

DIII Men’s Track & Field Scholar Athletes of the Year & All-Academic Individuals Announced
NEW ORLEANS – John Crain of North Central (Ill.), Mike LeDuc of Connecticut College and Sean Donnelly of Mount Union have been named the men’s Scholar Athletes of the Year in Division III for the 2013-14 track & field season by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA), the association announced Tuesday.
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Taking into account their accomplishments both in the classroom and in competition during the recently completed academic year, these three men stood out among a class of 276 who earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors. The full breakdown of All-Academic selections can be found below.
Scholar Athlete of the Year Awards are determined from among those who earned All-Academic status and placed highest in individual events at the NCAA Championships. Those who earn multiple individual championship titles rank higher in the tie-breaking process, and cumulative GPA is weighed as the final tiebreaker to establish a winner.
Separate awards are given to track athletes and field athletes for the indoor and outdoor seasons, resulting in four categories.
Crain, a senior sociology/criminal justice major with a 3.37 cumulative GPA, became the first runner in North Central’s history to earn the distinction of indoor track Scholar Athlete of the Year after racing to national titles at both 5000 and 10,000 meters at the NCAA Indoor Championships. The Dunlap, Ill., native is the second overall male from North Central to earn Scholar Athlete of the Year honors, joining 2011 outdoor field winner Peter Geraghty.
LeDuc, a senior botany major with a 3.80 cumulative GPA, earned the outdoor track Scholar Athlete of the Year award for a second consecutive season following a successful defense of his 3000-meter steeplechase title at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. The Canton, Conn., native is the first track athlete to have won back-to-back awards, and just the second man overall between either track or field.
He also earned the award during the cross country season earlier this academic year.
Sweeping both the indoor and outdoor field awards was Donnelly, a junior exercise science major with a 3.63 cumulative GPA. The native of Willoughby, Ohio, became the first DIII man to earn both the indoor and outdoor field Scholar Athlete of the Year honors in the same year after winning both the shot put and the hammer throw national titles at the NCAA Outdoor Championships to lead Mount Union to the national team title.
Indoors he won the weight throw to lead his Purple Raiders to a fifth-place team finish.
All-Academic Individuals
UW-La Crosse is the Best Represented Team; WIAC Leads the Way for Conferences
Including the Scholar Athletes of the Year, a total of 276 men from 100 institutions earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors for their combined academic and athletic accomplishments.
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 and have met either of the following athletic standards:
- Competed in an NCAA Indoor or Outdoor Championship
- Finished the regular season ranked in the national top 35 in an individual event or ranked in the national top 25 (collective listing) in a relay event on the official NCAA POP list provided by TFRRS.org
Indoor national champion UW-La Crosse posted a nation-leading 17 All-Academic honorees, joining MIT with 12 as the only two programs with double-digit representation.
The WIAC topped the list of conferences with 43 total awards earned by its member institutions, followed by the NESCAC with 37.
Four different men recorded a cumulative GPA of 4.0.
The full list of All-Academic selections is provided below, arranged alphabetically by team name.
