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USTFCCCA Honors Gophers for Academics

7/20/2020 10:35:00 AM | Athletics, Men's Cross Country, Men's Track & Field, Women's Cross Country, Women's Track & Field

Minnesota earned USTFCCCA All-Academic Team Awards for the men and women and had 29 individual honorees.

MINNEAPOLIS -- Twenty-nine Golden Gopher track & field student-athletes have been named All-Academic Athletes for the 2020 NCAA Division I Track & Field season, the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced.

The Minnesota men led the nation with 16 honorees and were one of five programs with 10 or more individuals named USTFCCCA All-Academic Athletes. On the women's side, Gophers tied for third in the nation with 13 individual honorees and were one of eight programs with 10 or more individual award recipients.

Both the Minnesota men and women were honored as USTFCCCA All-Academic Team Award recipients as well. The Maroon & Gold men posted a team cumulative grade point average of 3.28 while the Gopher women earned a 3.53 team cumulative grade point average.

2020 USTFCCCA Men's All-Academic Athletes
Alec Basten, Kinesiology     
Michael Burke, Sport Management     
Erik Eckleben, Sport Management     
Evan Ferlic, Economics     
Teddy Frid, Business & Marketing Education     
Mike Herauf, Architecture     
Owen Hoeft, Kinesiology     
Dawson LaRance, Political Science     
Jordan MacIntosh, Architecture     
Jack Manderscheid, Mechanical Engineering     
Ben Ose, Public Health     
Kaleb Siekmeier, Aerospace Engineering     
Shane Streich, Finance     
Jonathan Tharaldsen, Kinesiology     
John Uchytil, Kinesiology     
Jonathan Webb, Business & Marketing Education

2020 USTFCCCA Women's All-Academic Athletes
Hannah Arason, Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences     
Devia Brown, Human Resource Development     
Monique Felix, Sport Management M.Ed.     
Lauren Hansen, Finance     
Bethany Hasz, Sport/Exercise Science M.Ed.     
Megan Hasz, Sport/Exercise Science M.Ed.     
Janielle Josephs, Undeclared     
Tess Keyzers, Biology, Society, and Environment     
Lexi Kiefer, Sport Management M.Ed.     
Abby Kohut-Jackson, Spanish Studies     
Anastasia Korzenowski, Retail Merchandising     
Rachel Schow, Electrical Engineering     
Amira Young, Undeclared

The criteria for being named a USTFCCCA Division I Track & Field All-Academic Athlete are as follows:
  • Must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.25 on a 4.0 scale, including the most recent grading period, certifiable by either NCAA Faculty Rep or NCAA Compliance Coordinator or Registrar's Office. Institutions utilizing a different GPA scale must convert the GPA to a 4.0 scale using the standard conversion method [GPA/Scale x 4.0].
  • Must have completed at least two (2) semesters or three (3) quarters at the nominating institution.
  • Must have finished the indoor track & field season ranked in the top 96 in any championship individual event, or in the top 48 in any championship relay event, for the most recent indoor season, certifiable by their place on the NCAA Division I descending order lists on TFRRS for Indoor Track and Field (including performances achieved outside the qualifying window during the indoor season).
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