

Stanford’s Chris Derrick is DI Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year Once Again
NEW ORLEANS – Chris Derrick of Stanford University was named the USTFCCCA NCAA Division I Men’s Scholar Athlete of the Year for the 2011 cross country season on Friday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). Derrick was the NCAA Division I cross country national runner-up during the 2011 fall season. Derrick also won the same award for the 2010 season.
Scholar Athletes are determined from among those who earned All-Academic status and placed highest individually at the most recent NCAA Championships.
USTFCCCA NCAA Division I
Cross Country Men’s Scholar Athlete of the Year – Chris Derrick, Stanford
Derrick, a senior from Naperville, Ill., has tallied a 3.87 cumulative GPA through the 2011 fall semester in the study of economics.
Derrick took runner-up honors at the NCAA Championships, NCAA West Regional, and the Pac-12 Championships this fall.
Stanford has won three of the last six awards in the category. As a league, the Pac-12 Conference has won five of the last six Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards for men’s Division I cross country.
Past Winners
2011: Chris Derrick, Stanford
2010: Chris Derrick, Stanford
2009: David McNeill, Northern Arizona
2008: Galen Rupp, Oregon
2007: Galen Rupp, Oregon
2006: Neftalem Araia, Stanford
58 Earn All-Academic Status
In addition to the Scholar Athlete of the Year, the USTFCCCA also announced those men who earned 2011 Division I All-Academic Cross Country status.
A total of 58 student-athletes represent the 36 institutions that compose the group. Oklahoma and Georgetown were the leading squads with four named to the All-Academic list. UNCG, BYU, and Oklahoma State followed with three apiece.
Big East Conference institutions claimed the most All-Academic nods among leagues with ten. The Big 12 followed with eight.
Twelve of the top 25 finishers at the NCAA Cross Country Championships earned All-Academic mentions.
To qualify for the USTFCCCA All-Academic Track and Field Team, the student-athlete must have compiled a cumulative grade point average of 3.25 and have either earned USTFCCCA All-America status or finished in the NCAA region’s top 15 (or top 10 percent) in 2011.
USTFCCCA 2011 Division I Cross Country All-Academic Honorees, MEN
ATHLETE | INSTITUTION |
Miles Batty | Brigham Young University |
Rex Shields | Brigham Young University |
Jason Witt | Brigham Young University |
Dan Lowry | Brown University |
Ty McCormack | Clemson University |
Alex McGrath | College of William and Mary |
Nicolas Composto | Columbia University |
Michael Murphy | Columbia University |
John Bleday | Dartmouth College |
Ryan Hopkins | Davidson College |
Michael Fout | Florida State University |
Mark Dennin | Georgetown University |
TC Lumbar | Georgetown University |
Alex Lundy | Georgetown University |
Andrew Springer | Georgetown University |
Mitch Goose | Iona College |
Alexander Soderberg | Iona College |
Matt Johnsen | Lamar University |
Evans Kosgei | Lehigh University |
Heath Reedy | Long Beach State University |
Andrew Colley | North Carolina State University |
Bobby Moldovan | North Carolina State University |
Timothy Freriks | Northern Arizona University |
German Fernandez | Oklahoma State University |
Shadrack Kipchirchir | Oklahoma State University |
Colby Lowe | Oklahoma State University |
Chris Derrick | Stanford University |
Jacob Riley | Stanford University |
Patrick Dupont | Syracuse University |
Sean Keefe | Syracuse University |
Kevin Burnett | Texas A&M University, College Station |
James Pearson | U.S. Naval Academy |
Cody Rome | U.S. Naval Academy |
Eric Finan | University of Cincinnati |
Andy Wacker | University of Colorado, Boulder |
Mark Parrish | University of Florida |
Bobby Aprill | University of Michigan |
Craig Forys | University of Michigan |
Cosmas Ayabei | University of Missouri, Kansas City |
Paul Chelimo | University of North Carolina, Greensboro |
Paul Katam | University of North Carolina, Greensboro |
Joey Thompson | University of North Carolina, Greensboro |
Jordan Carlson | University of Notre Dame |
George Alex | University of Oklahoma |
Bill Kogel | University of Oklahoma |
Jeremy Sudbury | University of Oklahoma |
Kevin Williams | University of Oklahoma |
Lars Erik Malde | University of Portland |
Gilbert Kemboi | University of South Carolina Upstate |
Chris Berry | University of Tennessee at Chattanooga |
Mark Amirault | University of Virginia |
Ryan Collins | University of Wisconsin, Madison |
Reed Connor | University of Wisconsin, Madison |
Elliot Krause | University of Wisconsin, Madison |
Brian McKenna | Utah State University |
Matthew Gibney | Villanova University |
Ryan Sheridan | Villanova University |
Andrew Kimpel | Washington State University |