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NCAA DII mXC All-Academic TeamsDivision II Champ Adams State Named 2012 Cross Country Men’s Scholar Team of the Year
NEW ORLEANS – The Grizzlies of Adams State University are the USTFCCCA NCAA Division II Men’s Scholar Team of the Year for the 2012 cross country season as announced by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). Adams State won the NCAA Cross Country Championship title this fall – their fourth in five years.
Scholar Teams of the year are determined from among those who earned All-Academic status and placed highest as a team at the most recent NCAA Championships.
USTFCCCA NCAA Division II
Cross Country Men’s Scholar Team of the Year – Adams State University
The Grizzlies, coached by DII National Men’s Coach of the Year Damon Martin, have earned a cumulative 3.046 team grade point average through the 2012 fall semester.
Adams State captured not only its fourth title in the past five years, but also its ninth in program history – most in DII history – and did so in dominating fashion. Led by three of the race’s top four individual finishers in runner-up sophomore Kevin Batt, sophomore Tabor Stevens (third) and sophomore Matthew Daniels (fourth), the Grizzlies scored just 34 points and defeated runner-up Colorado mines by 68 points.
Each of Adams State’s seven runners earned USTFCCCA All-America honors. In addition to Batt, Stevens and Daniels, senior David Sanchez (12th), sophomore John Luterbach (15th), senior Andrew Roberts (25th) and junior Jovanny Godinez also earned the distinction.
Past Winners
2012: Adams State
2011: Western State
2010: Western State
2009: Adams State
2008: Adams State
2007: Abilene Christian
2006: Western State
88 Teams Earn All-Academic Status
In addition to the Scholar Team of the Year, the USTFCCCA also announced those Men’s teams who earned 2012 Division II All-Academic Cross Country status.
A total of 88 institutions represent 21 conferences that compose the group. The NSIC led the way with 10 teams earning All-Academic status while GLIAC followed on the conference honor roll with nine.
Sioux Falls reported the highest cumulative team GPA in the country for all men’s teams in all three NCAA divisions through the fall 2012 semester at 3.732. Truman State followed at 3.61.
Eight of the top ten finishing teams at the 2012 NCAA Cross Country Championships earned All-Academic status. Of the 32 teams that participated in the national meet, 18 of those earned All-Academic status.
To qualify as a USTFCCCA All-Academic Cross Country Team, the team must have had a cumulative team GPA of 3.00 or better and have compiled a team score at their respective NCAA regional championship.
USTFCCCA 2012 Division II Cross Country Men’s All-Academic Teams
| Institution | Conference | GPA |
| Adams State University | RMAC | 3.046 |
| Adelphi University | Northeast-10 | 3.08 |
| American International College | Northeast-10 | 3.33 |
| Anderson University (South Carolina) | SAC | 3.29 |
| Angelo State University | Lone Star | 3.25 |
| Ashland University | GLIAC | 3.115 |
| Augustana College (South Dakota) | NSIC | 3.04 |
| Bellarmine University | GLVC | 3.22 |
| Belmont Abbey College | Conf. Carolinas | 3.11 |
| Bentley University | Northeast-10 | 3.41 |
| C.W. Post Campus/Long Island University | East Coast | 3.23 |
| California State Polytechnic University, Pomona | CCAA | 3.09 |
| California State University, Stanislaus | CCAA | 3 |
| California University of Pennsylvania | PSAC | 3.349 |
| Carson-Newman College | SAC | 3.3 |
| Catawba College | SAC | 3.26 |
| Cedarville University | G-MAC | 3.31 |
| Central Washington University | GNAC | 3.279 |
| Christian Brothers University | Gulf South | 3.35 |
| Colorado Christian University | RMAC | 3.098 |
| Columbus State University | Peach Belt | 3.19 |
| Concord University | WVIAC | 3.23 |
| Concordia University, St. Paul | NSIC | 3.47 |
| Drury University | GLVC | 3.2404 |
| East Central University | Great American | 3.07 |
| East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | PSAC | 3.14 |
| Edinboro University of Pennsylvania | PSAC | 3.404 |
| Fairmont State University | WVIAC | 3.19 |
| Florida Institute of Technology | Sunshine | 3.068 |
| Fort Hays State University | MIAA | 3.15 |
| Gannon University | PSAC | 3.58 |
| Georgia College & State University | Peach Belt | 3.44 |
| Grand Valley State University | GLIAC | 3.11 |
| Harding University | Great American | 3.1 |
| Hillsdale College | GLIAC | 3.334 |
| Humboldt State University | CCAA | 3.12 |
| King College | Conf. Carolinas | 3.183 |
| Lake Superior State University | GLIAC | 3.269 |
| Le Moyne College | Northeast-10 | 3.131 |
| Lewis University | GLVC | 3.31 |
| Limestone College | Conf. Carolinas | 3.08 |
| Lincoln Memorial University | SAC | 3.27 |
| Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania | PSAC | 3.045 |
| Mars Hill College | SAC | 3.15 |
| Mercyhurst University | PSAC | 3.034 |
| Michigan Technological University | GLIAC | 3.42 |
| Minnesota State University, Mankato | NSIC | 3.07 |
| Minot State University | NSIC | 3.222 |
| Missouri Southern State University | MIAA | 3 |
| Montana State University Billings | GNAC | 3.06 |
| Newman University | Heartland Conference | 3.193 |
| Northern State University | NSIC | 3.16 |
| Northwest Missouri State University | MIAA | 3.12 |
| Northwest Nazarene University | GNAC | 3.03 |
| Queens College (New York) | East Coast | 3.473 |
| Saginaw Valley State University | GLIAC | 3.24 |
| Saint Anselm College | Northeast-10 | 3.103 |
| Saint Leo University | Sunshine | 3.26 |
| Seattle Pacific University | GNAC | 3.24 |
| Seton Hill University | WVIAC | 3.13 |
| Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | PSAC | 3.49 |
| South Dakota School of Mines & Technology | Independent (D-II) | 3.355 |
| Southwest Baptist University | MIAA | 3.243 |
| St. Thomas Aquinas College | East Coast | 3.05 |
| Stonehill College | Northeast-10 | 3.08 |
| The University of Findlay | GLIAC | 3.31 |
| Tiffin University | GLIAC | 3.11 |
| Truman State University | MIAA | 3.61 |
| University of Alaska Anchorage | GNAC | 3.21 |
| University of Alaska Fairbanks | GNAC | 3.08 |
| University of California, San Diego | CCAA | 3.19 |
| University of Central Missouri | MIAA | 3.26 |
| University of Mary | NSIC | 3.19 |
| University of Massachusetts Lowell | Northeast-10 | 3 |
| University of Minnesota Duluth | NSIC | 3.29 |
| University of Montevallo | Peach Belt | 3.22 |
| University of Nebraska at Kearney | MIAA | 3.235 |
| University of Sioux Falls | NSIC | 3.732 |
| University of West Georgia | Gulf South | 3.076 |
| Valdosta State University | Gulf South | 3.45 |
| Wayne State College (Nebraska) | NSIC | 3.045 |
| Wayne State University (Michigan) | GLIAC | 3.33 |
| West Chester University of Pennsylvania | PSAC | 3.413 |
| West Texas A&M University | Lone Star | 3.57 |
| West Virginia Wesleyan College | WVIAC | 3.354 |
| Western State Colorado University | RMAC | 3.31 |
| Wingate University | SAC | 3.238 |
| Winona State University | NSIC | 3.01 |