Award History
NCAA DI wXC All-Academic AthletesDivision I Cross Country Women’s Scholar Athlete of the Year and Individual All-Academic Awards Announced
NEW ORLEANS – For the second consecutive season, Abbey D’Agostino of Dartmouth has been named the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Division I Women’s Scholar Athlete of the Year for the 2013 cross country season among 129 who earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors.
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D’Agostino, the individual champion at the 2013 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships, earned Scholar Athlete of the Year status as the best individual finisher at the NCAA Championships who earned a cumulative grade point average of 3.25.
The senior psychology major from Topsfield, Mass., with a 3.70 GPA capped an undefeated season with a national title at the LaVern Gibson Championship Course in Terre Haute, Ind. She ran the 6K course in 20:00.27 to become the first Ivy League student-athlete to win an individual national cross country title.
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Each of her five races prior to the NCAA Championships ended with wins for D’Agostino, including titles at the Northeast Regional, the Ivy League Championships and the Wisconsin adidas Invitational.
She is the third Division I woman since the beginning of the award in 2006 to earn it in back-to-back seasons.
D’Agostino was one of 129 women in Division I who earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors for the 2013 cross country season. Honorees must have compiled a cumulative GPA or 3.25 or greater and must have finished as an All-American or among the 15 finishers (or 10 percent) in their regional meet.
Those 129 women hail from 78 different institutions and 21 different conferences. National champion Providence and Colorado were the best represented programs with five individuals apiece, followed by eight different schools with four honorees each. Those eight schools are Butler, Virginia, Georgetown, Arkansas, Minnesota, Penn State, Florida State and Dartmouth.
The ACC led the way with 18 total honorees, followed by the Big East with 16 and the Pac-12 and SEC with 15 each.
Sixteen student-athletes reported 4.0 cumulative GPAs.
Of the 45 All-Americans, 29 earned All-Academic honors; as did 15 of the top 25 finishers.
2013 Division I Women’s Cross Country Individual All-Academic Honorees
| Full Name | Institution | GPA | Athlete’s Major |
| Meropi Panagiotou | Alabama | 3.86 | Fashion Design |
| Katelyn Greenleaf | Alabama | 3.83 | Nutrition |
| Silvia Del Fava | Albany | 3.98 | Urban Studies and Planning |
| Brittney Lane | Albany | 3.32 | Sociology, English minor |
| Elvin Kibet | Arizona | 3.82 | Public Health |
| Maria Larsson | Arizona | 4.00 | Psychology |
| Kayla Beattie | Arizona | 3.41 | Psychology |
| Shelby Houlihan | Arizona State | 3.47 | Computer Science |
| Shannon Klenke | Arkansas | 4.00 | International Economics |
| Paige Johnston | Arkansas | 3.93 | Social Work |
| Grace Heymsfield | Arkansas | 3.79 | Dietetics |
| Diane Robison | Arkansas | 3.51 | Dietetics |
| Kristina Aubert | Arkansas State | 3.67 | Nursing |
| Rachel Johnson | Baylor | 3.47 | Exercise Physiology |
| Liv Westphal | Boston College | 3.38 | Communications |
| Sarah McMahon | Bradley | 4.00 | English |
| Kristen Busch | Bradley | 3.39 | Health Sciences |
| Heidi Caldwell | Brown | 3.59 | Environmental Studies |
| Mara Olson | Butler | 4.00 | Biology |
| Katie Clark | Butler | 4.00 | Counseling (Master’s Degree) |
| Olivia Pratt | Butler | 3.68 | Political Science |
| Lauren Wood | Butler | 4.00 | Business |
| Andrea Harrison | BYU | 3.45 | Teaching social Science |
| Laura Hollander | Cal Poly | 3.51 | Kinesiology |
| Brooke Cassar | Central Arkansas | 4.00 | Physical Therapy |
| Teghan Henderson | Chattanooga | 3.87 | Accounting |
| Melanie Nun | Colorado | 3.94 | Mathematics and Economics |
| Abby Levene | Colorado | 3.77 | Master’s in environmental journalism |
| Erin Clark | Colorado | 3.56 | Integrative Physiology |
| Liz Tremblay | Colorado | 3.48 | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Integrative Physiology |
| Jenny DeSouchet | Colorado | 3.35 | English Literature |
| Waverly Neer | Columbia | 3.35 | Anthropolgy |
| Rachel Sorna | Cornell | 3.36 | Biological Engineering |
| Emily Shearer | Cornell | 4.00 | Biology |
| Abbey D’Agostino | Dartmouth | 3.70 | Psychology |
| Dana Giordano | Dartmouth | 3.39 | Undecided |
| Sarah B. DeLozier | Dartmouth | 3.54 | English |
| Elizabeth Markowitz | Dartmouth | 3.58 | Undecided |
| Lindsay Prettyman | Delaware | 3.89 | Exercise Science |
| Juliet Bottorff | Duke | 3.46 | Evolutionary Anthropology |
| Victoria Voronko | Eastern Michigan | 3.77 | Physical Education |
| Agata Strausa | Florida | 3.86 | Art History |
| Colleen Quigley | Florida State | 3.95 | |
