

Award History
NCAA DI wTF All-Academic Teams2020 NCAA Division I Women’s Track & Field All-Academic Teams
NEW ORLEANS – All-Academic Teams for the 2020 NCAA Division I Women’s Track & Field season were announced on Thursday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
Overall, there were 264 different programs honored for their academic excellence.
No program had a better cumulative GPA than Iona at 3.87. In fact, the Gaels had the best cumulative GPA out of any NCAA team honored, regardless of division or gender.
Here is the criteria for being named an All-Academic Team.
Division I Track & Field All-Academic Teams
- The cumulative GPA (not 2018-19 academic year, not semester) for all student-athletes on the institution’s NCAA Squad List for Indoor and/or Outdoor Track and Field must be 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale, including the most recent grading period, certifiable by either NCAA Faculty Rep or NCAA Compliance Coordinator or Registrar’s Office. Institutions utilizing a different GPA scale must convert the GPA to a 4.0 scale using the standard conversion method [GPA/Scale x 4.0].
- The cumulative GPA of all student-athletes on the institution’s NCAA Squad List for Indoor and/or Outdoor Track and Field must be computed by the following method:
- Total the cumulative number of semester hours or quarter hours earned for all student-athletes on the NCAA Squad List, including the most recent grading period;
- Total the cumulative number of quality points (GPA multiplied by the number of credit hours) earned by all student-athletes on the NCAA Squad List, including the most recent grading period;
- Divide the cumulative number of quality points earned by the cumulative number of semester or quarter hours earned.