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NCAA DIII TF All-Academic TeamsAll-Academic Teams & Scholar Teams of the Year – 2018 NCAA DIII Track & Field
NEW ORLEANS – Scholar Teams of the Year and All-Academic Team honors for the 2017-18 NCAA Division III Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field seasons were announced Thursday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
North Central (Ill.) swept the Men’s Scholar Team of the Year honors, while Williams and George Fox split the women’s awards.
In order to be in contention for Scholar Team of the Year, a program must finish highly at the respective national championship meet and have at least a 3.00 cumulative team GPA.
Indoor Scholar Teams of the Year History |
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Year
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Men’s Winner
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Women’s Winner
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2018
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North Central (Ill.)
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Williams
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2017
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North Central (Ill.)
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Washington (Mo.)
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2016
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UW-Eau Claire
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Baldwin Wallace
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2015
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UW-La Crosse
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UW-La Crosse
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2014
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UW-La Crosse
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UW-Oshkosh
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2013
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UW-La Crosse
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UW-Oshkosh
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2012
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UW-Eau Claire
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Wartburg
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2011
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UW-La Crosse
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UW-Oshkosh
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2010
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UW-La Crosse
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Wartburg
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2009
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Whitworth
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Wartburg
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2008
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UW-La Crosse
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Illinois Wesleyan
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2007
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Tufts
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UW La Crosse
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North Central (Ill.) repeats as the Men’s Indoor Scholar Team of the Year and is the first to do so since UW-La Crosse three-peated from 2013 to 2015. The Cardinals, who finished the indoor and outdoor seasons with a cumulative GPA of 3.10, took runner-up honors to champion Mount Union and put up a strong fight throughout the meet.
Williams earned its first Women’s Indoor Scholar Team of the Year award in program history. The Ephs, who finished the indoor and outdoor seasons with a cumulative GPA of 3.57, were second in the team standings behind UMass Boston in Birmingham, Alabama.
Outdoor Scholar Teams of the Year History |
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Year
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Men’s Winner
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Women’s Winner
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2018
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North Central (Ill.)
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George Fox
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2017
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UW-Whitewater
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Washington (Mo.)
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2016
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UW-La Crosse
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Illinois Wesleyan
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2015
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UW-La Crosse
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UW-La Crosse
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2014
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UW-La Crosse
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Wartburg
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2013
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UW-La Crosse
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Wartburg
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2012
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UW-Eau Claire
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Wartburg
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2011
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UW-La Crosse
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UW-Oshkosh
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2010
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Salisbury
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Illinois Wesleyan
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2009
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Whitworth
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Wartburg
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2008
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Whitworth
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Illinois Wesleyan
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2007
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UW Platteville
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UW-Oshkosh
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North Central (Ill.) captured its first Men’s Outdoor Scholar Team of the Year honor in program history. The Cardinals finished just one point shy of tying for the national title.
George Fox split the national title, but it didn’t split the Women’s Outdoor Scholar Team of the Year honor. The Bruins, who finished the indoor and outdoor seasons with a cumulative GPA of 3.43, scored 44 points in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
All-Academic Teams
All told, 291 teams were honored for their academics by the USTFCCCA.
Breaking it down further, 185 of those were women’s teams compared to 106 men’s programs.
The highest cumulative GPA of any team belonged to Knox College’s women. The Prairie Fire maintained a 3.80 GPA under head coach Randy Overby.
When it comes to men’s teams, MIT had the best GPA of the bunch at 3.63.
See below for a full list of those All-Academic Teams in NCAA Division III Track & Field.
