USTFCCCA News & Notes
Iona College Named USTFCCCA Division I Men’s XC Scholar Team of the Year
NEW ORLEANS –For the third straight year, the Iona College Gaels are the 2008 NCAA Division I USTFCCCA Men’s Cross Country Scholar Team of the Year, the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced on Thursday. Iona finished 2nd at both the 2007 and 2008 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships.
Iona won their fourth straight Northeast Regional Championship and their 18th straight MAAC title on the way to their 2008 runner-up finish at the NCAA Championships. Iona, which maintains a cumulative 3.050 grade point average, also earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors in 2005, 2006, and 2007.
Vanderbilt University had the highest overall team grade point average (3.755). A record total of 110 Division I men’s programs received the USTFCCCA’s All-Academic Team honors this year compared to 98 schools earning the honor last season.
Thirty-five percent of all Division I institutions (315) who sponsor men’s cross country received the honor. In addition, 7 of the top 10 and 14 of the top 20 teams in the championship field at this year’s NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships were named USTFCCCA All-Academic Teams.
The Big Ten Conference, Big 12 Conference, Missouri Valley Conference, and the Southeastern Conference tied for the most conference members represented on the list with six teams each.
For a team to be considered for the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team award, they must have competed and compiled a team score at an NCAA Regional Meet. The team must also have a minimum 3.00 team cumulative grade point average.
The 2008 NCAA Division I USTFCCCA Men’s All-Academic Teams
| INSTITUTION | CONFERENCE | GPA |
| Arizona State University | Pacific-10 Conference | 3.090 |
| Austin Peay State University | Ohio Valley Conference | 3.041 |
| Belmont University | Atlantic Sun Conference | 3.580 |
| Brigham Young University | Mountain West Conference | 3.180 |
| Brown University | Ivy Group | 3.070 |
| Bucknell University | Patriot League | 3.150 |
| Butler University | Horizon League | 3.363 |
| Central Michigan University | Mid-American Conference | 3.164 |
| Clemson University | Atlantic Coast Conference | 3.170 |
| Colgate University | Patriot League | 3.320 |
| Columbia University | Ivy Group | 3.121 |
| Cornell University | Ivy Group | 3.190 |
| Creighton University | Missouri Valley Conference | 3.500 |
| Davidson College | Southern Conference | 3.210 |
| DePaul University | Big East Conference | 3.431 |
| Drake University | Missouri Valley Conference | 3.410 |
| East Carolina University | Conference USA | 3.270 |
| East Tennessee State University | Atlantic Sun Conference | 3.066 |
| Eastern Washington University | Big Sky Conference | 3.330 |
| Fairfield University | Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference | 3.130 |
| Furman University | Southern Conference | 3.120 |
| George Mason University | Colonial Athletic Association | 3.280 |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | Atlantic Coast Conference | 3.360 |
| Georgia State University | Colonial Athletic Association | 3.070 |
| Harvard University | Ivy Group | 3.318 |
| High Point University | Big South Conference | 3.330 |
| Idaho State University | Big Sky Conference | 3.230 |
| Illinois State University | Missouri Valley Conference | 3.000 |
| Indiana University, Bloomington | Big Ten Conference | 3.220 |
| Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne | The Summit League | 3.491 |
| Iona College | Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference | 3.050 |
| Iowa State University | Big 12 Conference | 3.250 |
| Kent State University | Mid-American Conference | 3.029 |
| Lafayette College | Patriot League | 3.170 |
| Lehigh University | Patriot League | 3.250 |
| Liberty University | Big South Conference | 3.024 |
| Lipscomb University | Atlantic Sun Conference | 3.340 |
| Loyola College (Maryland) | Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference | 3.336 |
| Loyola Marymount University | West Coast Conference | 3.010 |
| Marquette University | Big East Conference | 3.314 |
| Miami University (Ohio) | Mid-American Conference | 3.160 |
| Monmouth University | Northeast Conference | 3.190 |