Name | Institution | GPA | Major |
Brent Harrison | Amherst | 3.44 | Economics |
Matthew Melton | Amherst | 3.70 | Anthropology |
Romey Sklar | Amherst | 3.93 | Computer Science |
Greg Turissini | Amherst | 3.51 | History |
Brad McNeil | Anderson (Ind.) | 3.85 | Accounting |
David Devore | Augustana (Ill.) | 3.63 | Computer Science & Applied Mathmatics |
Josh Eisenberg | Augustana (Ill.) | 3.96 | Pre-Med & biology |
Jay Graffagna | Augustana (Ill.) | 3.55 | Computer Science |
Keith Sands | Augustana (Ill.) | 3.76 | Mathmatics education |
Nowlan Savage | Augustana (Ill.) | 3.70 | Pre-Med & biology |
Isaac Smith | Augustana (Ill.) | 3.54 | Mathmatics education |
David Voland | Augustana (Ill.) | 3.80 | Mathmatics education |
Benjamin Beidleman | Baldwin Wallace | 3.98 | Accounting |
Ben Levy | Bates | 3.45 | Economics |
Mark McCauley | Bates | 3.32 | Eviormental Studies |
Jarret McKallagat | Bates | 3.48 | Politcal Science |
John Stansel | Bates | 3.37 | Economics |
Eric Wainman | Bates | 3.71 | Economics |
John Wisener | Bates | 3.40 | Chemistry |
Matt Schafer | Bethel (Minn.) | 3.47 | Athletic Training |
Hank Ballard | Birmingham-Southern | 3.66 | Biology |
Conor Finfrock | Cal Lutheran | 3.64 | History |
Dan Miller | Cal Lutheran | 3.45 | Business |
Steven Haagsma | Calvin | 3.58 | Education |
Erik Holstege | Calvin | 3.78 | Chemistry |
Eric Jipping | Calvin | 3.94 | Accounting |
David VandeBunte | Calvin | 3.57 | Exercise Science |
Hart Hornor | Carleton | 3.65 | Sociology/Anthropology |
Marcus Huderle | Carleton | 3.46 | Computer Science |
George Degen | Carnegie Mellon | 3.84 | Chemical Engineering |
Ken Murphy | Carnegie Mellon | 3.53 | Computer Science and Human Computer Interaction |
Owen Norley | Carnegie Mellon | 3.56 | Material Science & Engineering |
Tommy Vandenberg | Carnegie Mellon | 3.31 | Mechanical Engineering and BioMedical Engineering |
Mark Balmes | Carthage | 3.45 | Business/Accounting |
Branden Miller | Carthage | 3.60 | Environmental Science |
David Dixon | Case Western Reserve | 3.90 | Mechanical Engineering |
Andrew Jackson | Central (Iowa) | 3.43 | Environmental studies/Biology |
Eric Larson | Central (Iowa) | 3.39 | Eric Larson |
Jaemin Powell | Central (Iowa) | 3.41 | Physics |
Colin Briskman | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 3.69 | Economics |
Jonathan Briskman | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 3.86 | Math/Economics |
Adam Scalesse | Coast Guard | 3.35 | Engineering |
Benjamin Wolhaupter | Coast Guard | 3.89 | Engineering |
Erik Franklin | Coe | 3.73 | Undecided |
Ethan Druskat | Colby | 3.50 | Physics and Math |
Caleb Harris | Colby | 3.69 | Environmental studies |
Justin Owumi | Colby | 3.37 | Chemistry |
Matt White | Colby | 3.37 | English |
Connor Johnson | Concordia Moorhead | 3.42 | Biology & Chemistry, Pre-Chiropractic |
Michael LeDuc | Connecticut College | 3.80 | Botany |
Ian Rathkey | Connecticut College | 3.64 | Chinese |
Niall Williams | Connecticut College | 3.82 | Undeclared |
Kyle Mackey | DePauw | 3.50 | kinesology |
Ryan Steinbock | Dickinson | 3.45 | International Business and Management |