2018 USTFCCCA All-Academic Teams – NCAA Division III Men’s Track & Field |
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Institution
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GPA
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Coach
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Augsburg University
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3.25
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Emily Hackert
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Augustana College
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3.24
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Paul Olsen
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Babson College
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3.15
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Russ Brennen
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Berry College
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3.17
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Luke Syverson
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Brandeis University
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3.44
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Sinead Evans
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California Institute of Technology
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3.53
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Ben Raphelson
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Calvin College
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3.41
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Bret Otte
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Capital University
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3.30
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Hannah Weiss
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Carleton College
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3.50
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Dave Ricks
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Carnegie Mellon University
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3.38
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Gary Aldrich
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Carroll University
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3.28
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Shawn Thielitz
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Carthage College
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3.15
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Josh Henry
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Case Western Reserve University
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3.47
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Eric Schmuhl
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Catholic University of America
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3.46
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Ian Hankins
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Chapman University
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3.23
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DeAndra’e Woods
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Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges
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3.33
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Glenn Stewart
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College of St. Scholastica
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3.28
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Todd Bouchie
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College of Wooster
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3.18
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Dennis Rice
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Colorado College
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3.44
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Ted Castaneda
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Concordia College, Moorhead
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3.25
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Garrick Larson
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Concordia University Wisconsin
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3.23
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Russell DeLap
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Connecticut College
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3.36
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Ned Bishop
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Covenant College
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3.11
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Katie Stanford
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DePauw University
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3.24
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Kori Stoffregen
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Dickinson College
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3.20
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Don Nichter
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Edgewood College
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3.30
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Bethany Brewster
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Elizabethtown College
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3.44
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Brian Falk
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Elms College
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3.21
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Matt Dyer
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Emory University
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3.22
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John Curtin
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George Fox University
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3.16
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John Smith
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Gettysburg College
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3.17
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Aubrey Shenk
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Goucher College
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3.13
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John Caslin
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Gustavus Adolphus College
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3.27
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Dale Bahr
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Hamilton College
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3.32
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Brett Hull
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Haverford College
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3.48
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Tom Donnelly
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Heidelberg University
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3.13
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Joseph Yoder
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Hood College
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3.17
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John Grim
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Hope College
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3.27
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Kevin Cole
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Illinois Wesleyan University
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3.12
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Chris Schumacher
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Ithaca College
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3.32
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Jim Nichols
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John Carroll University
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3.14
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Kyle Basista
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Johns Hopkins University
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3.51
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Bobby Van Allen
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Keene State College
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3.10
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Tom Pickering
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Kenyon College
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3.49
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Duane Gomez
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King’s College
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3.11
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Michael Kolinovsky
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Lawrence University
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3.21
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Jason Fast
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Lebanon Valley College
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3.11
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Melissa Byler
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Lewis & Clark College
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3.13
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Keith Woodard
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Macalester College
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3.48
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Margaret Gehring
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Marywood University
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3.15
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Ethan Senecal
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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3.63
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Halston Taylor
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Middlebury College
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3.73
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Martin Beatty
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Muhlenberg College
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3.34
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Brad Hackett
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Nebraska Wesleyan University
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3.25
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Ted Bulling
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New York University
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3.37
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Erison Hurtault
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North Central College
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3.10
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Frank Gramarosso
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Oberlin College
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3.18
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Ray Appenheimer
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Occidental College
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3.15
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Rob Bartlett
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Ohio Northern University
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3.20
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Jason Maus
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Otterbein University
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3.26
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Dara Ford
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Pacific Lutheran University
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3.13
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Adam Frye
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Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
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3.11
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Greg Cooper
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Piedmont College
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3.11
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Jeff Jenkins
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Pomona-Pitzer Colleges
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3.56
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Jordan Carpenter
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Principia College
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3.23
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Robert Baker
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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3.27
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Colin Tory
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Rhodes College
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3.36
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Robert Shankman
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Ripon College
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3.14
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Bob Wood
