

2017 NCAA DI Cross Country Team All-Academic Awards
NEW ORLEANS – A well-rounded team excels both in the classroom and on the course.
That’s exactly what the New Mexico women and Portland men did in the fall.
That’s also why the Lady Lobos and the Pilots were named the NCAA Division I Scholar Teams of the Year for the 2017 cross country season.
NCAA DIVISION I SCHOLAR TEAMS OF THE YEAR |
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Men’s Past Winners
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Women’s Past Winners
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Year
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Program
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Program
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2016
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Northern Arizona
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2016
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Oregon
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2015
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Syracuse
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2015
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New Mexico
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2014
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Stanford
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2014
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Michigan State
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2013
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Northern Arizona
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2013
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Providence
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2012
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Oklahoma State
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2012
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Oregon
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2011
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Wisconsin
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2011
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Georgetown
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2010
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Florida State
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2010
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Villanova
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2009
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Oklahoma State
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2009
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Villanova
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2008
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Iona
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2008
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Washington
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2007
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Iona
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2007
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Stanford
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2006
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Iona
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2006
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Stanford
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New Mexico and Portland earned this honor by being the top finishing team from their gender with a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale. The Lady Lobos captured the women’s team title, while the Pilots placed runner-up to Northern Arizona (who didn’t qualify for this award).
This is the second time in the past three years that New Mexico won the Women’s Scholar Team of the Year Award. The Lady Lobos also won in 2015 after crushing the field at NCAAs.
New Mexico wasn’t going to be denied in 2017, either, as it put four runners in the top-15 led by Scholar Athlete of the Year Ednah Kurgat’s individual win. Kurgat led the Lady Lobos to a team score of 90, which outdistanced runner-up San Francisco by 15.
Many thought Portland came out of nowhere to finish runner-up to Northern Arizona, but those same people must not have seen the Pilots steamroll the field at the NCAA West Regional one week before. Portland then went to Louisville, Kentucky and saw three of its runners be named All-American and its entire scoring lineup finish in the top-55.
Overall, there were 423 teams that brought home All-Academic honors. Of those 423 teams, 228 of them were women’s programs and 195 of them men’s.
UC Davis had the top men’s and women’s GPA. The Aggie women led all programs with a 3.85 GPA, while the men weren’t too far behind with a GPA of 3.8.
See below for a full list of teams honored by the USTFCCCA.
2017 NCAA DIVISION I CROSS COUNTRY – MEN’S ALL-ACADEMIC TEAMS |
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Institution | Head Coach | GPA |
Akron | Lee LaBadie | 3.05 |
Alabama | Dan Waters | 3.35 |
Albany | Matt Jones | 3.31 |
Appalachian State | Michael Curcio | 3.21 |
Arizona | James Li | 3.35 |
Arizona State | Jeremy Rasmussen | 3.07 |
Arkansas | Chris Bucknam | 3.44 |
Arkansas State | James Patchell | 3.44 |
Army West Point | Michael Smith | 3.02 |
Baylor | Todd Harbour | 3.6 |
Belmont | Jeff Langdon | 3.4 |
Binghamton | Annette Acuff | 3.12 |
Boise State | Corey Ihmels | 3.15 |
Boston College | Matt Kerr | 3.2 |
Boston University | Paul Spangler | 3.25 |
Bowling Green | Lou Snelling | 3.6 |
Bradley | Darren Gauson | 3.45 |
Brown | Tim Springfield | 3.39 |
Bryant | Mitchell Switzer | 3.37 |
Buffalo | Victoria Mitchell | 3.27 |
Butler | Matthew Roe | 3.35 |
California | Shayla Houlihan | 3.22 |
Canisius | Nathan Huckle | 3.44 |
Central Arkansas | Richard Martin Jr. | 3.25 |
Central Connecticut State | Eric Blake | 3.08 |
Central Michigan | Matt Kaczor | 3.43 |
Charlotte | Joe Lynn | 3.14 |
Chattanooga | Andy Meyer | 3.64 |
Cincinnati | Sam Burroughs | 3.36 |
Coastal Carolina | Sandy Fowler | 3.41 |
Colorado | Mark Wetmore | 3.15 |
Colorado State | Art Siemers | 3.29 |
Columbia | Dan Ireland | 3.29 |
Connecticut | Gregory Roy | 3.4 |
Cornell | Adrian Durant | 3.06 |
Davidson College | Renny Waldron | 3.37 |
Dayton | Jason Ordway | 3.32 |
DePaul | Dave Dopek | 3.54 |
Drake | Mark Carroll | 3.46 |
Duquesne | James Lear | 3.36 |
East Carolina | Curt Kraft | 3.28 |
Eastern Illinois | Erin Howarth | 3.16 |
Eastern Kentucky | Rick Erdmann | 3.19 |
Eastern Michigan | John Goodridge | 3.4 |
Elon | Kevin Jermyn | 3.36 |
Evansville | Don Walters | 3.32 |
FAU | Alex Smolka | 3.24 |