Tyler Dobratz | Dubuque | 3.72 | Wellness & Exercise Science |
Evan Zurbuchen | Dubuque | 3.66 | Aviation Management |
Brian Layng | Elizabethtown | 3.60 | engineering |
Zach Trama | Elizabethtown | 3.76 | actuarial science |
Maxwell Hoberman | Emory | 3.31 | Undecided |
Adam Rabushka | Emory | 3.78 | Business |
Gui Silva | Emory | 3.44 | Business |
John Lowery | Frostburg State | 3.35 | Law & Society |
Will Lawrence | George Fox | 3.51 | Allied Health / Athletic Training |
Arick Morrell | George Fox | 3.78 | Engineering |
Jehosuah Kuusisto | Greenville | 3.53 | Recreation |
Frank Canady | Grinnell | 3.56 | Biological Chemistry |
Nick Betz | Grove City | 3.78 | Political Science |
Cameron Clause | Gustavus Adolphus | 3.68 | Chemistry |
Tom Larson | Hamline | 3.67 | Biochemistry and Religion |
Mark Volker | Hamline | 4.00 | Biochemistry |
Avi Bregman | Haverford | 3.65 | Chemistry |
Gebby Keny | Haverford | 3.74 | Anthropology |
David Roza | Haverford | 3.36 | English |
Brian Sokas | Haverford | 3.43 | Religion |
Chris Stadler | Haverford | 3.70 | Sociology |
Eric Rydell | Illinois Wesleyan | 3.92 | Undecided |
Aaron Smith | Illinois Wesleyan | 3.39 | Political Science |
Sawyer Hitchcock | Ithaca | 3.97 | Writing |
Rocky Mitolo | John Carroll | 3.31 | Environmental Science |
Nick Williams | John Carroll | 3.71 | Biochemistry |
Steve Hyland | Johns Hopkins | 3.60 | Behavioral Biology |
Schaffer Ochstein | Johns Hopkins | 3.79 | Biomedical Engineering |
Collin Rozanski | Johns Hopkins | 3.86 | Cognitive Science |
Jason Nicholls | La Verne | 3.32 | Biology |
Robert Oshodin | La Verne | 3.48 | Psychology |
Nick Ball | Loras | 3.52 | Biology & Chemistry |
Zach Frey | Loras | 3.99 | Finance |
Austin Bauer | Luther | 3.64 | Biology |
Konnor Fleming | Macalester | 3.49 | Psychology |
Logan Hovie | Macalester | 3.43 | Political Science |
Tim Moses | Messiah | 3.50 | Biology |
Trevor Stutzman | Messiah | 3.66 | Nutrition and Dietetics |
Nick White | Messiah | 3.49 | History Education |
Peter Hetzler | Middlebury | 3.79 | ACS Certified Chemistry |
Bryan Holtzman | Middlebury | 3.63 | Biochemistry |
Erzsie Nagy | Middlebury | 3.92 | Molecular Biology and Biochemistry |
Alex Nichols | Middlebury | 3.77 | Undeclared |
Fritz Parker | Middlebury | 3.80 | English and American Literature |
Laura Strom | Middlebury | 3.75 | Geography |
Kevin Wood | Middlebury | 3.49 | Environmental Studies |
Andrew Nelson | Misericordia | 3.30 | Health Care Management |
Derek Barnes | MIT | 3.52 | Aeronautics and Astronautics |
Justin Bullock | MIT | 3.44 | Chemical Engineering |
Harrison Hunter | MIT | 3.36 | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science |
States Lee | MIT | 3.76 | Mechanical Engineering |
Jordan Mizerak | MIT | 3.92 | Mechanical Engineering |
Carrington Motley | MIT | 4.00 | Mechanical Engineering |
Samuel Parker | MIT | 3.84 | Mechanical Engineering |
Harry Rein | MIT | 3.84 | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science |
Adrian Samsel | MIT | 3.52 | Mechanical Engineering |
Benjamin Schreck | MIT | 3.68 | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science |
