athlete must have participated in any round of the NCAA Division I Championships (including preliminary rounds).
For the second year in a row, Minnesota led all teams with 18 honorees. Both North Dakota State and Nebraska earned 15 awards apiece, followed by Harvard and New Mexico with 14 each. In total, 17 programs were represented by 10 or more honorees, including indoor national champion Arkansas with 12.
With 99 total female honorees, the SEC was the top conference in the country, followed by the slimmest of margins by the Big Ten with 98. The Pac-12 and Big 12 rounded out the podium with 78 and 73 honorees, respectively.
In addition, a total of 224 women's teams and 123 men's teams earned USTFCCCA All-Academic Team awards for earning a cumulative team GPA of 3.00 or higher. All 14 women's Big Ten programs were named All-Academic in 2015 to lead the country.
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