2019 USTFCCCA NAIA Track & Field Academic Team Awards

NEW ORLEANS – Scholar Teams of the Year and All-Academic Team honors for the 2018-19 NAIA Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field seasons were announced Monday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).

Indiana Tech earned both the Men’s Indoor and Outdoor Scholar Team of the Year honors, while Wayland Baptist (Texas) and Southern-New Orleans (La.) were honored as the respective Women’s Indoor and Outdoor Scholar Teams of the Year.

In order to be in contention for Scholar Team of the Year, a program must finish highly at the respective national championship meet and have at least a cumulative team GPA of 3.00. (CLICK HERE to see the full criteria)

Indiana Tech’s athletes had a cumulative team GPA of 3.17 while also standing out on the track and in the field. The Warriors won the indoor team title – which made them an easy choice for Men’s Indoor Scholar Team of the Year – and finished fourth outdoors.

Wayland Baptist earned Women’s Indoor Scholar Team of the Year honors after winning the indoor title and posting a cumulative team GPA of 3.11.

Southern-New Orleans (La.) captured Women’s Outdoor Scholar Team of the Year honors after finishing runner-up outdoors. The Knights had a cumulative team GPA of 3.37.

All-Academic Teams

All told, 74 teams were honored by the USTFCCCA for their academics.

Breaking it down further, 44 of those were women’s teams compared to 30 men’s programs.

No team posted a better cumulative GPA than Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)’s women at 3.707.

Oregon Tech had the best cumulative GPA out of any men’s program at 3.61.

