2019 USTFCCCA NCAA Division III Track & Field Academic Team Awards

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

UW-La Crosse and UW-Eau Claire were named the Men’s Indoor and Outdoor Scholar Teams of the Year, respectively, while Williams and Loras took home respective honors as 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 3.00 cumulative team GPA.

Indoor Scholar Teams of the Year History
Year	Men’s Winner	Women’s Winner
2019	UW-La Crosse	Williams
2018	North Central (Ill.)	Williams
2017	North Central (Ill.)	Washington (Mo.)
2016	UW-Eau Claire	Baldwin Wallace
2015	UW-La Crosse	UW-La Crosse
2014	UW-La Crosse	UW-Oshkosh
2013	UW-La Crosse	UW-Oshkosh
2012	UW-Eau Claire	Wartburg
2011	UW-La Crosse	UW-Oshkosh
2010	UW-La Crosse	Wartburg
2009	Whitworth	Wartburg
2008	UW-La Crosse	Illinois Wesleyan
2007	Tufts	UW La Crosse

UW-La Crosse earned its first honor as Men’s Indoor Scholar Team of the Year since 2015. The Eagles, who finished runner-up to North Central (Ill.) in Boston, posted a cumulative team GPA of 3.17. This is the seventh time in program history that UW-La Crosse has been named Men’s Indoor Scholar Team of the Year.

Williams is a back-to-back recipient of the Women’s Indoor Scholar Team of the Year, the first time that has happened since UW-Oshkosh did so in 2013 and 2014. The Ephs, who had a cumulative team GPA of 3.57, won the national title indoors.

Outdoor Scholar Teams of the Year History
Year	Men’s Winner	Women’s Winner
2019	UW-Eau Claire	Loras
2018	North Central (Ill.)	George Fox
2017	UW-Whitewater	Washington (Mo.)
2016	UW-La Crosse	Illinois Wesleyan
2015	UW-La Crosse	UW-La Crosse
2014	UW-La Crosse	Wartburg
2013	UW-La Crosse	Wartburg
2012	UW-Eau Claire	Wartburg
2011	UW-La Crosse	UW-Oshkosh
2010	Salisbury	Illinois Wesleyan
2009	Whitworth	Wartburg
2008	Whitworth	Illinois Wesleyan
2007	UW Platteville	UW-Oshkosh

UW-Eau Claire took home honors as the Men’s Outdoor Scholar Team of the Year for the first time since the 2012. The Blugolds, who put together a championship performance in Geneva, Ohio, back in May, had a cumulative team GPA of 3.18.

Loras capped a dream year with its first laurel as Women’s Outdoor Scholar Team of the Year. The Duhawks, who won their first national title in program history with a sterling effort in the Buckeye State, had a cumulative team GPA of 3.37.

All-Academic Teams

All told, 297 teams were honored by the USTFCCCA for their academics.

Breaking it down further, 184 of those were women’s teams compared to 113 men’s programs.

Saint Vincent College’s women had the best cumulative GPA out of any program at the NCAA DIII level at 3.79.

The men’s team with the highest cumulative GPA was Caltech with a 3.69, which edged runner-up Middlebury by .009 (3.681).