Tyler Singer-Clark | MIT | 3.76 | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science |
Benji Xie | MIT | 3.52 | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science |
Clay Densmore | Mount Union | 3.99 | Bio-Chemistry |
Sean Donnelly | Mount Union | 3.63 | Exercise Science |
Alex Kovalik | Mount Union | 3.33 | Exercise Science |
Andrew Milhoan | Mount Union | 3.85 | Mechanical Engineering |
Tyler Orewiler | Mount Union | 3.84 | Biology |
Jason Paulovich | Mount Union | 3.74 | Exercise Science |
Tyler Bauer | Muhlenberg | 3.93 | Biology |
Tommie Bardsley | Nebraska Wesleyan | 3.54 | Accounting |
Tanner Dewey | Nebraska Wesleyan | 3.81 | Exercise Science |
Zach Holka | Nebraska Wesleyan | 3.52 | Exercise Science |
Johnny Hower | Nebraska Wesleyan | 3.78 | English |
Garrett Sellhorst | Nebraska Wesleyan | 3.62 | Business Administration |
Brock Taute | Nebraska Wesleyan | 3.99 | Physics |
Garrett Teel | Nebraska Wesleyan | 3.58 | Biology |
Ethan Adlfinger | North Central (Ill.) | 3.75 | Undeclared |
John Crain | North Central (Ill.) | 3.37 | Sociology/Criminal Justice |
Brent Gaither | North Central (Ill.) | 3.55 | Biology |
Ken Hoffman | North Central (Ill.) | 3.33 | Actuarial Science |
Troy Kelleher | North Central (Ill.) | 3.73 | English/Print Journalism |
Zach Kirby | North Central (Ill.) | 3.76 | Finance |
Travis Morrison | North Central (Ill.) | 3.32 | Chemistry |
Derek Nelson | North Central (Ill.) | 3.43 | Sport Management |
Adam Weidner | North Central (Ill.) | 3.70 | Entrepreneurship/Marketing |
Dylan Karten | NYU | 3.57 | Masters of Applied Math |
Jerry Choi | Oberlin | 3.64 | Biology |
Colin Smith | Occidental | 3.40 | Physics |
Jonathan Roseler | Ohio Northern | 3.58 | Engineering |
Jonathan Overstreet | Ohio Wesleyan | 3.48 | Biology |
Jalen Weaver | Olivet | 3.50 | Exercise Science |
Tyler Shipley | Pacific (Ore.) | 3.78 | Anthropology |
Benjamin Girodias | Pomona-Pitzer | 3.93 | Physics |
Paul Messana | Pomona-Pitzer | 3.38 | Organizational Studies |
Conrad Bollinger | Principia | 3.75 | Business Admin. |
Wylie Mangelsdorf | Principia | 3.61 | Graphic Design |
Taylor Browning | Redlands | 3.39 | Biology |
Dominic Lopez | Redlands | 3.72 | Biochemistry and Microbiology |
Auston Tribble | Redlands | 3.42 | Business Administration |
Jeremy Phillips | Rhodes | 3.49 | Economics |
Matt Giannino | RIT | 3.36 | Mechanical Engineering |
Adam Pacheck | Rochester (N.Y.) | 3.92 | Biomedical Engineering & Physics |
Patrick Rice | Rochester (N.Y.) | 3.35 | Public Health |
Glenn Kohles | Rowan | 3.55 | Law/Justice |
Jonathan Sewnig | Rowan | 3.77 | Mechanical Engineer |
Zac Borrelli | RPI | 3.58 | Environmental Engineering |
Sam Ellis | RPI | 3.48 | Mechanical Engineering |
David McWilliams | RPI | 3.98 | Aeronautical Engineering |
Stephen Silber | RPI | 3.36 | Computer Science |
Thomas Feichtinger | Saint John’s (Minn.) | 3.69 | English |
Tom Burke | Salisbury | 3.42 | Exercise Science |
Alex Niemiec | Springfield (Mass.) | 3.57 | Physical Education |
Christopher Payton | St. Lawrence | 3.65 | Biology |
Brad Boockmeier | St. Norbert | 3.81 | Mathematics |