Florida | Mike Holloway | 3.36 |
Florida State | Bob Thomas | 3.17 |
Fordham | Tom Dewey | 3.2 |
Furman | Robert Gary | 3.09 |
George Mason | Andrew Gerard | 3.16 |
George Washington | Terry Weir | 3.23 |
Georgetown | Brandon Bonsey | 3.04 |
Georgia | Patrick Cunniff | 3.37 |
Gonzaga | Pat Tyson | 3.26 |
Grand Canyon | Sara Slattery | 3.29 |
Green Bay | Mike Kline | 3.61 |
Hartford | Stacie Wentz | 3.16 |
Harvard | Jason Saretsky | 3.5 |
High Point | Mike Esposito | 3.19 |
Houston | Steve Magness | 3.1 |
Idaho | Tim Cawley | 3.34 |
Illinois | Jake Stewart | 3.31 |
Illinois State | Jeff Bovee | 3.41 |
Incarnate Word | Derek Riedel | 3.31 |
Indiana State | Kyle Walsh | 3.2 |
Iona | Ricardo Santos | 3.45 |
Iowa | Randy Hasenbank | 3.21 |
Iowa State | Martin Smith | 3.26 |
IUPUI | Chuck Koeppen | 3.37 |
Jacksonville | Ronald Grigg | 3.25 |
Kansas | Stanley Redwine | 3.11 |
Kansas State | Ryun Godfrey | 3.3 |
Kent State | Ty Griffin | 3.37 |
Kentucky | Edrick Floreal | 3.53 |
Lafayette | Michele Curcio | 3.44 |
Lamar | Tony Houchin | 3.23 |
Lehigh | Todd Etters | 3.22 |
Louisville | Dale Cowper | 3.01 |
Loyola (Md.) | Amy Horst | 3.5 |
Loyola Marymount | Scott Guerrero | 3.36 |
Loyola-Chicago | Bob Thurnhoffer | 3.39 |
LSU | Mark Rinker / Dennis Shaver | 3.13 |
Manhattan | Kerri Gallagher | 3.23 |
Marist | Pete Colaizzo | 3.51 |
Marquette | Mike Nelson | 3.43 |
McNeese State | Brendan Gilroy | 3.12 |
Miami (Ohio) | Thomas Chorny | 3.23 |
Michigan | Kevin Sullivan | 3.27 |
Michigan State | Walt Drenth | 3.32 |
Milwaukee | Pete Corfeld | 3.36 |
Minnesota | Steve Plasencia | 3.43 |
Mississippi State | Houston Franks | 3.48 |
Missouri | Marc Burns | 3.31 |
Monmouth | Joe Compagni | 3.08 |
Montana | Vicky Pounds | 3.31 |
Montana State | Lyle Weese | 3.27 |
Morehead State | Steve Picucci | 3.42 |
Murray State | Adam Kiesler | 3.58 |
Navy | Al Cantello | 3.37 |
NC State | Rollie Geiger | 3.11 |
Nebraska | David Harris | 3.37 |
New Hampshire | James H Boulanger | 3.16 |
New Mexico | Joe Franklin | 3.38 |
New Orleans | Adam Carlisle | 3.49 |
NJIT | Adalberto Alonso | 3.13 |
North Carolina | Mark VanAlstyne | 3.3 |
North Dakota | Richard Clay | 3.25 |
North Dakota State | Don Larson | 3.56 |
North Florida | Jeff Pigg | 3.24 |
North Texas | Carl Sheffield | 3.23 |
Northern Colorado | Amanda Schick | 3.2 |
Northern Kentucky | Steve Kruse | 3.3 |
Oakland | Paul Rice | 3.08 |
Ohio | Clay Calkins | 3.3 |
Ohio State | Karen Dennis | 3.25 |
Oklahoma | Jim VanHootegem | 3.21 |
Oklahoma State | Dave Smith | 3.24 |
Oregon | Robert Johnson | 3.19 |
Penn | Steve Dolan | 3.31 |
Penn State | John Gondak | 3.04 |
Pittsburgh | Bryan Jackson | 3.09 |
Portland | Rob Conner | 3.22 |
Presbyterian | Thad Palmer | 3.5 |
Princeton | Jason Vigilante | 3.38 |
Providence | Ray Treacy | 3.11 |
Purdue | Rolando Greene | 3.13 |
Quinnipiac | Joshua Glaab | 3.5 |
Radford | Brent Chumbley | 3 |
Rice | Jon Warren | 3.35 |
Richmond | Steve Taylor | 3.3 |
Rider | Bob Hamer | 3.18 |
Rutgers | Michael Mulqueen | 3.47 |
Sacramento State | Jeff Magley | 3.23 |
Sacred Heart | Christian Morrison | 3.38 |
Saint Francis | Douglas E. Hoover | 3.58 |
Saint Joseph’s | Mike Glavin | 3.36 |
Saint Louis | Jon Bell | 3.37 |
Samford | Rod Tiffin | 3.14 |
San Francisco | Helen Lehman-Winters | 3.47 |
Santa Clara | Felipe Montoro | 3.34 |
Seton Hall | John Moon | 3.35 |
