Award History
NCAA DIII mXC All-Academic TeamsCalvin College Named 2012 Division III Cross Country Men’s Scholar Team of the Year
NEW ORLEANS – The Knights of Calvin College are the USTFCCCA NCAA Division III Men’s Scholar Team of the Year for the 2012 cross country season as announced by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). Calvin took runner-up honors at the NCAA Cross Country Championship title this 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 – Calvin College
Calvin College, coached by Brian Diemer, has earned a 3.47 cumulative grade point average through the fall semester of 2012. The Knights finished in a tie for second as a team at the NCAA Championships with Haverford, but were able to claim Scholar Team of the Year honors by a slim .027 margin between the two schools’ cumulative team grade point averages.
The Knights came close to claiming the NCAA team title, finishing runner-up in a tie with Haverford with 188 points behind champion North Central (Ill.)’s 167 points. A pair of senior runners earned USTFCCCA All-America honors for Calvin in Nick Kramer (26th) and Dan Kerr (46th).
Past Winners
2012: Calvin
2011: Haverford
2010: Haverford
2009: Williams
2008: Williams
2007: Haverford
2006: Calvin
141 Teams Earn All-Academic Status
In addition to the Scholar Team of the Year, the USTFCCCA also announced those Men’s teams who earned 2012 Division III All-Academic Cross Country status.
A total of 141 institutions represent 34 conferences that compose the group. The MIAC led all conferences with 10 institutions earn All-Academic status. The NCAC, Northwest Conference, and Centennial Conference followed with eight.
Cal Tech reported the highest cumulative team GPA in the country through the fall 2012 semester at 3.72. Washington (Mo.) followed at 3.61.
Eight of the top ten finishing teams at the 2012 NCAA Cross Country Championships earned All-Academic status. Of the 32 teams that participated in the national meet, 22 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 2012 Division III Cross Country Men’s All-Academic Teams
| Institution | Conference | GPA |
| Adrian College | Michigan Intercollegiate | 3.15 |
| Albion College | Michigan Intercollegiate | 3.15 |
| Alvernia University | Middle Atlantic | 3.36 |
| Amherst College | NESCAC | 3.56 |
| Anderson University (Indiana) | HCAC | 3.36 |
| Augsburg College | MIAC | 3.2 |
| Augustana College (Illinois) | CCIW | 3.161 |
| Babson College | NEWMAC | 3.24 |
| Bates College | NESCAC | 3.26 |
| Beloit College | Midwest Conference | 3.457 |
| Benedictine University (Illinois) | NorthernAC | 3.23 |
| Bethel University (Minnesota) | MIAC | 3.286 |
| Bridgewater College (Virginia) | ODAC | 3.14 |
| California Institute of Technology | SCIAC | 3.72 |
| California Lutheran University | SCIAC | 3.36 |
| Calvin College | Michigan Intercollegiate | 3.47 |
| Carleton College | MIAC | 3.51 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | UAA | 3.32 |
| Case Western Reserve University | UAA | 3.541 |
| Centre College | SAA | 3.423 |
| Christopher Newport University | USA South | 3.125 |
| Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges | SCIAC | 3.482 |
| Clark University (Massachusetts) | NEWMAC | 3.42 |
| Colby College | NESCAC | 3.24 |
| College of Wooster | NCAC | 3.462 |
| Colorado College | SCAC | 3.412 |
| Concordia College, Moorhead | MIAC | 3.29 |
| Concordia University Chicago | NorthernAC | 3.347 |
| Concordia University Wisconsin | NorthernAC | 3.38 |
| Connecticut College | NESCAC | 3.573 |
| Denison University | NCAC | 3.34 |
| DePauw University | NCAC | 3.15 |
| Dickinson College | Centennial | 3.1 |
| Earlham College | HCAC | 3.16 |
| Elizabethtown College | Middle Atlantic | 3.25 |
| Elmhurst College | CCIW | 3.2 |
| Emory University | UAA | 3.446 |
| Franklin & Marshall College | Centennial | 3.28 |
| Geneva College | PAC | 3.335 |
| George Fox University | Northwest Conference | 3.15 |
| Gettysburg College | Centennial | 3.17 |
| Greenville College | SLIAC | 3.35 |
| Grinnell College | Midwest Conference | 3.42 |
| Grove City College | PAC | 3.26 |
| Guilford College | ODAC | 3.314 |
| Hamilton College | NESCAC | 3.35 |
| Hamline University | MIAC | 3.27 |
| Haverford College | Centennial | 3.443 |
| Hendrix College | SAA | 3.23 |