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Rochester Institute of Technology
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3.28
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David Warth
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Saint John’s University
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3.45
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Jeremy Karger Gatzow
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Saint Vincent College
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3.44
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Andrew Herr
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Sewanee: University of the South
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3.21
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Jeff Heitzenrater
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Shenandoah University
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3.16
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Andrew Marrocco
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Simpson College
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3.31
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Dave Cleveland
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Southwestern University
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3.11
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Andrew Diehl
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Springfield College
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3.12
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Mike Miller
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St. John Fisher College
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3.23
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Mike Henchen
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St. Lawrence University
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3.23
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Newman, John
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St. Norbert College
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3.10
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Don Augustine
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St. Olaf College
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3.34
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Phil Lundin
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State University of New York at Geneseo
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3.12
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Christopher Popovici
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State University of New York at Plattsburgh
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3.22
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Nicholas Jones
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Stevens Institute of Technology
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3.48
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Justin Wood
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Stockton University
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3.18
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Jayson Resch
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The College of New Jersey
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3.20
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Justin Lindsey
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Trinity College
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3.34
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George Suitor
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Tufts University
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3.37
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Joel Williams
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University of Chicago
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3.52
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Chris Hall
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University of Dallas
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3.17
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Matthew Barber
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University of Redlands
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3.28
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Mike Schmidt
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University of Rochester
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3.43
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Sam Albert
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University of St. Thomas
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3.26
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Steve Mathre
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University of Wisconsin, Platteville
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3.14
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Chris Rotzenberg
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University of Wisconsin, Stout
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3.26
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Kyle Steiner
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Vassar College
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3.53
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James McCowan
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Wartburg College
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3.20
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Marcus Newsom
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Washington & Jefferson College
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3.16
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Derek Workman
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Washington and Lee University
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3.36
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Brandon Uhl
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Washington University in St. Louis
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3.40
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Jeff Stiles
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Wentworth Institute of Technology
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3.30
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Dan Roark
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Wesleyan University
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3.41
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Walter Curry
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Wheaton College (Illinois)
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3.35
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Scott Bradley
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Whitworth University
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3.42
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Toby Schwarz
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Willamette University
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3.18
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Matt McGuirk
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Williams College
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3.40
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Ethan Barron
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Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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3.40
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Brian Chabot
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York College of Pennsylvania
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3.17
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Stephen LoBianco
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2018 USTFCCCA All-Academic Teams – NCAA Division III Women’s Track & Field |
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Institution
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GPA
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Coach
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Alvernia University
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3.48
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Eric Bennett
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Anderson University
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3.54
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Sol Stephens
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Augsburg University
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3.44
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Emily Hackert
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Augustana College
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3.42
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David Thompson
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Aurora University
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3.15
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Brandon Sturman
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Babson College
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3.19
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Russ Brennen
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Baldwin Wallace University
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3.53
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Matthew Cole
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Beloit College
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3.16
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Brian Bliese
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Benedictine University
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3.21
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Kevin Paterson
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Berry College
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3.17
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Luke Syverson
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Bethel University
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3.47
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Andrew Rock
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Bluffton University
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3.28
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Karen Brandt
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Brandeis University
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3.35
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Sinead Evans
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Bridgewater College
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3.22
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Brian Flynn
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Bryn Mawr College
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3.44
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Jason Hewitt
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Buena Vista University
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3.24
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Colton Slack
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California Institute of Technology
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3.17
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Ben Raphelson
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California Lutheran University
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3.38
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Matt Lea
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Calvin College
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3.47
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Bret Otte
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Capital University
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3.24
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Hannah Weiss
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Carleton College
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3.58
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Donna Ricks
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Carnegie Mellon University
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3.45
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Gary Aldrich
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Carroll University
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3.49
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Shawn Thielitz
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Carthage College
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3.42
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Stephanie Domin
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Case Western Reserve University
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3.67
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Eric Schmuhl
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Catholic University of America
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3.47
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Joe Fisher
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Central College
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3.44
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Joe Dunham
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Chapman University
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3.44
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DeAndra’e Woods