2019 USTFCCCA All-Academic Teams
NCAA Division III Track & Field

Gender	Institution	GPA	Head Coach
MEN	Allegheny College	3.24	Justin Linzy	E
MEN	Amherst College	3.55	Steve Rubin	E
MEN	Babson College	3.16	Russ Brennen	E
MEN	Baldwin Wallace University	3.14	Jordan Hill	E
MEN	Beloit College	3.18	Brian Bliese	E
MEN	Bethel University (Minnesota)	3.1	Andrew Rock	E
MEN	Brandeis University	3.38	Sinead Evans	E
MEN	California Institute of Technology	3.69	Ben Raphelson	E
MEN	Calvin University	3.43	Bret Otte	E
MEN	Capital University	3.18	Hannah Weiss	E
MEN	Carleton College	3.48	Dave Ricks	E
MEN	Carnegie Mellon University	3.42	Gary Aldrich	E
MEN	Carroll University (Wisconsin)	3.29	Shawn Thielitz	E
MEN	Carthage College	3.16	Josh Henry	E
MEN	Case Western Reserve University	3.48	Eric Schmuhl	E
MEN	Catholic University of America	3.42	Steve Rahn	E
MEN	Chapman University	3.33	DeAndra'e Woods	E
MEN	University of Chicago	3.51	Chris Cory Hall	E
MEN	Christopher Newport University	3.11	Tyler Wingard	E
MEN	Claremont McKenna-Harvey Mudd-Scripps Colleges	3.42	Glenn Stewart	E
MEN	U.S. Coast Guard Academy	3.26	Ethan Brown	E
MEN	Colorado College	3.51	Ted Castaneda	E
MEN	Concordia University Chicago	3.21	Phil Kopinski	E
MEN	Concordia College, Moorhead	3.3	Garrick Larson	E
MEN	Concordia University Wisconsin	3.25	Russell De Lap	E
MEN	Connecticut College	3.4	Luke Maher	E
MEN	Covenant College	3.27	Katie Stanford	E
MEN	DePauw University	3.35	Kori Stoffregen	E
MEN	Dickinson College	3.37	Don Nichter	E
MEN	Earlham College	3.23	Claire and Rob Hewitt	E
MEN	Elizabethtown College	3.38	Brian Falk	E
MEN	Emory University	3.48	Derek Nelson	E
MEN	Fontbonne University	3.46	Phillip Halley	E
MEN	George Fox University	3.21	John Smith	E
MEN	Gordon College (Massachusetts)	3.1	Justin Wikerd	E
MEN	Grinnell College	3.43	William Freeman	E
MEN	Gustavus Adolphus College	3.33	Dale Bahr	E
MEN	Hamilton College	3.38	Brett Hull	E
MEN	Hamline University	3.14	Paul Schmaedeke	E
MEN	Hartwick College	3.24	Thomas Hartnett Jr.	E
MEN	Haverford College	3.58	Tom Donnelly	E
MEN	Hope College	3.28	Kevin Cole	E
MEN	Illinois Wesleyan University	3.11	Chris Schumacher	E
MEN	Ithaca College	3.21	Jim Nichols	E
MEN	John Carroll University	3.17	Kyle Basista	E
MEN	Johns Hopkins University	3.47	Bobby Van Allen	E
MEN	Kenyon College	3.45	Duane Gomez	E
MEN	Lawrence University	3.18	Jason Fast	E
MEN	Lewis & Clark College	3.24	Aaron Campbell	E
MEN	Linfield College	3.12	Travis Olson	E
MEN	Luther College	3.24	Stephen Fleagle	E
MEN	Macalester College	3.42	Margaret Gehring	E
MEN	Marywood University	3.3	Rob Ahrens	E
MEN	Middlebury College	3.68	Martin Beatty	E
MEN	University of Minnesota, Morris	3.11	Jessica Devine	E
MEN	Mississippi College	3.2	Butch Ard	E
MEN	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	3.59	Halston Taylor	E
MEN	Moravian University	3.11	Jesse Baumann	E
MEN	Muhlenberg College	3.3	Brad Hackett	E
MEN	Nazareth University	3.25	James Goss	E
MEN	Nebraska Wesleyan University	3.37	Ted Bulling	E
MEN	New York University	3.36	Erison Hurtault	E
MEN	Occidental College	3.15	Rob Bartlett	E
MEN	Oglethorpe University	3.27	Kirk Shellhouse	E
MEN	Ohio Northern University	3.12	Jason Maus	E
MEN	Otterbein University	3.16	Dara Ford	E
MEN	University of the Ozarks (Arkansas)	3.24	Heidi Pinkerton	E
MEN	Pacific Lutheran University	3.2	Adam Frye	E
MEN	Pennsylvania State Univ. Erie, the Behrend College	3.19	Greg Cooper	E
MEN	Pomona-Pitzer Colleges	3.6	Jordan Carpenter	E
MEN	University of Redlands	3.25	Mike Schmidt	E
MEN	Ripon College	3.16	Bob Wood	E
MEN	Rochester Institute of Technology	3.44	David Warth	E
