2017 NAIA Cross Country Individual All-Academic Awards
NEW ORLEANS – Oregon Tech’s Mark French and Cindy Reed weren’t just outstanding on the course and in the classroom this past season. They made history.
The duo were named the NAIA Male and Female Scholar Athletes of the Year, announced the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA), marking the first such honors for the NAIA.
A total of 170 athletes – 103 women and 67 men – earned the honors, while 23 of those athletes posted a perfect 4.00 grade point average.
The individual All-Academic honor was awarded to those athletes who have compiled a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.25 in addition to competing at the NAIA Cross Country Championships.
French finished eighth at the NAIA Cross Country National Championships in Vancouver, Washington, with a time of 24:48. He kicked off his season with a victory at the Humboldt Invite on Sept. 9, one of his four top-10 finishes on the season prior to the championship meet.
The sophomore from Tualatin, Oregon, placed fifth at the Cascade Collegiate Cross Country Championships.
Reed notched a sixth-place finish at the championship meet, recording a 17:39. Reed’s top finish on the year came at the Cascade Collegiate Cross Country Championships, where she finished fourth.
During the 2017 campaign, the junior out of Klamath Falls, Oregon, finished in the top-10 in five of her six meets.
The full list of student-athletes honored by the USTFCCCA can be found below.
2017 NAIA MEN’S ALL-ACADEMIC INDIVIDUALS |
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| Athlete Name | Institution |
| Arik LaFave | Aquinas |
| Gannon Foley | Aquinas |
| Grayson Harding | Aquinas |
| Luke Simonds | Aquinas |
| Joseph Linder | Baker |
| Liam Barnsby | Baker |
| Bret Crawford | Campbellsville |
| Layne Ryerson | Carroll |
| Tommy Skosky | Columbia (Mo.) |
| Seth Schenk | Columbia (Mo.) |
| Alex Thompson | Columbia (Mo.) |
| Doug Hollett | Cornerstone |
| Zachry Feldpausch | Cornerstone |
| Nathan Silvey | Cornerstone |
| Max Cruse | Dakota State |
| Kyle Miller | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
| Grady Kerst | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
| Austin Luttrell | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
| Isaac Sprague | Friends |
| Anthony Frank | Indiana Tech |
| Kudzanai Karawira | Indiana Tech |
| Christian Corrion | Indiana Tech |
| Joshua Neideck | Indiana Wesleyan |
| Christian Cuevas | Indiana Wesleyan |
| Jared Williams | Indiana Wesleyan |
| Landon Miller | Indiana Wesleyan |
| Karl Lundgren | Lewis-Clark State |
| Cole Olson | Lewis-Clark State |
| Seth Deal | Lewis-Clark State |
| Thomas Weakland | Lewis-Clark State |
| Riley Sine | Northwest |
| Kyle Cole | Northwest |
| Brian Guisinger | Northwest |
| Craig Lambert | Northwest |
| David Walling | Northwest |
| Hans Epp | Northwestern (Iowa) |
| Tyler Gabriele | Olivet Nazarene |
| Wesley Meyer | Olivet Nazarene |
| Zachary Hulliberger | Olivet Nazarene |
| Zachariah Bishop | Olivet Nazarene |
| Mark French | Oregon Tech |
| Tim McPherson | Oregon Tech |
| Jack Roberts | Oregon Tech |
| Paul Wyatt | Oregon Tech |
| Henry Bingham | Oregon Tech |
| Andrew Moczygemba | Our Lady of the Lake |
| Miguel Segura | Our Lady of the Lake |
| Christian Skinner | Park (Mo.) |
| William Henry | Park (Mo.) |
| Chris Hunt | Point Park |
| Bradley Calleja | Point Park |
| Gabriel Esparza | Saint Xavier |
| Jack Evans | Soka |
| Jersey Boydstun | Southwestern |
| Rane Nichols | St. Ambrose |
| Cameron Knudsen | St. Francis (Ill.) |
| Zachary Hoover | St. Francis (Ill.) |
| Joel O’shea | St. Francis (Ill.) |
| Matthew Wilson | St. Francis (Ill.) |
| Jonas Simon | Tennessee Wesleyan |
| Skyler Mikesell | The Master’s |
| Joshua Nunez | The Master’s |
| Alec Franco | The Master’s |
| Wesley Methum | The Master’s |
| Justin Harris | The Master’s |
