Award History
NCAA DIII mXC All-Academic TeamsHaverford Tapped as Scholar Team of the Year for Second-Straight Year
NEW ORLEANS – The Fords of Haverford are the USTFCCCA NCAA Division III Men’s Scholar Team of the Year for the 2011 cross country season as announced Thursday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). Haverford was the national runner-up in the sport this past fall.
Scholar Teams of the year are determined from among those who earned All-Academic status and placed highest as a team at the most recent NCAA Championships.
USTFCCCA NCAA Division III
Cross Country Men’s Scholar Team of the Year – Haverford
Haverford has tallied a cumulative team GPA of 3.48 through the fall 2011 semester. The team finished second at the NCAA Cross Country Championships this fall.
Squad members Eric Arnold, Peter Kissin, Ivo Milic-Strkalj, Tim Schoch, and Andrew Sturner earned individual All-Academic honors last week.
The Fords this past fall also won the Mideast region by 77 points over Dickinson, 52-129. Haverford also won the Centennial Conference title for the second-straight year.
Past Winners
2011: Haverford
2010: Haverford
2009: Williams
2008: Williams
2007: Haverford
2006: Calvin
131 Teams Earn All-Academic Status
In addition to the Scholar Team of the Year, the USTFCCCA also announced those men’s teams who earned 2011 Division III All-Academic Cross Country status.
A total of 131 institutions represent 34 conferences that compose the group. The NESCAC led all conferences with ten institutions on the All-Academic list. The MIAC followed with nine.
Centre College leads the nation with a 3.71 cumulative team GPA through the 2011 fall semester. Cal Tech follows at 3.65.
Seven of the top ten finishing teams at the 2011 NCAA Cross Country Championships earned All-Academic status. Of the 32 teams that participated in the national final, 21 of those earned All-Academic status.
To qualify as a USTFCCCA All-Academic Cross Country Team, the team must have had a cumulative team GPA of 3.10 or better.
USTFCCCA 2011 Division III Cross Country All-Academic Teams, MEN
| INSTITUTION | CONFERENCE |
GPA
|
| Adrian College | Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 3.40 |
| Albion College | Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 3.29 |
| Amherst College | New England Small College Athletic Conference | 3.50 |
| Augsburg College | Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 3.28 |
| Babson College | New England Women’s & Men’s Athletic Conference | 3.31 |
| Bates College | New England Small College Athletic Conference | 3.37 |
| Benedictine University (Illinois) | Northern Athletics Conference | 3.26 |
| Bluffton University | Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference | 3.22 |
| Bridgewater College (Virginia) | Old Dominion Athletic Conference | 3.20 |
| California Institute of Technology | Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 3.65 |
| Calvin College | Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 3.45 |
| Carleton College | Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 3.49 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | University Athletic Association | 3.42 |
| Carroll University (Wisconsin) | Midwest Conference | 3.15 |
| Centre College | Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference | 3.71 |
| Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges | Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 3.40 |
| Coe College | Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 3.26 |
| Colby College | New England Small College Athletic Conference | 3.37 |
| Colby College | New England Small College Athletic Conference | 3.34 |
| College of Wooster | North Coast Athletic Conference | 3.33 |
| Colorado College | Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference | 3.41 |
| Concordia College, Moorhead | Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 3.27 |
| Concordia University Chicago | Northern Athletics Conference | 3.31 |
| Connecticut College | New England Small College Athletic Conference | 3.48 |
| Cornell College | Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 3.13 |
| DePauw University | North Coast Athletic Conference | 3.16 |
| Dickinson College | Centennial Conference | 3.28 |
| Earlham College | Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference | 3.48 |
| Eastern Mennonite University | Old Dominion Athletic Conference | 3.55 |
| Elizabethtown College | Middle Atlantic Conference | 3.26 |
| Emory University | University Athletic Association | 3.45 |
| Franciscan University of Steubenville | Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference | 3.34 |
| Franklin & Marshall College | Centennial Conference | 3.26 |
| Geneva College | Presidents’ Athletic Conference | 3.28 |
| Gettysburg College | Centennial Conference | 3.11 |
| Goucher College | Landmark Conference | 3.10 |
| Greenville College | St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 3.15 |
| Grinnell College | Midwest Conference | 3.42 |
| Grove City College | Presidents’ Athletic Conference | 3.14 |
| Gustavus Adolphus College | Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 3.26 |
| Hamilton College | New England Small College Athletic Conference | 3.32 |
| Hanover College | Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference | 3.14 |
| Haverford College | Centennial Conference | 3.48 |
| Hope College | Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 3.34 |
| Illinois Wesleyan University | College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin | 3.39 |
| Ithaca College | Empire 8 | 3.35 |
| John Carroll University | Ohio Athletic Conference | 3.16 |
| Kenyon College | North Coast Athletic Conference | 3.47 |
| King’s College | Middle Atlantic Conference | 3.12 |
| Lawrence University | Midwest Conference | 3.38 |
| Lewis & Clark College | Northwest Conference | 3.20 |
| Linfield College | Northwest Conference | 3.28 |