MEN	University of Rochester (N.Y.)	3.44	Sam Albert	E
MEN	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	3.3	Colin Tory	E
MEN	Saint John's University (Minnesota)	3.28	Jeremy Karger Gatzow	E
MEN	Saint Vincent College	3.53	Andrew Herr	E
MEN	Shenandoah University	3.26	Andrew Marrocco	E
MEN	Simpson College	3.29	Dave Cleveland	E
MEN	University of Southern Maine	3.12	Ryan Harkleroad	E
MEN	Southwestern University (Texas)	3.28	Andrew Diehl	E
MEN	Springfield College	3.21	Mike Miller	E
MEN	St. Lawrence University	3.25	John Newman	E
MEN	St. Norbert College	3.18	Donald Augustine	E
MEN	St. Olaf College	3.37	Phil Lundin	E
MEN	University of St. Thomas (Minnesota)	3.3	Steve Mathre	E
MEN	Stevens Institute of Technology	3.54	Lance Harden	E
MEN	Suffolk University	3.39	Will Feldman	E
MEN	State University of New York at Geneseo	3.13	Christopher Popovici	E
MEN	Swarthmore College	3.57	Peter Carroll	E
MEN	The College of New Jersey	3.28	Justin Lindsey	E
MEN	Trinity College (Connecticut)	3.25	John Michael Mason	E
MEN	Tufts University	3.44	Joel Williams	E
MEN	University of California, Santa Cruz	3.17	David Klech	E
MEN	Ursinus College	3.26	Carl Blickle	E
MEN	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire	3.18	Chip Schneider	E
MEN	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse	3.17	Joshua Buchholtz	E
MEN	University of Wisconsin, Platteville	3.13	Chris Rotzenberg	E
MEN	University of Wisconsin-Stout	3.29	Kyle Steiner	E
MEN	University of Wisconsin, Whitewater	3.14	Mike Johnson	E
MEN	Vassar College	3.36	James McCowan	E
MEN	Washington University (Missouri)	3.48	Jeff Stiles	E
MEN	Washington and Jefferson College	3.1	Derek Workman	E
MEN	Washington and Lee University	3.37	Brandon Uhl	E
MEN	Wesleyan University (Connecticut)	3.6	Walter Curry	E
MEN	Westfield State University	3.24	Sean O'Brien	E
MEN	Wheaton College (Illinois)	3.41	Scott Bradley	E
MEN	Whitworth University	3.42	Toby Schwarz	E
MEN	Willamette University	3.22	Matt McGuirk	E
MEN	Williams College	3.49	Ethan Barron	E
MEN	College of Wooster	3.2	Dennis Rice	E
MEN	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	3.5	Brian Chabot	E
MEN	York College of Pennsylvania	3.25	Stephen LoBianco	E
WOMEN	Albion College	3.33	Lance Coleman	E
WOMEN	Allegheny College	3.61	Justin Linzy	E
WOMEN	Alvernia University	3.35	Tim Hartung	E
WOMEN	Amherst College	3.55	Steve Rubin	E
WOMEN	Anderson University (Indiana)	3.1	Sol Stephens	E
WOMEN	Augustana College (Illinois)	3.44	David Thompson	E
WOMEN	Aurora University	3.12	Jeff Fellers	E
WOMEN	Babson College	3.23	Russ Brennen	E
WOMEN	Baldwin Wallace University	3.46	Jordan Hill	E
WOMEN	Beloit College	3.37	Brian Bliese	E
WOMEN	Berry College	3.21	Luke Syverson	E
WOMEN	Bethel University (Minnesota)	3.49	Andrew Rock	E
WOMEN	Brandeis University	3.35	Sinead Evans	E
WOMEN	Bridgewater College (Virginia)	3.34	Denver Davis	E
WOMEN	Bridgewater State University	3.36	Connor Foley	E
WOMEN	Buena Vista University	3.39	Colt Slack	E
WOMEN	California Lutheran University	3.32	Matthew Lea	E
WOMEN	California Institute of Technology	3.46	Ben Raphelson	E
WOMEN	Calvin University	3.43	Bret Otte	E
WOMEN	Capital University	3.27	Hannah Weiss	E
WOMEN	Carleton College	3.61	Donna Ricks	E
WOMEN	Carnegie Mellon University	3.5	Gary Aldrich	E
WOMEN	Carroll University (Wisconsin)	3.48	Shawn Thielitz	E
WOMEN	Carthage College	3.42	Stephanie Domin	E
WOMEN	Case Western Reserve University	3.62	Eric Schmuhl	E
WOMEN	Catholic University of America	3.49	Steve Rahn	E
WOMEN	Central College (Iowa)	3.23	Brandon Sturman	E
WOMEN	Centre College	3.13	Lisa H. Owens	E