| Montana State University – Bozeman | Big Sky Conference | 3.430 |
| North Carolina State University | Atlantic Coast Conference | 3.209 |
| North Dakota State University | The Summit League | 3.180 |
| Northern Arizona University | Big Sky Conference | 3.300 |
| Oakland University | The Summit League | 3.157 |
| Ohio University | Mid-American Conference | 3.296 |
| Oklahoma State University | Big 12 Conference | 3.135 |
| Purdue University | Big Ten Conference | 3.320 |
| Quinnipiac University | Northeast Conference | 3.180 |
| Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick | Big East Conference | 3.290 |
| Sacred Heart University | Northeast Conference | 3.212 |
| Samford University | Southern Conference | 3.276 |
| Santa Clara University | West Coast Conference | 3.138 |
| Siena College | Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference | 3.350 |
| South Dakota State University | The Summit League | 3.139 |
| Southeast Missouri State University | Ohio Valley Conference | 3.388 |
| Southern Illinois University at Carbondale | Missouri Valley Conference | 3.380 |
| Stanford University | Pacific-10 Conference | 3.399 |
| State University of New York at Binghamton | America East Conference | 3.260 |
| Stephen F. Austin State University | Southland Conference | 3.228 |
| Stony Brook University | America East Conference | 3.010 |
| Texas Tech University | Big 12 Conference | 3.060 |
| The Ohio State University | Big Ten Conference | 3.160 |
| Troy University | Sun Belt Conference | 3.020 |
| U.S. Air Force Academy | Mountain West Conference | 3.050 |
| U.S. Military Academy | Patriot League | 3.094 |
| University at Buffalo, the State University of New York | Mid-American Conference | 3.174 |
| University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa | Southeastern Conference | 3.302 |
| University of Arkansas, Little Rock | Sun Belt Conference | 3.320 |
| University of California, Irvine | Big West Conference | 3.000 |
| University of California, Los Angeles | Pacific-10 Conference | 3.066 |
| University of California, Riverside | Big West Conference | 3.006 |
| University of Cincinnati | Big East Conference | 3.471 |
| University of Colorado, Boulder | Big 12 Conference | 3.082 |
| University of Dayton | Atlantic 10 Conference | 3.457 |
| University of Delaware | Colonial Athletic Association | 3.040 |
| University of Detroit Mercy | Horizon League | 3.448 |
| University of Evansville | Missouri Valley Conference | 3.328 |
| University of Florida | Southeastern Conference | 3.086 |
| University of Georgia | Southeastern Conference | 3.160 |
| University of Illinois, Champaign | Big Ten Conference | 3.253 |
| University of Iowa | Big Ten Conference | 3.285 |
| University of Kentucky | Southeastern Conference | 3.282 |
| University of Louisville | Big East Conference | 3.632 |
| University of Minnesota, Twin Cities | Big Ten Conference | 3.197 |
| University of Missouri, Columbia | Big 12 Conference | 3.302 |
| University of Nebraska, Lincoln | Big 12 Conference | 3.302 |
| University of New Mexico | Mountain West Conference | 3.060 |
| University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | Atlantic Coast Conference | 3.095 |
| University of North Carolina, Charlotte | Atlantic 10 Conference | 3.226 |
| University of North Carolina, Wilmington | Colonial Athletic Association | 3.400 |
| University of Portland | West Coast Conference | 3.269 |
| University of Richmond | Atlantic 10 Conference | 3.260 |
| University of San Francisco | West Coast Conference | 3.141 |
| University of Tennessee at Chattanooga | Southern Conference | 3.275 |
| University of Tennessee, Knoxville | Southeastern Conference | 3.120 |
| University of Vermont | America East Conference | 3.231 |
| University of Washington | Pacific-10 Conference | 3.260 |
| Utah State University | Western Athletic Conference | 3.730 |
| Valparaiso University | Horizon League | 3.210 |
| Vanderbilt University | Southeastern Conference | 3.755 |
| Virginia Tech | Atlantic Coast Conference | 3.130 |
| Wagner College | Northeast Conference | 3.700 |
| Weber State University | Big Sky Conference | 3.450 |
| Western Kentucky University | Sun Belt Conference | 3.270 |
| Wichita State University | Missouri Valley Conference | 3.200 |
| Wright State University | Horizon League | 3.411 |
| Yale University | Ivy Group | 3.520 |