| Eric Villagrana | Wayland Baptist University |
| Jacob Gouldie | Wayland Baptist University |
2017 NAIA WOMEN’S ALL-ACADEMIC INDIVIDUALS |
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| Athlete Name | Institution |
| Meghan Rasch | Aquinas |
| Adri Sigafoose | Aquinas |
| Janie Noah | Aquinas |
| Alexis Miller | Aquinas |
| Melissa Winchester | Aquinas |
| Leanne McWain | Aquinas |
| Teal Bullick | Carroll |
| Janie Reid | Carroll |
| Kaitlin Stromberg | Carroll |
| Brigid Bradshaw | Carroll |
| Elly Machado | Carroll |
| Lisa Sauter | Central Methodist |
| Pia Von Keutz | Columbia (Mo.) |
| Riley Fader | Columbia (Mo.) |
| Kelli Smith | Cornerstone |
| Alexis McConnell | Cornerstone |
| Sarah Van Wyk | Dordt |
| Keili Dorn | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
| Keili Dorn | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
| Emma Lewis | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
| Sarrah Boughan | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
| Jessica Embro | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
| Joy Fucella | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
| Christa Follette | Friends |
| Nicole Ballard | Friends |
| Grace Camp | Friends |
| Kinsey McBeath | Indiana Wesleyan |
| Erin Couwenhoven | Indiana Wesleyan |
| Caitlyn Chastain | Indiana Wesleyan |
| Becca Groh | Indiana Wesleyan |
| Ashley Toschlog | IU East (Ind.) |
| Jessie VonBargen | Lewis-Clark State |
| Evelin Lopez | Lewis-Clark State |
| Emily Adams | Lewis-Clark State |
| Lydia Wilson | Montreat |
| Sarah Estabrook | Northwest |
| Amberly Melendez | Northwest |
| Lily Engelbrekt | Northwest |
| Cassidy Brown | Northwest |
| Quinn Dhaenens | Northwest |
| Sarah Lunn | Northwestern (Iowa) |
| Katie Bosch | Northwestern (Iowa) |
| Karalynn Brock | Olivet Nazarene |
| Alexa Beezhold | Olivet Nazarene |
| Danielle De Csstro | Oregon Tech |
| Jaime Evers | Oregon Tech |
| Annika Andersen | Oregon Tech |
| Mallory Ward | Oregon Tech |
| Heather Kristoff | Oregon Tech |
| Cindy Reed | Oregon Tech |
| Susie Garza | Oregon Tech |
| Ione Rodriguez | Our Lady of the Lake |
| Andrea Gandara | Our Lady of the Lake |
| Abby O’Connell | Point Park |
| Kylie Archibeque | Point Park |
| Kara Rohlf | Point Park |
| Anna Shield | Point Park |
| Alyssa Boyd | Point Park |
| Kayla Roberts | Point Park |
| Linden Amundsen | Soka |
| Miranda Almeida | Soka |
| Kelsi Ogilvie | Southeastern (Fla.) |
| Julia Kaster | Southeastern (Fla.) |
| Macy Peterson | Southeastern (Fla.) |
| Megan Fitzgerald | Southeastern (Fla.) |
| Sydni Ogilvie | Southeastern (Fla.) |
| Raeanna Pabon | Southeastern (Fla.) |
| Kristen Robinson | Southeastern (Fla.) |
| Ashley Smith | Southwestern |
| Justine Vogele | Southwestern |
| Victoria Harper | Spring Arbor |
| Megan Grady | St. Ambrose |
| Ashley Plumb | St. Ambrose |
| Jennifer Dickes | St. Ambrose |
| Chloe Gunn | St. Ambrose |
| Abby Sears | St. Ambrose |
| Karyn Paisley | St. Ambrose |
| Keeley Knobloch | St. Ambrose |
| Sabrina Baftiri | St. Francis (Ill.) |
| Veronica Navarrete | St. Francis (Ill.) |
| Taylor Conroy | St. Francis (Ill.) |
| Espinoza Celine | St. Francis (Ill.) |
| Laisha Corona | St. Francis (Ill.) |
| Mae Elizabeth Gimre | Taylor |
| Taylor Bluemel | Taylor |
| Alexandra Berends | Taylor |
| Rachel Blagg | Taylor |
| Olivia Schroder | Taylor |
| Naomi Noyes | Taylor |
| Sarah Harden | Taylor |
| Hannah Rhodes | Tennessee Wesleyan |
| Emily Bodine | The Master’s |
| Rachelle Nelson | The Master’s |
| Abigail Frankian | The Master’s |
| Mikala Fairchild | The Master’s |
| Megan DeWeerd | Trinity Christian |
| April Van Ryn | Trinity Christian |
| Haley Swanson | Viterbo University |
| Silvia Sosa | Wayland Baptist University |
| Tiffany Cano | Wayland Baptist University |
| Janna Jensen | Westmont College |
| Nadine Lara | Westmont College |
| Brianna Pace | Xavier University of Louisiana |