2019 USTFCCCA All-Academic Teams
NAIA Men’s & Women’s Track & Field

Gender	Institution	GPA	Head Coach
MEN	Baker University	3.01	Ryan Pitts	E
MEN	Benedictine College (Kan.)	3.04	Henry Brun	E
MEN	Bethel College (Kan.)	3.03	Jeff Hoskisson	E
MEN	Bushnell University	3.34	Tom Boldon	E
MEN	Central Methodist University (Mo.)	3.32	Mark Nelson	E
MEN	Concordia University (Neb.)	3.29	Matt Beisel	E
MEN	Dakota State University (S.D.)	3.06	Anthony Drealan	E
MEN	Dakota Wesleyan University (S.D.)	3.28	Jamen Helton	E
MEN	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Ariz.)	3.27	Chris Bray	E
MEN	Grace College (Ind.)	3.28	Jeff Raymond	E
MEN	Indiana Institute of Technology	3.17	Doug Edgar	E
MEN	Jessup University	3.33	Jeff Magley	E
MEN	Lewis-Clark State College (Idaho)	3.46	Michael Collins	E
MEN	Midland University (Neb.)	3.02	Daniel Gerber	E
MEN	Milligan University	3.25	Chris Layne	E
MEN	Morningside University	3.16	Dave Nash	E
MEN	Mount Mercy University (Iowa)	3.15	Derek Stephens	E
MEN	Northwestern College (Iowa)	3.14	Scott Bahrke	E
MEN	Oklahoma City University	3.18	Matt Aguero	E
MEN	Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.)	3.31	Mike McDowell	E
MEN	Oregon Institute of Technology	3.61	Jack Kegg	E
MEN	Point Park University (Pa.)	3.21	Jim Spisak	E
MEN	University of Saint Francis (Ind.)	3.16		E
MEN	University of Saint Mary (Kan.)	3.07	Alstin Benton	E
MEN	Southern Oregon University	3.33	Grier Gatlin	E
MEN	Southern University at New Orleans (La.)	3.1	Younne Reid	E
MEN	Saint Ambrose University (Iowa)	3.25	Dan Tomlin	E
MEN	Tabor College (Kan.)	3.07	Dave Kroeker	E
MEN	Taylor University (Ind.)	3.36	Rod Waters	E
MEN	Trinity Christian College (Ill.)	3.23	Bob Brickman	E
MEN	William Woods University (Mo.)	3.14	Dan Schwab	E
WOMEN	Baker University	3.27	Ryan Pitts	E
WOMEN	Benedictine College (Kan.)	3.25	Henry Brun	E
WOMEN	Bethel College (Ind.)	3.17	Tony Natali	E
WOMEN	Bethel College (Kan.)	3.06	Jeff Hoskisson	E
WOMEN	Bushnell University	3.28	Tom Boldon	E
WOMEN	Central Methodist University (Mo.)	3.28	Mark Nelson	E
WOMEN	Clarke University (Iowa)	3.47	Mason Tangen	E
WOMEN	Columbia College (Mo.)	3.59	Tracy Jex	E
WOMEN	Concordia University (Neb.)	3.6	Matt Beisel	E
WOMEN	Dakota State University (S.D.)	3.36	Anthony Drealan	E
WOMEN	Dakota Wesleyan University (S.D.)	3.48	Jamen Helton	E
WOMEN	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Ariz.)	3.71	Chris Bray	E
WOMEN	Georgetown College (Ky.)	3.04	Luke Garnett	E
WOMEN	Grace College (Ind.)	3.37	Jeff Raymond	E
WOMEN	Grand View University	3.36	Jerry Monner	E
WOMEN	Indiana Institute of Technology	3.24	Doug Edgar	E
WOMEN	Jessup University	3.55	Jeff Magley	E
WOMEN	Lewis-Clark State College (Idaho)	3.64	Michael Collins	E
WOMEN	Lyon College (Ark.)	3.2	Milton Williams	E
WOMEN	Midland University (Neb.)	3.44	Daniel Gerber	E
WOMEN	Milligan University	3.45	Chris Layne	E
WOMEN	University of Mobile (Ala.)	3.01	Andy Canegitta	E
WOMEN	Morningside University	3.45	Dave Nash	E
WOMEN	Mount Mercy University (Iowa)	3.39	Derek Stephens	E
WOMEN	Northwestern College (Iowa)	3.52	Scott Bahrke	E
WOMEN	Oklahoma City University	3.48	Matt Aguero	E
WOMEN	Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.)	3.37	Mike McDowell	E
WOMEN	Oregon Institute of Technology	3.61	Jack Kegg	E
WOMEN	Our Lady of the Lake University (Texas)	3.2	Stephen Sherman	E
WOMEN	Point Park University (Pa.)	3.37	Jim Spisak	E
WOMEN	University of Saint Francis (Ind.)	3.08		E
WOMEN	University of Saint Mary (Kan.)	3.38	Alstin Benton	E
WOMEN	SCAD Atlanta (Ga.)	3.52	Christopher Ummer	E
WOMEN	Southeastern University (Fla.)	3.4	Nick Dodson	E
WOMEN	Southern Oregon University	3.29	Grier Gatlin	E
WOMEN	Southern University at New Orleans (La.)	3.37	Younne Reid	E
WOMEN	Saint Ambrose University (Iowa)	3.53	Dan Tomlin	E
WOMEN	Tabor College (Kan.)	3.65	Dave Kroeker	E
WOMEN	Taylor University (Ind.)	3.65	Rod Waters	E
WOMEN	Tennessee Wesleyan University	3.02	Sam Roberts	E
WOMEN	Trinity Christian College (Ill.)	3.54	Bob Brickman	E
WOMEN	Valley City State University (N.D.)	3.28	Daniel Scheff	E
WOMEN	Wayland Baptist University (Texas)	3.11	Brian Whitlock	E
WOMEN	Wiley University	3.26	LaMark Carter	E
WOMEN	William Woods University (Mo.)	3.43	Dan Schwab	E

2019 USTFCCCA NAIA Track & Field Academic Team Awards

All-Academic Teams

2019 USTFCCCA All-Academic Teams NAIA Men’s & Women’s Track & Field

2019 USTFCCCA All-Academic Teams
NAIA Men’s & Women’s Track & Field