2018 NCAA DII Cross Country Team Academic Awards

NEW ORLEANS – The mark of truly well-rounded teams are ones that excel on the course, in training and in the classroom.

That’s what the Colorado School of Mines men and Grand Valley State women did during the cross country season to earn the honor of 2018 NCAA Division II Cross Country Scholar Teams of the Year, announced by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) on Thursday.

NCAA DIVISION II SCHOLAR TEAMS OF THE YEAR
Men’s Past Winners		Women’s Past Winners
Year	Program	Year	Program
2017	Adams State	2017	Adams State
2016	Adams State	2016	Grand Valley State
2015	Colorado Mines	2015	Adams State
2014	Adams State	2014	Grand Valley State
2013	Adams State	2013	Grand Valley State
2012	Adams State	2012	Grand Valley State
2011	Western State	2011	Western State
2010	Western State	2010	Grand Valley State
2009	Adams State	2009	Adams State
2008	Adams State	2008	Adams State
2007	Abilene Christian	2007	Adams State
2006	Western State	2006	Adams State

Colorado School of Mines and Grand Valley State earned the distinction of being Scholar Teams of the Year by being the highest-finishing team from their gender at the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships to have at least a 3.0 cumulative team grade point average. Other teams to earn All-Academic team awards were programs who had a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 and scored at an NCAA Division II regional meet during the season.

The Orediggers were the national runner-up this season behind the strong performances of four All-American runners. The team recorded 89 points, just 10 points behind eventual champion Grand Valley State in a tightly contested race. It was the first runner-up finish for the program since 2012 and the second overall in program history.

Colorado School of Mines also won team titles at the NCAA South Central Regional Championships and the Rock Pre-Nationals.

This is the second time that the Orediggers have been named Scholar Team of the Year, with the last being in 2015.

Grand Valley State waltzed away with the team title this past year as they recorded just 41 points behind five All-Americans. All of the scored Laker athletes finished in the top-26 of the race that included four in the top-nine.

To go with the national title, GVSU also won the Midwest Regional Title and the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championships.

The Lakers have now captured Scholar Team of the Year honors in six of the past nine seasons.

Overall there were 427 teams – 231 women’s teams and 196 men’s teams – that earned All-Academic honors.

The full list of teams honored by the USTFCCCA can be found below.