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Chatham University
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3.67
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Jon Morrow
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Christopher Newport University
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3.19
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Tyler Wingard
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Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges
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3.47
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Glenn Stewart
|
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Coe College
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3.30
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Matthew Barreau
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College of St. Benedict
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3.44
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Robin Balder-Lanoue
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College of St. Scholastica
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3.53
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Todd Bouchie
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College of Wooster
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3.37
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Dennis Rice
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Colorado College
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3.52
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Ted Castaneda
|
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Concordia College, Moorhead
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3.60
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Marv Roeske
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Concordia University Chicago
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3.42
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Philip Kopinski
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Concordia University Wisconsin
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3.54
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Russell DeLap
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Connecticut College
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3.36
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Ned Bishop
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Cornell College
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3.21
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Dan Schofer
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Covenant College
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3.56
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Katie Stanford
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Defiance College
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3.48
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Ken Ciolek
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Denison University
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3.33
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Mark FitzPatrick
|
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DePauw University
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3.55
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Kori Stoffregen
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DeSales University
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3.34
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Gordon Hornig
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Dickinson College
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3.42
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Don Nichter
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Eastern Mennonite University
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3.16
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Ken Nafziger (now Bob Hepler)
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Eastern University
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3.35
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Mike Wilson
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Edgewood College
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3.52
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Bethany Brewster
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Elizabethtown College
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3.43
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Brian Falk
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Elms College
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3.45
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Matt Dyer
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Emory University
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3.41
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John Curtin
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Endicott College
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3.52
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Spencer Lange
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Farmingdale State College
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3.13
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Arnie Minkoff
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Fontbonne University
|
3.59
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Dr. Chris Buckler
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Geneva College
|
3.41
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Phillips Thompson
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George Fox University
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3.43
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John Smith
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Gettysburg College
|
3.25
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Aubrey Shenk
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Goucher College
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3.18
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John Caslin
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Greenville University
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3.45
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Brian Patton
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Gustavus Adolphus College
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3.48
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Dale Bahr
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Gwynedd Mercy University
|
3.18
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Kevin Clark
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Hamilton College
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3.43
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Ellen Hull
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Hamline University
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3.49
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Shawn Johnson-Hipp
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Hanover College
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3.17
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Brian Power
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Haverford College
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3.53
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Francis Rizzo
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Heidelberg University
|
3.62
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Joseph Yoder
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|
Hood College
|
3.54
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John Grim
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Hope College
|
3.66
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Kevin Cole
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Husson University
|
3.33
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Kate Goupee
|
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Illinois Wesleyan University
|
3.24
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Chris Schumacher
|
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Ithaca College
|
3.54
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Jennifer Potter
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John Carroll University
|
3.45
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Kyle Basista
|
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Johns Hopkins University
|
3.51
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Bobby Van Allen
|
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Keene State College
|
3.39
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Tom Pickering
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Kenyon College
|
3.56
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Duane Gomez
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King’s College
|
3.43
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Michael Kolinovsky
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Knox College
|
3.80
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Randy Overby
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Lawrence University
|
3.66
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Jason Fast
|
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Lebanon Valley College
|
3.60
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Melissa Byler
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Lewis & Clark College
|
3.40
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Keith Woodard
|
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Linfield College
|
3.52
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Travis Olson
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|
Loras College
|
3.35
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Matt Jones
|
|
Macalester College
|
3.51
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Margaret Gehring
|
|
Marywood University
|
3.42
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Ethan Senecal
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
|
3.64
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Halston Taylor
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Middlebury College
|
3.73
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Martin Beatty
|
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Moravian College
|
3.33
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Jesse Baumann
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Mount Holyoke College
|
3.63
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Tina Lee
|
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Muhlenberg College
|
3.40
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Brad Hackett
|
|
Muskingum University
|
3.22
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Ashley Shaffer
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|
Nazareth College
|
3.32
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James Goss
|
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Nebraska Wesleyan University
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3.55
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Ted Bulling
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New York University
|
3.34
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Erison Hurtault
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North Central College
|
3.35
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Kari Kluckhohn
|
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Oberlin College
|
3.49
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Ray Appenheimer
|
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Occidental College
|
3.36
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Rob Bartlett
|
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Ohio Northern University
|
3.23
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Jason Maus
|
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Ohio Wesleyan University
|
3.34
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Kris Boey
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Olivet College
|
3.51
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Karen Lutzke
|
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Otterbein University
|
3.50
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Dara Ford
|
|
Pacific Lutheran University
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3.48
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Adam Frye
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Pacific University
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3.33
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Matt Lydum
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Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
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3.43
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Greg Cooper
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|
Piedmont College
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3.15
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Jeff Jenkins
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Plymouth State University
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3.25
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John Ostler
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Pomona-Pitzer Colleges
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3.69
