South Atlantic Conference Cross Country Teams Earn USTFCCCA All-Academic Honors
Sixteen SAC cross country teams and 36 student-athletes receive USTFCCCA All-Academic Honors.
NEW ORLEANS, La. – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced the 2017 NCAA Division II All-Academic Cross Country Teams last week. In addition to the team awards, the USTFCCCA announced the 2017 NCAA Division II All-Academic Cross Country Individual honors.
Sixteen teams representing the South Atlantic Conference were honored, eight men's teams and eight women's teams, while a total of 36 – 21 women's and 15 men's - SAC cross country student-athletes earned individual honors.
Earning All-Academic team honors for both men's and women' s teams were Anderson, Carson-Newman, Catawba, Lenoir-Rhyne, Lincoln Memorial and Wingate. The Coker and Tusculum men's teams picked up All-Academic honors, while the Mars Hill and Queens women's teams earned All-Academic honors as well.
Queens had the most individual honors, with 11 total award winners, while Anderson and Wingate had seven individual award winners each.
Overall, there were 176 teams – 157 women's teams and 119 men's teams – that picked up All-Academic honors. Union (Tenn.) paced the women's side with the highest team grade point average of 3.92. Alderson Broaddus and Azusa Pacific tied for the best men's grade point average, as each program posted a 3.77 GPA.
A total of 675 student-athletes – 393 women and 282 men – earned individual All-Academic honors with 89 posting a perfect 4.0 GPA.
Teams must have compiled a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0 and must have scored at an NCAA Division II regional meet to Qualify for All-Academic team awards.
The individual All-Academic honor was awarded to those athletes who have compiled a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.25 and finished among the top 30 percent of eligible runners at his or her regional championships and/or the top half of the field at the NCAA Championships.
See the list of the SAC teams and individual honor winners below.
2017 NCAA DIVISION II CROSS COUNTRY – MEN'S ALL-ACADEMIC TEAMS FROM THE SAC | ||
Institution |
Head Coach |
GPA |
Anderson (S.C.) |
Kevin Eagle |
3.42 |
Carson-Newman |
Tyler Stepp |
3.08 |
Catawba |
Jason Bryan |
3 |
Coker |
Tom Scott |
3.08 |
Lenoir-Rhyne |
Danny Williamson |
3.26 |
Lincoln Memorial |
Jeremy Donahue |
3.37 |
Tusculum |
Cory Pratt |
3.07 |
Wingate University |
Ashley Glover |
3.07 |
2017 NCAA DIVISION II CROSS COUNTRY – WOMEN'S ALL-ACADEMIC TEAMS FROM THE SAC |
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Institution |
Head Coach |
GPA |
Anderson (S.C.) |
Kevin Eagle |
3.51 |
Carson-Newman |
Tyler Stepp |
3.38 |
Catawba |
Jason Bryan |
3.73 |
Lenoir-Rhyne |
Danny Williamson |
3.54 |
Lincoln Memorial |
Jeremy Donahue |
3.58 |
Mars Hill |
Mike Owens |
3.55 |
Queens (N.C.) |
Kevin Licht |
3.59 |
Wingate |
Ashley Glover |
3.47 |
2017 NCAA DIVISION II MEN'S ALL-ACADEMIC INDIVIDUALS FROM THE SAC |
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Athlete Name |
Institution |
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Ben Clark |
Anderson (S.C.) |
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Weston Hutto |
Anderson (S.C.) |
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Cameron Owens-Hunter |
Anderson (S.C.) |
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Luke Greer |
Carson-Newman |
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Jacob Gatewood |
Lincoln Memorial |
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Jorge Hernandez |
Lincoln Memorial |
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Jacob King |
Lincoln Memorial |
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Brandon Beard |
Mars Hill |
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James Gilreath |
Mars Hill |
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Thomas Bains |
Queens (N.C.) |
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Tim Hoenig |
Queens (N.C.) |
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Conal McCambridge |
Queens (N.C.) |
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Anthony Raftis |
Queens (N.C.) |
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Micah Kipchumba |
Wingate |
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Nepolian Patel |
Wingate |
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2017 NCAA DIVISION II WOMEN'S ALL-ACADEMIC INDIVIDUALS FROM THE SAC |
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Athlete Name |
Institution |
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Hannah Beach |
Anderson (S.C.) |
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Abigail Bozarth |
Anderson (S.C.) |
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Haylee Love |
Anderson (S.C.) |
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Allyson Malone |
Anderson (S.C.) |
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Hannah Mercer |
Catawba |
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Whitney Elliott |
Lincoln Memorial |
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Tabea Kandlbauer |
Lincoln Memorial |
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Layney Vincent |
Lincoln Memorial |
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Allyson Arellano |
Queens (N.C.) |
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Natane Deruytter |
Queens (N.C.) |
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Gillian Kasitz |
Queens (N.C.) |
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Mandi Moxie |
Queens (N.C.) |
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Lucie Noall |
Queens (N.C.) |
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Haley Schaeffer |
Queens (N.C.) |
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Hannah Wolkenhauer |
Queens (N.C.) |
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Alissa Furches |
Tusculum |
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Julie Diaz |
Wingate |
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Valerie Griesche |
Wingate |
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Amy Jackson |
Wingate |
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Juliet Salgueiro |
Wingate |
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Lauryn Tumey |
Wingate |