USTFCCCA News & Notes
Arizona State Named 2008 DI Women’s Track and Field Scholar Team of the Year
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 Arizona State is the 2008 USTFCCCA Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field Scholar Team of the Year. Photo by Kirby Lee/Image of Sport |
NEW ORLEANS – The awards just keep coming for the Arizona State women’s track and field team. The Sun Devils will have to find room in their trophy case for another award as the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) named Arizona State the 2008 Division I Women’s Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field Scholar Team of the Year on Tuesday.
The Sun Devils won the NCAA Division I Indoor team championship in March, scoring 51 points to defend their 2007 team title. The win was the third NCAA Championship in a row for the ASU women’s track team, as they also won the 2007 NCAA Division I Indoor and Outdoor Championships.
The Sun Devils then set their sights on defending their outdoor title. Strong performances in the throwing events on the last day of the competition put ASU within reach of the title, but the thrilling team championship race came down to the last competition, the 4×400-meter relay. Arizona State put up a strong effort in the relay but fell just short of LSU, finishing second overall with 63 points.
Arizona State has a team cumulative grade-point average of 3.270. West Virginia University had the highest overall team GPA (3.580), followed closely by Lipscomb University (3.540), and Utah State University (3.500). Including Arizona State, 15 schools on the list finished in the top 25 at the Division I Indoor Championships, and 14 schools finished in the top 25 at the Division I Outdoor Championships.
121 Division I women’s track and field programs were recognized as 2008 USTFCCCA All-Academic Track and Field Teams. The Big 12 Conference, the Big East Conference, and the Big Ten Conference led all conferences with eight member schools each on the All-Academic team list.
The selection of the All-Academic Indoor and Outdoor Scholar Teams of the Year award is based on a combination of academic and athletic achievements, with the top honor going to the team that had the combination of best overall finish at the Division I Indoor and/or Outdoor National Championships and cumulative GPA.
To be nominated, the team must carry a minimum 3.000 team cumulative grade-point average.
The 2008 USTFCCCA Division I Women’s All-Academic Track and Field Teams
| Institution | Grade Point Average |
| West Virginia University | 3.580 |
| Lipscomb University | 3.540 |
| Utah State University | 3.500 |
| Montana State University – Bozeman | 3.490 |
| Butler University | 3.486 |
| Quinnipiac University | 3.450 |
| University of Portland | 3.447 |
| Harvard University | 3.444 |
| Dartmouth College | 3.430 |
| North Dakota State University | 3.430 |
| Bradley University | 3.426 |
| Loyola College (Maryland) | 3.416 |
| Stanford University | 3.415 |
| Syracuse University | 3.402 |
| University of Nebraska, Lincoln | 3.386 |
| Yale University | 3.380 |
| Southeast Missouri State University | 3.379 |
| Stony Brook University | 3.379 |
| South Dakota State University | 3.378 |
| University of Minnesota, Twin Cities | 3.372 |
| Loyola Marymount University | 3.370 |
| University of Arkansas, Little Rock | 3.370 |
| University of Dayton | 3.362 |
| Missouri State University | 3.356 |
| Iona College | 3.350 |
| Gardner-Webb University | 3.346 |
| University of Tennessee at Chattanooga | 3.344 |
| Ohio University | 3.332 |
| Weber State University | 3.330 |
| Villanova University | 3.321 |
| Brigham Young University | 3.320 |
| Eastern Washington University | 3.320 |
| Coastal Carolina University | 3.319 |
| Manhattan College | 3.310 |
| Oregon State University | 3.310 |
| University of Montana | 3.310 |
| Washington State University | 3.310 |
| Southern Utah University | 3.309 |
| University of Colorado, Boulder | 3.308 |
| Iowa State University | 3.300 |
| Towson University | 3.299 |
| University of Vermont | 3.295 |
| La Salle University | 3.290 |
| Indiana University, Bloomington | 3.288 |
| College of Charleston (South Carolina) | 3.281 |
| University of Illinois, Champaign | 3.280 |
| University of Pennsylvania | 3.280 |
| University of Notre Dame | 3.274 |
| Idaho State University | 3.271 |
| Arizona State University | 3.270 |
| Cornell University | 3.270 |
| Lehigh University | 3.270 |
| University of San Francisco | 3.269 |
| Illinois State University | 3.260 |
| Rice University | 3.256 |
| Bowling Green State University | 3.254 |
| Marquette University | 3.254 |
| Monmouth University | 3.250 |
| Oral Roberts University | 3.250 |
| Pennsylvania State University | 3.250 |
| Southern Illinois University at Carbondale | 3.250 |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University | 3.250 |
| Miami University (Ohio) | 3.240 |
| University of Missouri, Columbia | 3.240 |
| University of South Florida | 3.230 |
| University of Wisconsin, Madison | 3.226 |
| University of Delaware | 3.222 |
| Bucknell University | 3.220 |
| University at Buffalo | 3.220 |
| University of Arkansas, Fayetteville | 3.220 |
| University of Cincinnati | 3.216 |
| Columbia University | 3.213 |
| Kansas State University | 3.210 |
| Davidson College | 3.200 |
| Oklahoma State University | 3.200 |
| University of Oklahoma | 3.200 |
| University of Washington | 3.200 |
| University of South Carolina, Columbia | 3.197 |
| University of Idaho | 3.190 |
| Duke University | 3.185 |
| Purdue University | 3.180 |
| University of Akron | 3.180 |
| University of New Hampshire | 3.180 |
| University of Hawaii, Manoa | 3.176 |
| Sacred Heart University | 3.172 |
| University of Detroit Mercy | 3.170 |
| Wichita State University | 3.170 |
| Colorado State University | 3.168 |
| Northeastern University | 3.164 |
| University of Iowa | 3.153 |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | 3.150 |
| Texas Tech University | 3.130 |
| Michigan State University | 3.129 |
| Central Michigan University | 3.123 |
| High Point University | 3.123 |
| Rider University | 3.116 |
| Long Beach State University | 3.110 |
| Middle Tennessee State University | 3.110 |
| University of California, Santa Barbara | 3.110 |
| University of Nevada | 3.110 |
| University of Virginia | 3.110 |
| Boise State University | 3.100 |
| Portland State University | 3.100 |
| University of Central Arkansas | 3.100 |
| University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa | 3.090 |
| Austin Peay State University | 3.089 |
| University of Maryland, College Park | 3.078 |
| St. John’s University (New York) | 3.070 |
| Southern Methodist University | 3.070 |
| University of Missouri, Kansas City | 3.069 |
| Liberty University | 3.066 |
| Jacksonville University | 3.060 |
| University of Tennessee, Knoxville | 3.060 |
| University of Northern Iowa | 3.050 |
| California State University, Sacramento | 3.049 |
| University of Arizona | 3.031 |
| Georgia State University | 3.030 |
| University of Georgia | 3.010 |
| University of Richmond | 3.010 |
| Eastern Kentucky University | 3.007 |
| Indiana State University | 3.000 |