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Kirk Reynolds
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|
Principia College
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3.62
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Robert Baker
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Ramapo College of New Jersey
|
3.36
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Justina Cassavell
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
|
3.38
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Colin Tory
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|
Rhodes College
|
3.54
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Robert Shankman
|
|
Ripon College
|
3.28
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Bob Wood
|
|
Roanoke College
|
3.20
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Kirk Nauman
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Rochester Institute of Technology
|
3.60
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David Warth
|
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Roger Williams University
|
3.35
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Sean Livingston
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Rowan University
|
3.24
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Derick Adamson
|
|
Saint Vincent College
|
3.73
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Kevin Wanichko
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Salisbury University
|
3.27
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Jim Jones
|
|
Salve Regina University
|
3.37
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Matthew B. Hird
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Sewanee: University of the South
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3.38
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Jeff Heitzenrater
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Shenandoah University
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3.42
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Andrew Marrocco
|
|
Simpson College
|
3.50
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Dave Cleveland
|
|
Smith College
|
3.67
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Carla Coffey
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Southwestern University
|
3.36
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Andrew Diehl
|
|
Springfield College
|
3.18
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Mike Miller
|
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St. Catherine University
|
3.56
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Shannon Houlihan
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St. John Fisher College
|
3.38
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Mike Henchen
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St. Lawrence University
|
3.33
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Kate Curran
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St. Norbert College
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3.32
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Don Augustine
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St. Olaf College
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3.38
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Katie Bretscher
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State University of New York at Fredonia
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3.11
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Thomas Wilson
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State University of New York at Geneseo
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3.19
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Christopher Popovici
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State University of New York at Oneonta
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3.28
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Brett Willmott
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State University of New York at Oswego
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3.18
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Evan Magnussen
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State University of New York at Plattsburgh
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3.40
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Nicholas Jones
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Stevens Institute of Technology
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3.70
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Justin Wood
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Stevenson University
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3.26
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Dave Berdan
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Stockton University
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3.56
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Todd Curll
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Texas Lutheran University
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3.20
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Darlene Holland
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The College at Brockport
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3.28
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Danielle Novara
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The College of New Jersey
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3.45
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Justin Lindsey
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Trinity College
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3.42
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George Suitor
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Trinity University
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3.30
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Marcus Whitehead
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Tufts University
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3.55
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Kristen Morwick
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University of Chicago
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3.55
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Chris Hall
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University of Dallas
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3.12
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Matthew Barber
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University of Dubuque
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3.35
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Chad Gunnelson
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University of La Verne
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3.25
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Kevin Reid
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University of Lynchburg
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3.30
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Jim Sprecher
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University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
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3.38
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Steve Gardiner
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University of Minnesota, Morris
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3.13
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Jessica Devine
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University of Mount Union
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3.32
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Kevin Lucas
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University of Puget Sound
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3.53
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Mike Orechia
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University of Redlands
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3.45
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Mike Schmidt
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University of Rochester
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3.42
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Sam Albert
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University of Southern Maine
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3.19
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George Towle
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University of St. Thomas
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3.52
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Joe Sweeney
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University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire
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3.56
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Chip Schneider
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University of Wisconsin, La Crosse
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3.40
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Nickolas Davis
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University of Wisconsin, Platteville
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3.32
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Chris Rotzenberg
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University of Wisconsin, River Falls
|
3.30
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Danielle Douglas Ferguson
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University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point
|
3.29
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Brett Witt
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University of Wisconsin, Stout
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3.38
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Kyle Steiner
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University of Wisconsin, Superior
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3.24
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Glen Drexler
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University of Wisconsin, Whitewater
|
3.27
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Mike Johnson
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Urisnus College
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3.34
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Carl Blickle
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Utica College
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3.19
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Eric Parker
|
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Vassar College
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3.58
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James McCowan
|
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Wartburg College
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3.46
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Marcus Newsom
|
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Washington & Jefferson College
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3.34
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Derek Workman
|
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Washington and Lee University
|
3.51
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Dana Freeman
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Washington University in St. Louis
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3.57
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Jeff Stiles
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Webster University
|
3.23
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Nicholas Niehaus
|
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Wellesley College
|
3.28
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Philip Jennings
|
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Wesleyan University
|
3.63
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Walter Curry
|
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Westfield State University
|
3.42
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Sean O’Brien
|
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Westminster College
|
3.47
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Mark Bollinger
|
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Wheaton College (Illinois)
|
3.47
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Scott Bradley
|
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Whittier College
|
3.25
|
Robert Neely
|
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Whitworth University
|
3.64
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Toby Schwarz
|
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Widener University
|
3.41
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Logan Stroman
|
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Willamette University
|
3.34
|
Matt McGuirk
|
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Williams College
|
3.57
|
Nate Hoey
|
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Worcester Polytechnic Institute
|
3.57
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Brian Chabot
|
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York College of Pennsylvania
|
3.40
|
Stephen LoBianco
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