Siena | John Kenwothy | 3.2 |
SIUE | Scott Block | 3.35 |
South Dakota | Dan Fitzsimmons | 3.49 |
South Dakota State | Rod DeHaven | 3.41 |
Southeast Missouri | Ryan Lane | 3.02 |
Southern Illinois | Kevin Cataldo | 3.46 |
Southern Utah | Eric Houle | 3.03 |
St. Mary’s | Marty Kinsey | 3.23 |
Stanford | Chris Miltenberg | 3.5 |
Stephen F. Austin | Phil Olson | 3.13 |
Stony Brook | Andy Ronan | 3.32 |
Syracuse | Chris Fox | 3.34 |
Tennessee | Beth Alford-Sullivan | 3.25 |
Texas | Mario Sategna | 3.37 |
Texas A&M | Pat Henry | 3.19 |
Texas State | Jody Stewart | 3.13 |
Texas Tech | Jon Murray | 3.01 |
Toledo | Linh Nguyen | 3.22 |
Tulsa | Steve Gulley | 3.41 |
UC Davis | Jose Barbosa | 3.8 |
UC Riverside | Nate Browne | 3.11 |
Umass | David A Jackson | 3.06 |
UMass Lowell | Gary Gardner | 3.18 |
UMKC | Shameika McField | 3.38 |
UNC Asheville | Jesse Norman | 3.12 |
UNC-Wilmington | Layne Schwier | 3.11 |
USF | Dena Reif | 3.39 |
UT Arlington | John Sauerhage | 3.13 |
Utah State | Arthur Gulden | 3.22 |
Utah Valley | Scott Houle | 3.14 |
Valparaiso | Michael Straubel | 3.22 |
Vanderbilt | Steven Keith | 3.39 |
VCU | Jon Riley | 3.09 |
Vermont | Matt Belfield | 3.33 |
Villanova | Marcus O’Sullivan | 3.44 |
Virginia Tech | Benjamin Thomas | 3.26 |
Wake Forest | John Hayes | 3.17 |
Washington | Greg Metcalf | 3.12 |
Washington State | Wayne Phipps | 3.3 |
Weber State | Corbin Talley | 3.45 |
William and Mary | Forest Braden | 3.33 |
Winthrop | Ben Paxton | 3.15 |
Wisconsin | Mick Byrne | 3.34 |
Wofford | Johnny C. Bomar | 3.42 |
Wright State | Rick Williamson | 3.43 |
Wyoming | Bryan Berryhill | 3.02 |
Xavier | Ryan Orner | 3.07 |
Yale | Paul Harkins | 3.46 |
2017 NCAA DIVISION I CROSS COUNTRY – WOMEN’S ALL-ACADEMIC TEAMS |
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Institution | Head Coach | GPA |
Akron | Bridget Franek | 3.75 |
Alabama | Dan Waters | 3.83 |
Albany | Matt Jones | 3.2 |
Appalachian State | Michael Curcio | 3.53 |
Arizona | James Li | 3.37 |
Arizona State | Jeremy Rasmussen | 3.17 |
Arkansas | Lance Harter | 3.46 |
Arkansas State | James Patchell | 3.51 |
Army West Point | Michael Smith | 3.4 |
Ball State | Brian Etelman | 3.47 |
Baylor | Todd Harbour | 3.56 |
Belmont | Jeff Langdon | 3.61 |
Binghamton | Annette Acuff | 3.53 |
Boise State | Corey Ihmels | 3.56 |
Boston College | Randy Thomas | 3.25 |
Boston University | Paul Spangler | 3.42 |
Bowling Green | Lou Snelling | 3.73 |
Bradley | Darren Gauson | 3.43 |
Brown | Mitchell Baker | 3.63 |
Bryant | Mitchell Switzer | 3.4 |
Buffalo | Victoria Mitchell | 3.41 |
Butler | Matthew Roe | 3.46 |
Cal Poly | Priscilla Bayley | 3.26 |
Cal State Northridge | Brock Moreaux | 3.15 |
Canisius | Nathan Huckle | 3.48 |
Central Arkansas | Richard Martin Jr. | 3.53 |
Central Connecticut State | Eric Blake | 3.16 |
Central Michigan | Jenny Swieton | 3.46 |
Charlotte | Joe Lynn | 3.22 |
Chattanooga | Andy Meyer | 3.52 |
Cincinnati | Susan Seaton | 3.56 |
Cleveland State | Joe Jaketic | 3.63 |
Coastal Carolina | Sandy Fowler | 3.39 |
Colorado | Mark Wetmore | 3.38 |
Colorado State | Art Siemers | 3.61 |
Columbia | Dan Ireland | 3.43 |
Connecticut | Joe Clark | 3.26 |
Cornell | Artie Smith | 3.45 |
Dartmouth | Courtney Jaworski | 3.35 |
Davidson | Jen Straub | 3.62 |
Dayton | Jason Ordway | 3.4 |
Delaware | Wendy McFarlane-Smith | 3.45 |