2018 NCAA Division II Cross Country – All-Academic Teams

Gender	Institution	GPA	Head Coach
MEN	Academy of Art University	3.16	Steve Fuelling	E
MEN	Adelphi University	3.04	Katie Rees	E
MEN	University of Alabama in Huntsville	3.56	David Cain	E
MEN	University of Alaska Anchorage	3.43	Michael Friess	E
MEN	Anderson University (South Carolina)	3.38	Kevin Eagle	E
MEN	Ashland University	3.15	Jacob Sussman	E
MEN	Augustana University (South Dakota)	3.02	Tracy Hellman	E
MEN	Azusa Pacific University	3.44	Preston Grey	E
MEN	Bellarmine University	3.19	Jim Vargo	E
MEN	Bentley University	3.48	Kevin Curtin	E
MEN	Black Hills State University	3.4	Scott Walkinshaw	E
MEN	Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania	3.25	Bernard Empie	E
MEN	California State Polytechnic University, Pomona	3.04	Chris Bradford	E
MEN	California State University, East Bay	3.17	Tony Nicolosi	E
MEN	California University of Pennsylvania	3.17	Daniel Caulfield	E
MEN	Carson-Newman University	3.37	Eric Philips	E
MEN	Cedarville University	3.38	Paul Orchard	E
MEN	University of Central Missouri	3.38	Kirk Pedersen	E
MEN	Central Washington University	3.53	Kevin Adkisson	E
MEN	University of Charleston (West Virginia)	3.17	Nick Bias	E
MEN	Chestnut Hill College	3.03	Phil Reilly	E
MEN	Clayton State University	3.2	Mike Mead	E
MEN	Colorado School of Mines	3.43	Chris Siemers	E
MEN	Colorado Mesa University	3.6	Matt Canterbury	E
MEN	Columbus State University	3.14	JD Evilsizer	E
MEN	Concordia University Portland	3.35	Jerret Mantalas	E
MEN	Concordia University, St. Paul	3.15	Jonathan Breitbarth	E
MEN	Colorado State University-Pueblo	3.65	Matthew Morris	E
MEN	Dallas Baptist University	3.2	Jacob Phillips	E
MEN	Drury University	3.56	Jamie Moreno	E
MEN	East Central University	3.44	Steven Sawyer	E
MEN	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Florida)	3.03	Mike Rosolino	E
MEN	The University of Findlay	3.54	Blaine Maag	E
MEN	Florida Southern College	3.15	Matt Levassiur	E
MEN	Florida Institute of Technology	3.42	Peter Mazzone	E
MEN	Fort Hays State University	3.34	Jason McCullough	E
MEN	Fort Lewis College	3.17	Joshua Coon	E
MEN	Franklin Pierce University	3.33	Zach Emerson	E
MEN	Gannon University	3.68	John Carrig	E
MEN	Harding University	3.37	Steve Guymon	E
MEN	Hawaii Pacific University	3.33	Jackie Sgambati	E
MEN	Hillsdale College	3.2	Andrew Towne	E
MEN	Indiana University of Pennsylvania	3.38	Joey Zins	E
MEN	University of Indianapolis	3.37	Brad Robinson	E
MEN	Thomas Jefferson University	3.36	David Thomas	E
MEN	Kutztown University of Pennsylvania	3	Ray Hoffman	E
MEN	Lee University	3.11	Caleb Morgan	E
MEN	Lees-McRae College	3.29	Ley Fletcher	E
MEN	Lincoln Memorial University	3.34	Jeremy Donahue	E
MEN	Lindenwood University	3.3	Randy Cole	E
MEN	Lynn University	3.2	Chris Wood	E
MEN	Maryville University of Saint Louis	3.39	Vince Bingham	E
MEN	Merrimack College	3.36	Chris Cameron	E
MEN	Michigan Technological University	3.41	Jake Isaacson	E
MEN	University of Minnesota Duluth	3.35	Paul Nisius	E
MEN	Minot State University	3.46	Mark Del Monaco	E
MEN	Mississippi College	3.45	Butch Ard	E
MEN	Missouri University of Science and Technology	3.29	Shaun Meinecke	E
MEN	Missouri Southern State University	3.19	Jamie Burnham	E
MEN	Montana State University Billings	3.04	Jonathan Woehl	E
MEN	University of Montevallo	3.25	Tommy Barksdale	E
MEN	University of Mount Olive	3.28	Matthew van Lierop	E
MEN	Metropolitan State University of Denver	3.18	Trent Mack	E
MEN	Minnesota State University Moorhead	3.33	Ryan Milner	E
MEN	University of Nebraska at Kearney	3.41	Brady Bonsall	E
MEN	Northern State University	3.3	Patrick Heckroth	E