| Linden Hall | Florida State | 3.73 | |
| Hannah Walker | Florida State | 4.00 | |
| Pippa Woolven | Florida State | 3.94 | |
| Allie Buchalski | Furman | 3.68 | undeclared |
| Samantha Nadel | Georgetown | 3.27 | Psychology |
| Katrina Coogan | Georgetown | 3.70 | Human Sciences |
| Rachel Schneider | Georgetown | 4.00 | Professional Studies – Sports Industry Management |
| Kelsey Smith | Georgetown | 3.63 | Nursing |
| Carly Hamilton | Georgia | 3.29 | Marketing |
| Viviana Hanley | Harvard | 3.95 | Sociology |
| Hannah Kiser | Idaho | 3.94 | Biochemistry |
| Alyssa Schneider | Illinois | 3.79 | Mathematics |
| Samantha Ginther | Indiana | 3.78 | Professional Health Education |
| Maya Rehberg | Iona | 3.39 | Undeclared |
| Bethanie Brown | Iowa State | 4.00 | Communications Studies |
| Katy Moen | Iowa State | 3.55 | Early Childhood and Special Education |
| Samantha Bluske | Iowa State | 3.35 | Diet and Exercise |
| Hannah Richardson | Kansas | 3.57 | Exercise Science |
| Cally Macumber | Kentucky | 3.48 | Integrated Strategic Communications |
| Leigh Lattimore | Lamar | 3.33 | Exercise Science |
| Sheree Shea | Loyola Marymount | 3.30 | Education |
| Erin Finn | Michigan | 3.90 | Engineering |
| Brook Handler | Michigan | 3.51 | Chemical Engineering |
| Rachele Schulist | Michigan State | 3.48 | Kinesiology |
| Laura Docherty | Minnesota | 3.58 | Three Area Option (Marketing, Retail Merchandising, Sustainability) |
| Maggie Bollig | Minnesota | 3.61 | Human Resource Development and Psychology |
| Molly Kayfes | Minnesota | 3.47 | Business and Marketing Education |
| Becca Dyson | Minnesota | 3.96 | Journalism – Professional Strategic Communications Emphasis |
| Rhianwedd Price | Mississippi State | 3.25 | Animal and Dairy Science |
| Kaitlyn Fischer | Missouri | 3.95 | Undecided |
| Joanna Thompson | NC State | 3.31 | Zoology |
| Emily Pritt | NC State | 3.43 | Graduate Student- Communication |
| Annie LeHardy | North Carolina | 3.26 | Journalism and Mass Communication |
| Kelly Curran | Notre Dame | 3.76 | Science-Business |
| Alexa Aragon | Notre Dame | 3.25 | Pre-professional Studies |
| Juli Accurso | Ohio | 3.90 | French |
| Katie Borchers | Ohio State | 3.59 | Exercise Science |
| Hilary Krein | Oklahoma | 3.77 | Accounting |
| Monika Juodeskaite | Oklahoma State | 3.41 | Sports Media |
| Annie LeBlanc | Oregon | 3.94 | Undeclared |
| Molly Grabill | Oregon | 3.47 | Sociology |
| Emily Giannotti | Penn State | 4.00 | Master’s Student in Counselor Education |
| Leigha Anderson | Penn State | 3.80 | Labor Studies and Employment Relations |
| Marta Klebe | Penn State | 3.43 | Business |
| Kathleen Roden | Penn State | 4.00 | Kinesiology |
| Emily de La Bruyere | Princeton | 3.80 | |
| Emily Sisson | Providence | 3.47 | Business Management |
| Laura Nagel | Providence | 3.54 | Business Marketing |
| Sarah Collins | Providence | 3.59 | Biology |
| Grace Thek | Providence | 3.77 | Biology |
| Catarina Rocha | Providence | 3.33 | Undeclared |
| Cali Roper | Rice | 3.76 | undelcared |
| Marisa Ruskan | Richmond | 3.60 | Business |
| Bridget Dahlberg | San Francisco | 3.87 | Public Health |
| Kate Jamboretz | San Francisco | 3.51 | Biology |
| Tova Euren Magnusson | SMU | 3.68 | Business |
| Meeridith Mill | South Carolina | 4.00 | Political Science |
| Kristen Levi | Southern Illinois | 3.84 | Exercise Science |
| Aisling Cuffe | Stanford | 3.42 | Biology |
| Jessica Tonn | Stanford | 3.45 | Communication |
| Olivia Burne | Stony Brook | 3.84 | Journalism |
| Margo Malone | Syracuse | 3.82 | Biology |
| Meredith Speakman | Syracuse | 3.61 | Marketing/Management |
| Chelsea Blaase | Tennessee | 3.63 | Kinesiology |
| Marielle Hall | Texas | 3.29 | Government |
| Megan Siebert | Texas | 3.93 | Health Promotion |
| Hillary Montgomery | Texas A&M | 3.29 | Education |
| Elinor Kirk | UAB | 4.00 | Master’s of Communication Management |
| Alycia Cridebring | UC Davis | 3.33 | Environmental Science & Management |
| Anne-Marie Blaney | UCF | 3.30 | Health Sciences ( Pre-Clinical) |
| Courtney Frerichs | UMKC | 3.95 | Chemistry |
| Rebekah Winterton | Utah | 3.71 | Business |
| Elizabeth Anderson | Vanderbilt | 3.48 | Philosophy, Communication Studies |
| Sydney Harris | Villanova | 3.99 | Business |
| Stephanie Schappert | Villanova | 3.80 | Business |
| Barbara Strehler | Virginia | 3.72 | Masters – English Education |
| Kathleen Stevens | Virginia | 3.78 | Kinesiology |
| Cleo Boyd | Virginia | 3.46 | undeclared |
| Sarah Fakler | Virginia | 3.44 | Engineering |
| Courtney Dobbs | Virginia Tech | 3.89 | Accounting and Information Systems |
| Ruby Roberts | Washington State | 3.97 | Fine Arts |
| Kelly Williams | West Virginia | 4.00 | Journalism |
| Emily Stites | William and Mary | 3.67 | Marketing |
| Meghan McGovern | William and Mary | 3.82 | Undeclared |
| Michelle Britto | William and Mary | 3.84 | History |
| Clare Fischer | Xavier | 3.50 | Business |