| Hiram College | NCAC | 3.44 |
| Hood College | Middle Atlantic | 3.209 |
| Hope College | Michigan Intercollegiate | 3.26 |
| Illinois Wesleyan University | CCIW | 3.43 |
| Ithaca College | Empire 8 | 3.579 |
| John Carroll University | OAC | 3.321 |
| Johns Hopkins University | Centennial | 3.29 |
| Kenyon College | NCAC | 3.57 |
| King’s College | Middle Atlantic | 3.171 |
| Lawrence University | Midwest Conference | 3.333 |
| Lebanon Valley College | Middle Atlantic | 3.14 |
| Lewis & Clark College | Northwest Conference | 3.393 |
| Linfield College | Northwest Conference | 3.29 |
| Luther College | IIAC | 3.212 |
| Macalester College | MIAC | 3.378 |
| Maine Maritime Academy | North Atlantic | 3.1 |
| Marietta College | OAC | 3.279 |
| Marywood University | Colonial States | 3.3 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | NEWMAC | 3.4 |
| McDaniel College | Centennial | 3.374 |
| Messiah College | Middle Atlantic | 3.337 |
| Millikin University | CCIW | 3.286 |
| Muhlenberg College | Centennial | 3.24 |
| Nebraska Wesleyan University | Great Plains | 3.3 |
| North Park University | CCIW | 3.255 |
| Oberlin College | NCAC | 3.33 |
| Occidental College | SCIAC | 3.35 |
| Oglethorpe University | SAA | 3.316 |
| Ohio Northern University | OAC | 3.29 |
| Pacific University (Oregon) | Northwest Conference | 3.238 |
| Piedmont College | USA South | 3.23 |
| Pomona-Pitzer Colleges | SCIAC | 3.533 |
| Principia College | SLIAC | 3.25 |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Liberty League | 3.295 |
| Rhodes College | SAA | 3.14 |
| Richard Stockton College of New Jersey | NJAC | 3.11 |
| Roanoke College | ODAC | 3.262 |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | Liberty League | 3.37 |
| Roger Williams University | Commonwealth Coast | 3.33 |
| Rowan University | NJAC | 3.219 |
| Saint John’s University (Minnesota) | MIAC | 3.17 |
| Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota | MIAC | 3.479 |
| Saint Vincent College | PAC | 3.249 |
| Salisbury University | CAC | 3.461 |
| Simpson College | IIAC | 3.126 |
| Springfield College | NEWMAC | 3.204 |
| St. Lawrence University | Liberty League | 3.189 |
| St. Mary’s College of Maryland | CAC | 3.251 |
| St. Olaf College | MIAC | 3.38 |
| Stevens Institute of Technology | Empire 8 | 3.467 |
| Susquehanna University | Landmark | 3.18 |
| Swarthmore College | Centennial | 3.52 |
| The College of New Jersey | NJAC | 3.353 |
| The College of St. Scholastica | UMAC | 3.42 |
| The Sage Colleges | Skyline | 3.128 |
| Thiel College | PAC | 3.39 |
| Trinity University (Texas) | SCAC | 3.226 |
| Tufts University | NESCAC | 3.33 |
| U.S. Coast Guard Academy | NEWMAC | 3.21 |
| University of Chicago | UAA | 3.506 |
| University of Dubuque | IIAC | 3.18 |
| University of La Verne | SCIAC | 3.14 |
| University of Minnesota, Morris | UMAC | 3.17 |
| University of Puget Sound | Northwest Conference | 3.2 |
| University of Redlands | SCIAC | 3.21 |
| University of Rochester | UAA | 3.51 |
| University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) | MIAC | 3.238 |
| University of the South | SAA | 3.294 |
| University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire | WIAC | 3.17 |
| University of Wisconsin, La Crosse | WIAC | 3.41 |
| University of Wisconsin, River Falls | WIAC | 3.231 |
| University of Wisconsin, Stout | WIAC | 3.103 |
| University of Wisconsin, Whitewater | WIAC | 3.28 |
| Vassar College | Liberty League | 3.358 |
| Virginia Wesleyan College | ODAC | 3.43 |
| Wabash College | NCAC | 3.374 |
| Wartburg College | IIAC | 3.245 |
| Washington and Jefferson College | PAC | 3.4 |
| Washington and Lee University | ODAC | 3.408 |
| Washington University (Missouri) | UAA | 3.61 |
| Waynesburg University | PAC | 3.46 |
| Wesleyan University (Connecticut) | NESCAC | 3.418 |
| Wheaton College (Illinois) | CCIW | 3.45 |
| Wheaton College (Massachusetts) | NEWMAC | 3.24 |
| Whitman College | Northwest Conference | 3.432 |
| Whitworth University | Northwest Conference | 3.28 |
| Willamette University | Northwest Conference | 3.339 |
| Williams College | NESCAC | 3.5 |
| Wisconsin Lutheran College | NorthernAC | 3.12 |
| Wittenberg University | NCAC | 3.1 |
| WPI | NEWMAC | 3.46 |
| York College (Pennsylvania) | CAC | 3.22 |