MEN	Northwest Missouri State University	3.09	Nick Gibson	E
MEN	Northwestern Oklahoma State University	3.2	Jill Lancaster	E
MEN	Northwood University (Michigan)	3.45	Michael Roberts	E
MEN	Nova Southeastern University	3.23	Bryan Hagopian	E
MEN	Oklahoma Baptist University	3.01	Matt Kennedy	E
MEN	Palm Beach Atlantic University	3.12	Maryellen Powers	E
MEN	Pittsburg State University	3.29	Russ Jewett	E
MEN	Queens University of Charlotte	3.26	Thomas Scott	E
MEN	Roberts Wesleyan College	3.4	Andrew Dorr	E
MEN	Rogers State University	3.17	Chris McCormick	E
MEN	Saginaw Valley State University	3.28	Rod Cowan	E
MEN	Saint Anselm College	3.07	Brian Stankiewicz	E
MEN	Seattle Pacific University	3.23	Karl Lerum	E
MEN	Seton Hill University	3.28	Jenna Fatica	E
MEN	Simon Fraser University	3.14	Brit Townsend	E
MEN	University of Sioux Falls	3.32	Doug Petersen	E
MEN	Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania	3.28	John Papa	E
MEN	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	3.09	Steve Johnson	E
MEN	Southern Connecticut State University	3.32	John Wallin	E
MEN	Southwest Baptist University	3.36	Corey McElhaney	E
MEN	St. Thomas Aquinas College	3.17	Nicole Ryan	E
MEN	Stonehill College	3.23	Karen Boen	E
MEN	University of Tampa	3.25	DROR VAKNIN	E
MEN	Tarleton State University	3.16	Pat Ponder	E
MEN	Truman State University	3.32	Tim Schwegler	E
MEN	Tusculum College	3.31	Cory Pratt	E
MEN	University of Mary	3.43	Dennis Newell	E
MEN	University of California, San Diego	3.03	Nate Garcia	E
MEN	University of Colorado, Colorado Springs	3.22	Mark Misch	E
MEN	Union University	3.57	Gary Johnson	E
MEN	University of the Sciences	3.24	Rich DiGiacomo	E
MEN	Utah Tech University	3.23	Justin Decker	E
MEN	University of Wisconsin-Parkside	3.36	Thomas Breitbach	E
MEN	Walsh University	3.49	Rob Mizicko	E
MEN	Wayne State University (Michigan)	3.24	Grant Lofdahl	E
MEN	Wayne State College (Nebraska)	3.45	Marlon Brink	E
MEN	West Chester University of Pennsylvania	3.36	Ryan Comstock	E
MEN	University of West Florida	3.1	Caleb Carmichael	E
MEN	Western Colorado University	3.38	Jennifer Michel	E
MEN	Western Oregon University	3.15	Mike Johnson	E
MEN	William Jewell College	3.22	Alisha Samuel	E
MEN	Wilmington University (Delaware)	3	Keith Jones	E
MEN	Wingate University	3.22	Ashley Glover	E
MEN	Winona State University	3.31	Zach Kughn	E
WOMEN	Academy of Art University	3.32	Steve Fuelling	E
WOMEN	Adams State University	3.29	Damon Martin	E
WOMEN	Adelphi University	3.51	Katie Rees	E
WOMEN	University of Alabama in Huntsville	3.55	David Cain	E
WOMEN	University of Alaska Anchorage	3.51	Michael Friess	E
WOMEN	Alderson Broaddus University	3.31	Jesse Weiner	E
WOMEN	Anderson University (South Carolina)	3.73	Kevin Eagle	E
WOMEN	Arkansas Tech University	3.2	Tom Aspel	E
WOMEN	Ashland University	3.1	Jacob Sussman	E
WOMEN	Augusta University	3.44	Adam Ward	E
WOMEN	Augustana University (South Dakota)	3.72	Tracy Hellman	E
WOMEN	Azusa Pacific University	3.27	Preston Grey	E
WOMEN	Bellarmine University	3.35	Angela Musk	E
WOMEN	Bemidji State University	3.29	Kevin Kean	E
WOMEN	Bentley University	3.32	Kevin Curtin	E
WOMEN	Black Hills State University	3.51	Scott Walkinshaw	E
WOMEN	Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania	3.13	Bernard Empie	E
WOMEN	California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt	3.16	Jamey Harris	E
WOMEN	California State Polytechnic University, Pomona	3.17	Chris Bradford	E
WOMEN	California State University, East Bay	3.33	Tony Nicolosi	E
WOMEN	California University of Pennsylvania	3.67	Daniel Caulfield	E
WOMEN	Carson-Newman University	3.49	Eric Philips	E
WOMEN	Catawba College	3.55	Jason Bryan	E
