Award History
NCAA DIII wXC All-Academic AthletesJennifer Gossels of Williams College Earns Women’s Scholar Athlete of the Year Nod in Division III
NEW ORLEANS – Jennifer Gossels of Williams College was named the USTFCCCA NCAA Division III Women’s Scholar Athlete of the Year for the 2010 cross country season on Monday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). Gossels was the second-place individual finisher at the 2010 NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships in November.
Scholar Athletes are determined from among those who earned All-Academic status and placed highest individually at the most recent NCAA Championships.
USTFCCCA NCAA Division III
Cross Country Women’s Scholar Athlete of the Year – Jennifer Gossels, Williams
Gossels has tallied a 4.00 cumulative GPA in her academic career as a mathematics/computer science major. Gossels, a native of Sudbury, Mass., finished second overall at the 2010 NCAA Cross Country Championships and was named the USTFCCCA New England Region Athlete of the Year for the 2010 cross country season. Gossels won the NCAA New England Region title by seven seconds and the season’s NESCAC title by 10 seconds.
Past Winners
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2010: Jennifer Gossels, Williams |
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2009: Marie Borner, Bethel (Minn.) |
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2008: Elise Tropiano, Amherst |
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2007: Sarah Zerzan, Willamette |
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2006: Sarah Zerzan, Willamette |
170 Earn All-Academic Status
In addition to the Scholar Athlete of the Year, the USTFCCCA also announced those women who earned 2010 Division III All-Academic Cross Country status.
A total of 170 student-athletes represent the 82 institutions that compose the group. Luther and Calvin led the country with six representatives on the list apiece. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and Emory followed with five each. The University Athletic Association (UAA) led all conferences with 16 All-Academic nods while the SCIAC followed with 14.
Six of the top ten finishers at the 2010 NCAA Cross Country Championships earned All-Academic status, including Gossels, Jennifer Tave (Claremont-Mudd-Scripps), Annie Lydens (Pomona-Pitzer), Emma Lee (St. Olaf), Christina Cazzola (UW Oshkosh), and Taryn Surtees (Washington (Mo.)). In addition, six of eight NCAA Regional Champions from the 2010 season earned All-Academic honors.
To qualify for the USTFCCCA All-Academic Track and Field Team, the student-athlete must have compiled a cumulative grade point average of 3.30 or greater through the most-recent semester and placed in the top 35 at the NCAA Regional Championships.
USTFCCCA 2010 Division III Cross Country All-Academic Honorees, WOMEN
| NAME | INSTITUTION |
| Angela Epifano | Amherst College |
| Melissa Sullivan | Amherst College |
| Christina Wong | Amherst College |
| Charlotte Margel | Babson College |
| Kim Chinn | Baldwin-Wallace College |
| Sarah Rospert | Baldwin-Wallace College |
| Kerri Leonhardt | Bates College |
| Cara Donohue | Bethel University (Minnesota) |
| Kayla Jelen | Bethel University (Minnesota) |
| Alex Potter | Bethel University (Minnesota) |
| Molly Smith | Bridgewater College (Virginia) |
| Toccoa Kahovec | California Lutheran University |
| Gretchen Braymer | Calvin College |
| Kaitlin Diemer | Calvin College |
| Alyssa Oram | Calvin College |
| Alyssa Penning | Calvin College |
| Alison Tuuk | Calvin College |
| Samantha Westveer | Calvin College |
| Simone Childs-Walker | Carleton College |
| Taylor ffitch | Carleton College |
| Alison Smyth | Carleton College |
| Courtney Baker | Carnegie Mellon University |
| Natalia Cabrera | Case Western Reserve University |
| Justine Jeroski | Case Western Reserve University |
| Bettina Kaphingst | Case Western Reserve University |
| Paige Farris | Centre College |
| Bekah Rehkamp | Centre College |
| Dira Hansen | Christopher Newport University |
| Erin Rolaf | Christopher Newport University |
| Jade Zaharoff | Christopher Newport University |
| Allison Barnwell | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges |
| Alison Gushue | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges |
| Julia Rigby | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges |
| Jennifer Tave | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges |
| Laura Wyatt | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges |
| Melissa Kempenich | College of St. Scholastica |
| Samantha Gries | Concordia University Wisconsin |
| Katalin Navarre | Denison University |
| Victoria Pottieger | Denison University |
| Catherine Campbell | Dickinson College |
| Taylor Ludman | Dickinson College |
| Kimberly Powell | Dickinson College |
| Eileen Cody | Elizabethtown College |
| Taryn Shank | Elizabethtown College |
| Traci Tempone | Elizabethtown College |
| Calley Edwards | Emory University |
| Natalie Fenn | Emory University |
| Melanie Frank | Emory University |
| Tess Gallegos | Emory University |
| Sara Gelb | Emory University |
| Heather Waterman | Franklin College |
| Kerry Campbell | Gettysburg College |
| Michelle Sutton | Greenville College |
| Sara Fisher | Grove City College |