| Luther College | Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 3.25 |
| Lyndon State College | North Atlantic Conference | 3.18 |
| Macalester College | Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 3.42 |
| Manhattanville College | Middle Atlantic Conference | 3.56 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | New England Women’s & Men’s Athletic Conference | 3.47 |
| McDaniel College | Centennial Conference | 3.33 |
| Messiah College | Middle Atlantic Conference | 3.28 |
| Middlebury College | New England Small College Athletic Conference | 3.28 |
| Milwaukee School of Engineering | Northern Athletics Conference | 3.17 |
| Misericordia University | Middle Atlantic Conference | 3.18 |
| Moravian College | Landmark Conference | 3.14 |
| Muhlenberg College | Centennial Conference | 3.42 |
| Nebraska Wesleyan University | Independent | 3.40 |
| New York University | University Athletic Association | 3.37 |
| Northwestern College (Minnesota) | Upper Midwest Athletic Conference | 3.39 |
| Oberlin College | North Coast Athletic Conference | 3.23 |
| Occidental College | Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 3.26 |
| Ohio Northern University | Ohio Athletic Conference | 3.19 |
| Ohio Wesleyan University | North Coast Athletic Conference | 3.34 |
| Pacific University (Oregon) | Northwest Conference | 3.20 |
| Pomona-Pitzer Colleges | Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 3.56 |
| Principia College | St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 3.44 |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Liberty League | 3.54 |
| Rhodes College | Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference | 3.34 |
| Richard Stockton College of New Jersey | New Jersey Athletic Conference | 3.20 |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | Liberty League | 3.22 |
| Roger Williams University | Commonwealth Coast Conference | 3.19 |
| Rowan University | New Jersey Athletic Conference | 3.14 |
| Saint John’s University (Minnesota) | Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 3.32 |
| Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota | Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 3.59 |
| Saint Vincent College | Presidents’ Athletic Conference | 3.34 |
| Salisbury University | Capital Athletic Conference Inc. | 3.38 |
| Southwestern University (Texas) | Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference | 3.11 |
| St. Lawrence University | Liberty League | 3.32 |
| St. Mary’s College of Maryland | Capital Athletic Conference Inc. | 3.27 |
| St. Norbert College | Midwest Conference | 3.37 |
| St. Olaf College | Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 3.38 |
| State University College at Oneonta | State University of New York Athletic Conference | 3.16 |
| Stevens Institute of Technology | Empire 8 | 3.48 |
| Susquehanna University | Landmark Conference | 3.20 |
| Swarthmore College | Centennial Conference | 3.35 |
| The College of New Jersey | New Jersey Athletic Conference | 3.34 |
| The College of St. Scholastica | Upper Midwest Athletic Conference | 3.31 |
| Trinity University (Texas) | Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference | 3.16 |
| Tufts University | New England Small College Athletic Conference | 3.30 |
| University of Chicago | University Athletic Association | 3.47 |
| University of La Verne | Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 3.20 |
| University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth | Little East Conference | 3.28 |
| University of Minnesota, Morris | Upper Midwest Athletic Conference | 3.25 |
| University of Mount Union | Ohio Athletic Conference | 3.13 |
| University of Puget Sound | Northwest Conference | 3.24 |
| University of Redlands | Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 3.16 |
| University of Rochester | University Athletic Association | 3.48 |
| University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) | Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 3.31 |
| University of the Ozarks (Arkansas) | American Southwest Conference | 3.36 |
| University of the South | Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference | 3.44 |
| University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire | Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 3.11 |
| University of Wisconsin, La Crosse | Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 3.26 |
| University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point | Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 3.28 |
| University of Wisconsin, Stout | Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 3.16 |
| Ursinus College | Centennial Conference | 3.34 |
| Vassar College | Liberty League | 3.36 |
| Wabash College | North Coast Athletic Conference | 3.35 |
| Wartburg College | Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 3.25 |
| Washington and Jefferson College | Presidents’ Athletic Conference | 3.35 |
| Washington and Lee University | Old Dominion Athletic Conference | 3.18 |
| Washington University (Missouri) | University Athletic Association | 3.52 |
| Waynesburg University | Presidents’ Athletic Conference | 3.24 |
| Wesleyan University (Connecticut) | New England Small College Athletic Conference | 3.35 |
| Westminster College (Pennsylvania) | Presidents’ Athletic Conference | 3.18 |
| Wheaton College (Illinois) | College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin | 3.45 |
| Whitman College | Northwest Conference | 3.26 |
| Whitworth University | Northwest Conference | 3.37 |
| Wilkes University | Middle Atlantic Conference | 3.17 |
| Willamette University | Northwest Conference | 3.22 |
| Williams College | New England Small College Athletic Conference | 3.48 |
| Wittenberg University | North Coast Athletic Conference | 3.17 |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | New England Women’s & Men’s Athletic Conference | 3.40 |
| York College (Pennsylvania) | Capital Athletic Conference Inc. | 3.36 |