WOMEN	Cedarville University	3.57	Jeff Bolender	E
WOMEN	University of Central Missouri	3.69	Kirk Pedersen	E
WOMEN	Central Washington University	3.62	Kevin Adkisson	E
WOMEN	Chadron State College	3.5	Scott Foley	E
WOMEN	University of Charleston (West Virginia)	3.06	Nick Bias	E
WOMEN	Chestnut Hill College	3.57	Phil Reilly	E
WOMEN	California State University, Chico	3.43	Gary Towne	E
WOMEN	Christian Brothers University	3.3	Bill Hoffman	E
WOMEN	Clarion University of Pennsylvania	3.49	Eric Laughlin	E
WOMEN	Clayton State University	3.2	Mike Mead	E
WOMEN	Colorado School of Mines	3.45	Chris Siemers	E
WOMEN	Colorado Mesa University	3.55	Matt Canterbury	E
WOMEN	Columbus State University	3.34	David Marley	E
WOMEN	Concord University	3.29	Michael Cox	E
WOMEN	Concordia University Portland	3.64	Jerret Mantalas	E
WOMEN	Concordia University, St. Paul	3.65	Jonathan Breitbarth	E
WOMEN	Colorado State University-Pueblo	3.65	Bailey Hughes	E
WOMEN	Dallas Baptist University	3.57	Jacob Phillips	E
WOMEN	Delta State University	3.09	Doug Pinkerton	E
WOMEN	Drury University	3.47	Jamie Moreno	E
WOMEN	East Central University	3.44	Steven Sawyer	E
WOMEN	Eastern New Mexico University	3.55	Jeff Kavalunas	E
WOMEN	Edinboro University of Pennsylvania	3.17	Clayton Foster	E
WOMEN	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Florida)	3.36	Mike Rosolino	E
WOMEN	Emporia State University	3.35	Mark Stanbrough	E
WOMEN	The University of Findlay	3.66	Blaine Maag	E
WOMEN	Flagler College	3.26	Brian Beil	E
WOMEN	Florida Southern College	3.6	Stephanie Bylander	E
WOMEN	Florida Institute of Technology	3.07	Peter Mazzone	E
WOMEN	Fort Hays State University	3.51	Jason McCullough	E
WOMEN	Fort Lewis College	3.15	Joshua Coon	E
WOMEN	Francis Marion University	3.02	Mark Bluman	E
WOMEN	Franklin Pierce University	3.27	Zach Emerson	E
WOMEN	Gannon University	3.75	John Carrig	E
WOMEN	Goldey-Beacom College	3.39	Andrew Shearer	E
WOMEN	Grand Valley State University	3.58	Jerry Baltes	E
WOMEN	Harding University	3.43	Steve Guymon	E
WOMEN	Hillsdale College	3.53	Andrew Towne	E
WOMEN	Indiana University of Pennsylvania	3.55	Joey Zins	E
WOMEN	University of Indianapolis	3.64	Brad Robinson	E
WOMEN	Thomas Jefferson University	3.35	David Thomas	E
WOMEN	Kutztown University of Pennsylvania	3.41	Ray Hoffman	E
WOMEN	Lee University	3.55	Caleb Morgan	E
WOMEN	Lenoir-Rhyne University	3.44	Danny Williamson	E
WOMEN	Lewis University	3.21	James Kearney	E
WOMEN	Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania	3.09	Aaron Russell	E
WOMEN	Lynn University	3.27	Chris Wood	E
WOMEN	Mars Hill University	3.2	Mike Owens	E
WOMEN	Maryville University of Saint Louis	3.72	Vince Bingham	E
WOMEN	Mercyhurst University	3.39	Kathryn Noble-Fraley	E
WOMEN	Merrimack College	3.33	Chris Cameron	E
WOMEN	Michigan Technological University	3.61	Jake Isaacson	E
WOMEN	University of Minnesota Duluth	3.42	Laura Harmon	E
WOMEN	Minnesota State University, Mankato	3.24	Jen Blue	E
WOMEN	Minot State University	3.63	Mark Del Monaco	E
WOMEN	Mississippi College	3.7	Butch Ard	E
WOMEN	Missouri University of Science and Technology	3.3	Shaun Meinecke	E
WOMEN	Missouri Southern State University	3.67	Jamie Burnham	E
WOMEN	Montana State University Billings	3.14	Jonathan Woehl	E
WOMEN	University of Montevallo	3.45	Tommy Barksdale	E
WOMEN	University of Mount Olive	3.66	Matthew van Lierop	E
WOMEN	Metropolitan State University of Denver	3.29	Trent Mack	E
WOMEN	Minnesota State University Moorhead	3.46	Ryan Milner	E
WOMEN	University of Nebraska at Kearney	3.5	Brady Bonsall	E
WOMEN	University of New Haven	3.18	Nicholas Noheimer	E
WOMEN	Newman University	3.34	Joshua Schepis	E