| Ella Smith | Grove City College |
| Kate Eggers | Gustavus Adolphus College |
| Beth Hauer | Gustavus Adolphus College |
| Jessica Kociscak | Hamline University |
| Harper Hubbeling | Haverford College |
| Emily Lipman | Haverford College |
| Alice Vienneau | Haverford College |
| Camille Borst | Hope College |
| Sharon Hecker | Hope College |
| Kelly Lufkin | Hope College |
| Karlyn Sikma | Hope College |
| Caitlin McMahon | Huntingdon College |
| Elise Anderson | Illinois Wesleyan University |
| Megan Brower | Johns Hopkins University |
| Cecilia Furlong | Johns Hopkins University |
| Elizabeth Provost | Johns Hopkins University |
| Christina Valerio | Johns Hopkins University |
| Jenn Cronin | Lebanon Valley College |
| Corinne Innes | Lewis & Clark College |
| Illana Livstrom | Lewis & Clark College |
| Miriam Seeley | Linfield College |
| Kim Horner | Luther College |
| Sarah Lundine | Luther College |
| Ellie Neubauer | Luther College |
| Emma Spoon | Luther College |
| Christina Storlie | Luther College |
| Kayla Uphoff | Luther College |
| Jessica Bremer | Manchester College |
| Megan Miller | Manchester College |
| Reba Leonard | Marietta College |
| Katherine Eve | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Alina Gatowski | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Tania Morimoto | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Marina Orrson | Misericordia University |
| Catherine Rockwell | Moravian College |
| Malaina Huebert | Nebraska Wesleyan University |
| Hannah Kinberg | Nebraska Wesleyan University |
| Meleia Oestmann | Nebraska Wesleyan University |
| Ali Tewes | Nebraska Wesleyan University |
| Amanda Laesch | North Central College |
| Joanna Johnson | Oberlin College |
| Molly Martorella | Oberlin College |
| Eliza Dornbush | Occidental College |
| Sadie Mohler | Occidental College |
| Alison Steinbrunner | Ohio Northern University |
| Cara DeAngelis | Ohio Wesleyan University |
| Kat Zimmerly | Ohio Wesleyan University |
| Samantha Lee | Pacific University (Oregon) |
| Colleen Cotey | Plattsburgh State University of New York |
| Julia Warren | Plattsburgh State University of New York |
| Annie Lydens | Pomona-Pitzer Colleges |
| Maddie Harrigan | Rhodes College |
| Sandy Henin | Rhodes College |
| Anna Johnson | Rhodes College |
| Taylor Stephens | Rhodes College |
| Robin England | Rutgers University, Camden |
| Amy Smith | Shenandoah University |
| Megan Derby | St. Lawrence University |
| Jenna Hulton | St. Lawrence University |
| Emma Lee | St. Olaf College |
| Christine Muller | St. Olaf College |
| Julie Dmochowski | State University College at Geneseo |
| Marissa Liberati | State University College at Geneseo |
| Danae Polsin | State University College at Geneseo |
| Alyssa Smith | State University College at Geneseo |
| Alycia Woodruff | Susquehanna University |
| Hannah Rose | Swarthmore College |
| Rosemary Steup | Trinity University (Texas) |
| Anya Price | Tufts University |
| Amy Wilfert | Tufts University |
| Rachel Ohman | University of Chicago |
| Julia Sizek | University of Chicago |
| Elizabeth Green | University of Mary Washington |
| Kelsey O’Callaghan | University of Redlands |
| Katherine Ostrinski | University of Redlands |
| Hillary Snyder | University of Rochester |
| Allie Metzler | University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) |
| Erin Statz | University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) |
| Margaret Ho | University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire |
| Ashlyn Mauer | University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire |
| Rachel Boldt | University of Wisconsin, La Crosse |
| Rachel Schroeder | University of Wisconsin, La Crosse |
| Christina Cazzola | University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh |
| Allsion Gehl | University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh |
| McKenzie Kelly | University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh |
| Gina Smith | University of Wisconsin, Platteville |
| Elizabeth Forbes | Vassar College |
| Aubree Piepmeier | Vassar College |
| Johanna Spangler | Vassar College |
| Kelly Fauth | Virginia Wesleyan College |
| Emily Eimers | Wartburg College |
| Anna Keith | Wartburg College |
| Lori Tlach | Wartburg College |
| Rebecca Bryer | Washington and Lee University |
| Sarah Fisher | Washington University (Missouri) |
| Jessica Londeree | Washington University (Missouri) |
| Elizabeth Phillips | Washington University (Missouri) |
| Taryn Surtees | Washington University (Missouri) |
| Randelle Boots | Wellesley College |
| Kristen Ballinger | Whitman College |
| Michele Callaway | Whittier College |
| Jamie Slingluff | Whittier College |
| Candace Wray | Whittier College |
| Dana Misterek | Whitworth University |
| Joy Shufeldt | Whitworth University |
| Tonya Turner | Whitworth University |
| Kathryn Williams | Whitworth University |
| Theresa Edwards | Willamette University |
| Kimber Mattox | Willamette University |
| Celeste Berg | Williams College |
| Chiara Del Piccolo | Williams College |
| Lauren Goldstein-Kral | Williams College |
| Jennifer Gossels | Williams College |
| Annie Cekada | Wilmington College (Ohio) |
| Katie Schommer | Wisconsin Lutheran College |
| Mary Pfeifer | Wittenberg University |