DePaul | Dave Dopek | 3.66 |
Drake | Mark Carroll | 3.52 |
Duquesne | James Lear | 3.64 |
East Carolina | Curt Kraft | 3.47 |
Eastern Illinois | Erin Howarth | 3.32 |
Eastern Kentucky | Rick Erdmann | 3.39 |
Eastern Michigan | Sue Parks | 3.66 |
Eastern Washington | Chris Shane | 3.62 |
Elon | Kevin Jermyn | 3.15 |
Evansville | Don Walters | 3.71 |
FAU | Alex Smolka | 3.27 |
FIU | Ryan Heberling | 3.5 |
Florida | Mike Holloway | 3.36 |
Florida State | Kelly Phillips | 3.48 |
Fordham | Tom Dewey | 3.43 |
Furman | Robert Gary | 3.43 |
Gardner-Webb | Brian Baker | 3.48 |
George Mason | Andrew Gerard | 3.47 |
George Washington | Terry Weir | 3.72 |
Georgetown | Julie Culley | 3.19 |
Georgia | Patrick Cunniff | 3.49 |
Georgia State | Christopher England | 3.67 |
Gonzaga | Patty Ley | 3.64 |
Grand Canyon | Sara Slattery | 3.29 |
Harvard | Jason Saretsky | 3.65 |
Hawai’i | Tim Boyce | 3.37 |
High Point | Remy Tamer | 3.53 |
Houston | Steve Magness | 3.23 |
Idaho | Tim Cawley | 3.7 |
Illinois | Jake Stewart | 3.49 |
Illinois Chicago | Ashley Lucas | 3.26 |
Illinois State | Jeff Bovee | 3.27 |
Incarnate Word | Derek Riedel | 3.7 |
Indiana State | Kyle Walsh | 3.42 |
Iona | Ricardo Santos | 3.73 |
Iowa | Randy Hasenbank | 3.57 |
Iowa State | Andrea Grove-McDonough | 3.82 |
IPFW | Ashley Botham (New Head Coach), formerly Mike Fruchey | 3.71 |
IUPUI | Antonio McDaniel | 3.58 |
Jacksonville | Ronald Grigg | 3.59 |
James Madison | David Rinker | 3.33 |
Kansas | Stanley Redwine | 3.59 |
Kansas State | Ryun Godfrey | 3.8 |
Kennesaw State | Andy Eggerth | 3.28 |
Kent State | Ty Griffin | 3.66 |
Kentucky | Edrick Floreal | 3.66 |
La Salle | Tom Peterson | 3.11 |
Lafayette | Michele Curcio | 3.32 |
Lehigh | Deborah Utesch | 3.29 |
LIU Brooklyn | Simon Hodnett | 3.24 |
Long Beach State | Shawn Winget | 3.31 |
Louisville | Dale Cowper | 3.57 |
Loyola (Md.) | Amy Horst | 3.4 |
Loyola Marymount | Scott Guerrero | 3.38 |
Loyola-Chicago | Bob Thurnhoffer | 3.47 |
LSU | Mark Rinker / Dennis Shaver | 3.15 |
Manhattan | Kerri Gallagher | 3.43 |
Marist | Pete Colaizzo | 3.62 |
Marquette | Mike Nelson | 3.59 |
Maryland | Andrew Valmon | 3.22 |
McNeese State | Brendan Gilroy | 3.45 |
Miami (Ohio) | Thomas Chorny | 3.48 |
Michigan | Mike McGuire | 3.31 |
Michigan State | Walt Drenth | 3.49 |
Milwaukee | Peter Corfeld | 3.55 |
Minnesota | Sarah Hopkins | 3.77 |
Mississippi State | Houston Franks | 3.44 |
Missouri | Marc Burns | 3.47 |
Missouri State | Jordan Fife | 3.58 |
Monmouth | Joe Compagni | 3.28 |
Montana | Vicky Pounds | 3.2 |
Montana State | Lyle Weese | 3.61 |
Morehead State | Steve Picucci | 3.63 |
Murray State | Adam Kiesler | 3.32 |
NC State | Laurie Henes | 3.2 |
Nebraska | David Harris | 3.44 |
Nevada | Kirk Elias | 3.41 |
New Hampshire | Robert Hoppler | 3.56 |
New Mexico | Joe Franklin | 3.53 |
New Mexico State | Doug Reynolds | 3.52 |
Nicholls | Stefanie Slekis | 3.26 |
NJIT | Adalberto Alonso | 3.62 |
North Carolina | Mark VanAlstyne | 3.45 |
North Dakota | Richard Clay | 3.5 |
North Dakota State | Stevie Keller | 3.62 |
North Florida | Jeff Pigg | 3.6 |
North Texas | Carl Sheffield | 3.52 |
Northern Illinois | Adrian Myers | 3.59 |
Northern Iowa | Dave Paulsen | 3.59 |
Northern Kentucky | Steve Kruse | 3.56 |
Northwestern | ‘A Havahla Haynes | 3.34 |
Oakland | Paul Rice | 3.42 |
Ohio | Clay Calkins | 3.62 |
