USTFCCCA News & Notes
Nebraska, South Carolina Named 2009 Division I Men’s Track and Field Scholar Teams of the Year
NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced Thursday that the University of Nebraska and the University of South Carolina were selected as the 2009 Indoor Track and Field and Outdoor Track and Field Scholar Teams of the Year, respectively.
Nebraska, the 2009 Division I Men’s Indoor Track and Field Scholar Team of the Year, concluded 2009 indoor campaign with a fifth place finish at the Division I Indoor Track and Field National Championships. The fifth-place finish at the indoor championships for the Cornhuskers tied a program-best at the championship meet, and the school’s highest finish since 1996. Nebraska also finished second at the Big 12 Conference Indoor Championships
The Cornhuskers maintain a team cumulative GPA of 3.074. Seven other programs with a top-25 finish at indoor nationals earned All-Academic Team honors for their academic and athletic achievements this season.
South Carolina, the 2009 Division I Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Scholar Team of the Year, earned the Outdoor Scholar Team of the Year distinction by virtue of a sixth-place finish at the outdoor national championships and maintaining a team cumulative GPA of 3.090. The sixth-place finish for the Gamecocks was the program’s best effort at the outdoor national championships. Prior to the national meet, South Carolina finished second overall at the East Regional Outdoor Championships and fourth overall at the SEC Outdoor Championships.
Joining South Carolina on the All-Academic Teams list are seven other schools that finished in the top-25 at the outdoor championships.
DIVISION I ALL-ACADEMIC TRACK AND FIELD TEAMS
In addition to the Indoor and Outdoor Scholar Teams of the Year, the USTFCCCA also announced the men’s 2009 Division I All-Academic Track and Field Teams. A total of 68 Division I programs were recognized as men’s 2009 All-Academic Teams.
DePaul University led all institutions with a 3.419 team cumulative GPA, followed by Brown University with a 3.390 team cumulative GPA, and Yale University with a 3.370 team cumulative GPA.
The Ivy League led all conferences again this year with six teams selected as All-Academic Teams for 2009 – Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, and Yale. The Big 12 Conference followed with five teams selected to the list. The Colonial Athletic Association and the Southern Conference each had four teams selected as All-Academic Track and Field Teams.
The selection of the All-Academic Indoor and Outdoor Scholar Teams of the Year award is based on a combination of academic and athletic achievements, with the top honor going to the team that had the combination of best overall finish at the respective Division I Indoor or Outdoor National Championships and cumulative GPA.
To be nominated, the team must carry a minimum 3.000 cumulative grade-point average.
2009 USTFCCCA Division I Men’s All-Academic Track and Field Teams:
| School |
GPA
|
| DePaul University |
3.419
|
| Brown University |
3.390
|
| Yale University |
3.370
|
| Butler University |
3.347
|
| Harvard University |
3.294
|
| University of San Francisco |
3.262
|
| Lafayette College |
3.260
|
| Lipscomb University |
3.230
|
| Loyola University Chicago |
3.229
|
| Dartmouth College |
3.220
|
| University of Tulsa |
3.212
|
| Saint Louis University |
3.211
|
| University of Portland |
3.210
|
| Weber State University |
3.210
|
| University of Vermont |
3.208
|
| Stanford University |
3.203
|
| Rice University |
3.190
|
| University of Tennessee at Chattanooga |
3.189
|
| Duke University |
3.184
|
| Samford University |
3.180
|
| University of Richmond |
3.170
|
| Columbia University |
3.165
|
| Drake University |
3.150
|
| Iowa State University |
3.150
|
| Utah State University |
3.141
|
| University of Detroit Mercy |
3.140
|
| Brigham Young University |
3.130
|
| Bucknell University |
3.130
|
| North Dakota State University |
3.130
|
| Kansas State University |
3.125
|
| Rider University |
3.124
|
| University of Missouri, Columbia |
3.123
|
| Georgia State University |
3.120
|
| Montana State University – Bozeman |
3.120
|
| Idaho State University |
3.117
|
| Purdue University |
3.110
|
| Quinnipiac University |
3.110
|
| Sacred Heart University |
3.099
|
| University of North Dakota |
3.098
|
| Wake Forest University |
3.096
|
| Oklahoma State University |
3.094
|
| University of South Carolina, Columbia |
3.090
|
| University of Minnesota, Twin Cities |
3.086
|
| Central Michigan University |
3.081
|
| Wofford College |
3.080
|
| Boise State University |
3.078
|
| University of Nebraska, Lincoln |
3.074
|
| University of Louisville |
3.070
|
| South Dakota State University |
3.063
|
| University of Idaho |
3.060
|
| High Point University |
3.052
|
| College of William and Mary |
3.050
|
| Lehigh University |
3.050
|
| Coppin State University |
3.045
|
| University of Cincinnati |
3.042
|
| Miami University (Ohio) |
3.040
|
| Indiana State University |
3.032
|
| Rutgers University, New Brunswick |
3.030
|
| Stony Brook University |
3.030
|
| University of California, Riverside |
3.030
|
| University of North Carolina, Wilmington |
3.020
|
| Northeastern University |
3.012
|
| Cornell University |
3.010
|
| Pennsylvania State University |
3.010
|
| University of Maine, Orono |
3.010
|
| Davidson College |
3.000
|
| Loyola Marymount University |
3.000
|
| Southern Illinois University-Carbondale |
3.000
|