Taylor Pasterski | St. Norbert | 3.66 | Psychology and Sociology |
Dan Sisler | St. Norbert | 3.71 | Biology |
Jake Brown | St. Olaf | 3.96 | Biology |
Jake Campbell | St. Olaf | 3.36 | Economics |
Paul Escher | St. Olaf | 3.95 | Religion |
James McFarlin | St. Olaf | 3.56 | History |
Grant Wintheiser | St. Olaf | 3.97 | Chemistry |
Jeremy Peterson | St. Scholastica | 3.30 | Psychology |
Brian Jarvey | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 3.41 | Biology |
Connor O’Neill | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 3.43 | Mechanical Engineering |
Bryan Thell | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 3.50 | Mechanical Engineering |
Ryan Trapp | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 3.30 | Neuroscience, Psychology |
Cahill Michael | Stevens | 3.32 | Environmental Engineering |
Robert Pinto | Stevens | 3.87 | Computer Engineering |
Robert Farrell | SUNY Oneonta | 3.81 | Biology |
Paul Crowe | Susquehanna | 3.34 | Creative Writing |
Jake Lindacher | TCNJ | 3.33 | Civil Engineer |
Dominic Tasco | TCNJ | 3.34 | Health & Physical Education Teaching |
Nicholas Jones | Thiel | 3.86 | Education |
Lucas Nare | Thomas More | 3.60 | Biology |
Graham Beutler | Tufts | 3.44 | Biomedical Engineering |
Veer Bhalla | Tufts | 3.48 | Psychology |
Mitchell Black | Tufts | 3.74 | Mechanical Engineering |
Alex Kasemir | Tufts | 3.71 | Computer Science |
Jamie Norton | Tufts | 3.67 | Economics |
Brian Williamson | Tufts | 3.72 | Computer Science |
Zachary Switaj | UMass Dartmouth | 3.76 | Mechanical Engineering |
Kevin Brooks | UW-Eau Claire | 3.74 | Business/Finance |
Jacob Dennis-Oehling | UW-Eau Claire | 3.30 | Social Work |
Tony Floyd | UW-Eau Claire | 3.35 | Accounting |
Ryan Mugan | UW-Eau Claire | 3.67 | Information Systems |
Matt Scott | UW-Eau Claire | 3.50 | Biochemistry |
Cory White | UW-Eau Claire | 3.53 | Environmental Public Health |
Matthew Adams | UW-La Crosse | 3.42 | Business |
John Cooper | UW-La Crosse | 3.47 | Business Finance |
Joshua Dedering | UW-La Crosse | 3.76 | Sport Management – Business Administration |
Matthew Eidenschink | UW-La Crosse | 3.86 | Biology |
Payton Hanson | UW-La Crosse | 3.41 | Undecided |
Gerald Kerska | UW-La Crosse | 3.44 | Philosophy & French |
Bryan Klister | UW-La Crosse | 3.43 | Therapeutic Recreation |
Thomas Linner | UW-La Crosse | 3.78 | Biology |
Matthew Lorenz | UW-La Crosse | 3.80 | Accounting |
Dean McGuire | UW-La Crosse | 3.55 | Biology |
Adam Nichols | UW-La Crosse | 3.61 | Middle Childhood/Early Adolescence Education |
Jacob Peterson | UW-La Crosse | 3.68 | Middle Childhood/Early Adolescence Education |
Robert Rohe | UW-La Crosse | 3.61 | Radiation Therapy |
Andrew Rohlman | UW-La Crosse | 3.64 | Finance |
David Stilin | UW-La Crosse | 3.40 | Philosophy & Rhetoric |
Nick Tehan | UW-La Crosse | 3.37 | Finance |
Zachery Wallenfang | UW-La Crosse | 3.50 | Exercise and Sports Science |
Jeremy Brandt | UW-Oshkosh | 3.72 | Special Education |
Jordan Carpenter | UW-Oshkosh | 4.00 | Economics |
Jake Dickmann | UW-Oshkosh | 3.44 | Biology |
John McCann | UW-Oshkosh | 3.62 | Environmental Science |
Corey Wilch | UW-Oshkosh | 3.34 | Finance |