WOMEN	University of North Georgia	3.49	Tom Wiliams	E
WOMEN	North Greenville University	3.37	Cameron Stober	E
WOMEN	Northern Michigan University	3.53	Jennifer Ryan	E
WOMEN	Northern State University	3.5	Patrick Heckroth	E
WOMEN	Northwest Missouri State University	3.51	Nick Gibson	E
WOMEN	Northwestern Oklahoma State University	3.25	Jill Lancaster	E
WOMEN	Northwood University (Michigan)	3.35	Michael Roberts	E
WOMEN	Nova Southeastern University	3.4	Bryan Hagopian	E
WOMEN	Ohio Dominican University	3.44	Connor Callahan	E
WOMEN	Oklahoma Baptist University	3.26	Matt Kennedy	E
WOMEN	Palm Beach Atlantic University	3.27	Maryellen Powers	E
WOMEN	Pittsburg State University	3.66	Russ Jewett	E
WOMEN	Point Loma Nazarene University	3.49	jerry arvin	E
WOMEN	Post University	3.05	Gregory Schmidt	E
WOMEN	Queens University of Charlotte	3.55	Thomas Scott	E
WOMEN	Queens College (New York)	3.21	Robert Davis	E
WOMEN	Roberts Wesleyan College	3.59	Andrew Dorr	E
WOMEN	Rogers State University	3.13	Chris McCormick	E
WOMEN	Saginaw Valley State University	3.48	Rod Cowan	E
WOMEN	Saint Anselm College	3.04	Brian Stankiewicz	E
WOMEN	Seattle Pacific University	3.65	Karl Lerum	E
WOMEN	Seton Hill University	3.76	Jenna Fatica	E
WOMEN	San Francisco State University	3.13	Tom Lyons	E
WOMEN	Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania	3.02	Steven Spence	E
WOMEN	Simon Fraser University	3.28	Brit Townsend	E
WOMEN	University of Sioux Falls	3.59	Doug Petersen	E
WOMEN	Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania	3.49	John Papa	E
WOMEN	Sonoma State University	3.36	Sean Fitzpatrick	E
WOMEN	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	3.3	Steve Johnson	E
WOMEN	Southern Arkansas University	3.48	Timothy Paul Servis	E
WOMEN	University of Southern Indiana	3.53	Mike Hillyard	E
WOMEN	Southwest Baptist University	3.77	Corey McElhaney	E
WOMEN	St. Cloud State University	3.66	Sam Kettenhofen	E
WOMEN	St. Thomas Aquinas College	3.47	Nicole Ryan	E
WOMEN	Stonehill College	3.5	Karen Boen	E
WOMEN	University of Tampa	3.52	Jerry Slaven	E
WOMEN	Tarleton State University	3.28	Pat Ponder	E
WOMEN	Texas A&M International University	3.41	Benny Rodriguez	E
WOMEN	Truman State University	3.55	Tim Schwegler	E
WOMEN	Tusculum College	3.33	Cory Pratt	E
WOMEN	University of Mary	3.37	Dennis Newel	E
WOMEN	University of California, San Diego	3	Nate Garcia	E
WOMEN	University of Colorado, Colorado Springs	3.59	Corey Kubatzky	E
WOMEN	University of North Carolina at Pembroke	3.23	Dr. Peter Ormsby	E
WOMEN	Union University	3.76	Gary Johnson	E
WOMEN	Upper Iowa University	3.3	Nate Rucker	E
WOMEN	Ursuline College	3.54	Alaric Best	E
WOMEN	University of the Sciences	3.63	Rich DiGiacomo	E
WOMEN	Utah Tech University	3.48	Justin Decker	E
WOMEN	University of Wisconsin-Parkside	3.21	Thomas Breitbach	E
WOMEN	Valdosta State University	3.05	Todd Smoot	E
WOMEN	Walsh University	3.62	Rob MIzicko	E
WOMEN	Washburn University of Topeka	3.09	Cameron Babb	E
WOMEN	Wayne State University (Michigan)	3.77	Grant Lofdahl	E
WOMEN	Wayne State College (Nebraska)	3.57	Marlon Brink	E
WOMEN	West Chester University of Pennsylvania	3.46	Ryan Comstock	E
WOMEN	University of West Florida	3.47	Caleb Carmichael	E
WOMEN	Western Colorado University	3.39	Jennifer Michel	E
WOMEN	Western Oregon University	3.26	Mike Johnson	E
WOMEN	William Jewell College	3.67	Alisha Samuel	E
WOMEN	Wilmington University (Delaware)	3.46	Keith Jones	E
WOMEN	Wingate University	3.23	Ashley Glover	E
WOMEN	Winona State University	3.59	Zach Kughn	E

2018 NCAA DII Cross Country Team Academic Awards

NCAA DIVISION II SCHOLAR TEAMS OF THE YEAR

2018 NCAA Division II Cross Country – All-Academic Teams