WOMEN	Chapman University	3.56	DeAndra'e Woods	E
WOMEN	Chatham University	3.59	Erin Gale	E
WOMEN	University of Chicago	3.59	Chris Cory Hall	E
WOMEN	Christopher Newport University	3.15	Tyler Wingard	E
WOMEN	Claremont McKenna-Harvey Mudd-Scripps Colleges	3.55	Glenn Stewart	E
WOMEN	U.S. Coast Guard Academy	3.18	Ethan Brown	E
WOMEN	Coe College	3.4	Matthew Barreau	E
WOMEN	Colorado College	3.6	Ted Castaneda	E
WOMEN	Concordia College (New York)	3.62	Marv Roeske	E
WOMEN	Concordia University Chicago	3.43	Phil Kopinski	E
WOMEN	Concordia University Wisconsin	3.5	Russell De Lap	E
WOMEN	Connecticut College	3.53	Ned Bishop	E
WOMEN	Cornell College	3.3	Dan Schofer	E
WOMEN	Covenant College	3.37	Katie Stanford	E
WOMEN	Crown College (Minnesota)	3.57	Bill Braunger	E
WOMEN	Denison University	3.26	Mark FitzPatrick	E
WOMEN	DePauw University	3.36	Kori Stoffregen	E
WOMEN	Dickinson College	3.52	Don Nichter	E
WOMEN	University of Dubuque	3.42	Chad Gunnelson	E
WOMEN	Earlham College	3.38	Claire and Rob Hewitt	E
WOMEN	Eastern University	3.45	Mike Wilson	E
WOMEN	Elizabethtown College	3.46	Brian Falk	E
WOMEN	Elmhurst University	3.35	Jordan Bartolazzi	E
WOMEN	Emory University	3.53	Derek Nelson	E
WOMEN	Endicott College	3.44	Spencer Lange	E
WOMEN	Fontbonne University	3.27	Phillip Halley	E
WOMEN	The State University of New York at Fredonia	3.17	Thomas Wilson	E
WOMEN	Geneva College	3.44	Phillips Thompson	E
WOMEN	George Fox University	3.54	John Smith	E
WOMEN	Gettysburg College	3.36	Aubrey Shenk	E
WOMEN	Gordon College (Massachusetts)	3.44	Justin Wikerd	E
WOMEN	Goucher College	3.14	John Caslin	E
WOMEN	Grinnell College	3.54	Evelyn Freeman	E
WOMEN	Gustavus Adolphus College	3.46	Dale Bahr	E
WOMEN	Hamilton College	3.46	Ellen Hull	E
WOMEN	Hamline University	3.27	Shawn Johnson-Hipp	E
WOMEN	Hanover College	3.16	Brian Power	E
WOMEN	Hartwick College	3.27	Thomas Hartnett Jr.	E
WOMEN	Haverford College	3.61	Francis Rizzo	E
WOMEN	Heidelberg University	3.14	Joseph Yoder	E
WOMEN	Hope College	3.6	Kevin Cole	E
WOMEN	Husson University	3.32	Kate Goupee	E
WOMEN	Illinois College	3.25	Jason Haynes	E
WOMEN	Illinois Wesleyan University	3.37	Chris Schumacher	E
WOMEN	Ithaca College	3.58	Jennifer Potter	E
WOMEN	John Carroll University	3.42	Kyle Basista	E
WOMEN	Johns Hopkins University	3.58	Bobby Van Allen	E
WOMEN	Kenyon College	3.58	Duane Gomez	E
WOMEN	King's College (Pennsylvania)	3.4	Michael Kolinovsky	E
WOMEN	University of La Verne	3.2	Kevin Reid	E
WOMEN	Lawrence University	3.32	Jason Fast	E
WOMEN	Lebanon Valley College	3.51	Melissa Byler	E
WOMEN	Lewis & Clark College	3.32	Aaron Campbell	E
WOMEN	Linfield College	3.55	Travis Olson	E
WOMEN	Loras College	3.37	Matt Jones	E
WOMEN	Luther College	3.49	Stephen Fleagle	E
WOMEN	University of Lynchburg	3.23	Jim Sprecher	E
WOMEN	Macalester College	3.59	Margaret Gehring	E
WOMEN	Marywood University	3.59	Rob Ahrens	E
WOMEN	Middlebury College	3.74	Martin Beatty	E
WOMEN	Millikin University	3.27	Andrew Craycraft	E
WOMEN	University of Minnesota, Morris	3.12	Jessica Devine	E
WOMEN	Misericordia University	3.52	Christopher Wadas	E
WOMEN	Mississippi College	3.43	Butch Ard	E
WOMEN	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	3.7	Halston Taylor	E
WOMEN	Monmouth College (Illinois)	3.25	Roger Haynes	E
WOMEN	Moravian University	3.61	Jesse Baumann	E
WOMEN	Mount Holyoke College	3.68	Chris Kibler	E
WOMEN	University of Mount Union	3.35	Kevin Lucas	E
WOMEN	Muhlenberg College	3.57	Brad Hackett	E
WOMEN	Muskingum University	3.22	Ashley Shaffer	E
WOMEN	Nazareth University	3.29	James Goss	E
WOMEN	Nebraska Wesleyan University	3.55	Ted Bulling	E