Joe Zack | UW-Oshkosh | 3.59 | Business |
Patrick Kessenich | UW-Platteville | 3.38 | Industrial Engineering |
Ian LaMere | UW-Platteville | 3.76 | Electrical Engineering |
Austin Lloyd | UW-Platteville | 3.60 | Physical Education |
Joel Walden | UW-Platteville | 3.30 | Math Education |
Nicholas Geiger | UW-Stevens Point | 3.58 | Education/Science |
Justin Hemshrot | UW-Stevens Point | 3.84 | Natural Resources |
Zach Anderson | UW-Stout | 3.54 | Engineering Technology |
Cody Hodowanic | UW-Stout | 3.41 | Information Technology Management |
Paul Van Grinsven | UW-Stout | 3.68 | Plastics Engineering |
Justin Bowers | UW-Whitewater | 3.59 | Health & Human Performance |
Jared Denu | UW-Whitewater | 3.70 | Accounting |
Dawson Miller | UW-Whitewater | 3.33 | Business |
Anthony Urbanski | UW-Whitewater | 3.62 | Physical Education |
Cory Zaeske | UW-Whitewater | 3.31 | Health & Human Performance |
Nick Boyce | Wabash | 3.45 | Biology |
Adam Togami | Wabash | 3.50 | Biology |
Joel Whittington | Wabash | 3.37 | Macro/ Lang |
Daniel Bonthius | Wartburg | 4.00 | Biology |
Colt Feltes | Wartburg | 3.50 | Accounting |
Nicholas Green | Wartburg | 3.44 | Physical Education |
Ryan Hermsen | Wartburg | 3.50 | Biology |
Chase Moser | Wartburg | 3.76 | Business Admin |
Sam Read | Wartburg | 3.90 | Mathematics, economics |
James Fitzhugh | Washington (Mo.) | 3.33 | Computer Science & Systems engineering |
Troy Makous | Washington (Mo.) | 3.39 | Chemical Engineering |
Andrew Padgett | Washington (Mo.) | 3.63 | Psychology |
Deko Ricketts | Washington (Mo.) | 3.76 | Chemistry |
Kevin Sparks | Washington (Mo.) | 3.49 | German & Business |
Brendan Stone | Washington (Mo.) | 3.83 | Chemical Engineering |
Isidro Camacho | Washington and Lee | 3.50 | Journalism |
Dillon Myers | Washington and Lee | 3.60 | Business Administration |
Kevin Sullivan | Washington and Lee | 3.50 | Economics |
Travon Godette | Westfield State | 3.34 | English |
Brett Haffner | Wheaton (Ill.) | 3.64 | Physics |
James Waterman | Wheaton (Ill.) | 3.52 | Applied Health Science |
Kevin Curbelo | Whittier | 3.46 | BNusiness |
Stephen Cooper | Whitworth | 3.84 | Health Science |
Tyler Coopman | Whitworth | 3.42 | Business |
Peter Delap | Whitworth | 3.86 | Marketing |
Joseph Green | Whitworth | 3.39 | Engineering Management |
Jonathan Hoff | Whitworth | 3.94 | Engineering Physics |
Casey Monahan | Whitworth | 3.35 | Kinesiology/Secondary Education |
Tyler Higley | Willamette | 3.84 | Computer Science |
Jordan Loos | Willamette | 3.63 | Physics |
Thomas Beaudoin | Williams | 3.58 | Undeclared |
Colin Cotton | Williams | 3.42 | Undeclared |
David Folsom | Williams | 3.38 | Undeclared |
Todd Ford | Williams | 3.48 | Economics and Math |
Chris Lee | Williams | 3.64 | English |
Bijan Mazaheri | Williams | 3.94 | Physics and Computer Science |
Nick Wolf | Williams | 3.55 | Math and Computer Science |
Andrew Johnson | Worcester State | 3.37 | Communication |
Wesley De Christofaro | WPI | 3.43 | Electrical/Computer Engineering |
Jameel Galloway | WPI | 3.30 | Management Engineering |
Timothy Hartung | York (Pa.) | 3.60 | Nursing |