Ohio State | Karen Dennis | 3.4 |
Oklahoma | Jim VanHootegem | 3.48 |
Oklahoma State | Dave Smith | 3.49 |
Ole Miss | Ryan Vanhoy | 3.58 |
Omaha | Chris Richardson | 3.57 |
Oregon | Robert Johnson | 3.53 |
Oregon State | Louie Quintana | 3.45 |
Pacific | Josh Jones | 3.23 |
Penn | Steve Dolan | 3.41 |
Penn State | John Gondak | 3.48 |
Pittsburgh | Alonzo Webb | 3.37 |
Portland | Ian Solof | 3.69 |
Presbyterian | Thad Palmer | 3.27 |
Princeton | Michelle Eisenreich | 3.45 |
Providence | Ray Treacy | 3.33 |
Purdue | Rolando Greene | 3.44 |
Quinnipiac | Carolyn Martin | 3.62 |
Radford | Brent Chumbley | 3.6 |
Rhode Island | Laurie Feit-Melnick | 3.36 |
Rice | James Bevan | 3.82 |
Richmond | Lori Taylor | 3.42 |
Rider | Bob Hamer | 3.51 |
Rutgers | James M. Robinson | 3.45 |
Sacramento State | Jeff Magley | 3.35 |
Sacred Heart | Christian Morrison | 3.46 |
Saint Francis | Douglas E. Hoover | 3.73 |
Saint Joseph’s | Melody O’Reilly | 3.38 |
Saint Louis | Jon Bell | 3.58 |
Sam Houston State | Jesse Parker | 3.23 |
Samford | Rod Tiffin | 3.45 |
San Francisco | Helen Lehman-Winters | 3.82 |
San Jose State | Brad Wick | 3.25 |
Santa Clara | Felipe Montoro | 3.27 |
Seton Hall | John Moon | 3.47 |
Siena | John Kenworthy | 3.46 |
SIUE | Scott Block | 3.66 |
SMU | Cathy Casey | 3.63 |
South Carolina | Andrew Allden | 3.74 |
South Dakota | Dan Fitzsimmons | 3.7 |
South Dakota State | Rod DeHaven | 3.68 |
Southeast Missouri | Ryan Lane | 3.7 |
Southern Illinois | Kevin Cataldo | 3.42 |
Southern Miss | Jon Stuart | 3.43 |
St. John’s | Jim Hurt | 3.49 |
St. Mary’s | Marty Kinsey | 3.4 |
Stanford | Elizabeth DeBole | 3.57 |
Stephen F. Austin | Phil Olson | 3.41 |
Stetson | Bryan Harmon | 3.17 |
Stony Brook | Andy Ronan | 3.38 |
Syracuse | Chris Fox | 3.36 |
TCU | Jennifer Fazioli | 3.44 |
Tennessee | Beth Alford-Sullivan | 3.68 |
Texas | Mario Sategna | 3.41 |
Texas A&M | Pat Henry | 3.42 |
Texas Tech | Jon Murray | 3.53 |
Toledo | Linh Nguyen | 3.63 |
Towson | Mike Jackson | 3.39 |
Tulane | Michael Nussa, Eric Peterson | 3.51 |
Tulsa | Steve Gulley | 3.39 |
UAB | Matt Esche | 3.32 |
UC Davis | Jose Barbosa | 3.85 |
UC Riverside | Nate Browne | 3.02 |
UCLA | Avery Anderson | 3.13 |
ULM | J. D. Malone | 3.25 |
Umass | Julie LaFreniere | 3.41 |
UMass Lowell | Gary Gardner | 3.42 |
UMKC | Shameika McField | 3.56 |
UNC Asheville | Jesse Norman | 3.15 |
UNC-Wilmington | Layne Schwier | 3.47 |
UNLV | Jebreh Harris | 3.08 |
USC Upstate | Carson Blackwelder | 3.17 |
USF | Dena Reif | 3.6 |
UT Arlington | John Sauerhage | 3.24 |
Utah | Kyle Kepler | 3.59 |
Utah State | Arthur Gulden | 3.57 |
Utah Valley | Scott Houle | 3.6 |
Valparaiso | Michael Straubel | 3.8 |
Vanderbilt | Steven Keith | 3.58 |
VCU | Jon Riley | 3.62 |
Vermont | Matt Belfield | 3.49 |
Villanova | Gina Procaccio | 3.66 |
Virginia | Bryan Fetzer | 3.29 |
Virginia Tech | Benjamin Thomas | 3.47 |
Wake Forest | Michelle Chewens | 3.23 |
Washington | Greg Metcalf | 3.44 |
Washington State | Wayne Phipps | 3.51 |
Weber State | Paul Pilkington | 3.74 |
Western Michigan | Kelly Lycan | 3.57 |
William and Mary | Natalie Hall | 3.47 |
Winthrop | Ben Paxton | 3.55 |
Wisconsin | Mick Byrne | 3.28 |
Wofford | Johnny C. Bomar | 3.41 |
Wright State | Rick Williamson | 3.71 |
Wyoming | Bryan Berryhill | 3.38 |
Xavier | Ryan Orner | 3.61 |
Yale | Amy Gosztyla | 3.58 |