WOMEN	North Central College	3.47	Kari Kluckhohn	E
WOMEN	New York University	3.52	Erison Hurtault	E
WOMEN	Oberlin College	3.43	Ray Appenheimer	E
WOMEN	Occidental College	3.37	Rob Bartlett	E
WOMEN	Ohio Northern University	3.26	Jason Maus	E
WOMEN	Ohio Wesleyan University	3.34	Kris Boey	E
WOMEN	The University of Olivet	3.44	Karen Lutzke	E
WOMEN	Otterbein University	3.65	Dara Ford	E
WOMEN	University of the Ozarks (Arkansas)	3.32	Heidi Pinkerton	E
WOMEN	Pacific Lutheran University	3.44	Adam Frye	E
WOMEN	Pennsylvania State Univ. Erie, the Behrend College	3.22	Greg Cooper	E
WOMEN	Piedmont University	3.13	Jeff Jenkins	E
WOMEN	Plymouth State University	3.21	John Ostler	E
WOMEN	Pomona-Pitzer Colleges	3.65	Kirk Reynolds	E
WOMEN	University of Puget Sound	3.46	Mike Orechia	E
WOMEN	Ramapo College	3.25	Justina Cassavell	E
WOMEN	University of Redlands	3.49	Mike Schmidt	E
WOMEN	Rhode Island College	3.34	Timothy Rudd	E
WOMEN	Ripon College	3.28	Bob Wood	E
WOMEN	Rochester Institute of Technology	3.58	David Warth	E
WOMEN	University of Rochester (N.Y.)	3.46	Sam Albert	E
WOMEN	Rowan University	3.13	Derick Adamson	E
WOMEN	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	3.33	Colin Tory	E
WOMEN	College of Saint Benedict	3.52	Robin Balder-Lanoue	E
WOMEN	Saint Vincent College	3.79	Kevin Wanichko	E
WOMEN	Salisbury University	3.33	Jim Jones	E
WOMEN	Salve Regina University	3.51	Matthew B. Hird	E
WOMEN	Shenandoah University	3.34	Andrew Marrocco	E
WOMEN	Simpson College	3.44	Dave Cleveland	E
WOMEN	Smith College	3.65	Adrien Ricci	E
WOMEN	University of Southern Maine	3.19	George Towle	E
WOMEN	Southwestern University (Texas)	3.1	Andrew Diehl	E
WOMEN	Springfield College	3.65	Mike Miller	E
WOMEN	St. Catherine University	3.73	Shannon Houlihan	E
WOMEN	St. John Fisher University	3.46	Mike Henchen	E
WOMEN	St. Lawrence University	3.45	Mary Kate Curran	E
WOMEN	St. Norbert College	3.44	Donald Augustine	E
WOMEN	St. Olaf College	3.4	Katie Bretscher	E
WOMEN	The College of St. Scholastica	3.52	Todd Bouchie	E
WOMEN	University of St. Thomas (Minnesota)	3.51	Joe Sweeney	E
WOMEN	Stevens Institute of Technology	3.62	Lance Harden	E
WOMEN	Stevenson University	3.42	Dave Berdan	E
WOMEN	Stockton University	3.66	Todd Curll	E
WOMEN	Suffolk University	3.48	Will Feldman	E
WOMEN	SUNY Brockport	3.3	Ed Jaskulski	E
WOMEN	State University of New York at Geneseo	3.29	Christopher Popovici	E
WOMEN	State University of New York at Oneonta	3.23	Chris Wilber	E
WOMEN	Plattsburgh State University of New York	3.32	Nicholas Jones	E
WOMEN	State University of New York at Potsdam	3.23	Brett Willmott	E
WOMEN	Susquehanna University	3.45	Ethan Senecal	E
WOMEN	Swarthmore College	3.56	Peter Carroll	E
WOMEN	The College of New Jersey	3.46	Justin Lindsey	E
WOMEN	Trine University	3.3	Josh Fletcher	E
WOMEN	Trinity University (Texas)	3.35	Marcus Whitehead	E
WOMEN	Tufts University	3.75	Kristen Morwick	E
WOMEN	University of California, Santa Cruz	3.33	David Klech	E
WOMEN	University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth	3.33	Michael Salem	E
WOMEN	University of the South	3.56	Jeff Heitzenrater	E
WOMEN	Ursinus College	3.35	Carl Blickle	E
WOMEN	Utica University	3.15	Eric Parker	E
WOMEN	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire	3.48	Chip Schneider	E
WOMEN	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse	3.46	Nickolas Davis	E
WOMEN	University of Wisconsin, Platteville	3.31	Chris Rotzenberg	E
WOMEN	University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point	3.32	Brett Witt	E
WOMEN	University of Wisconsin-Stout	3.43	Kyle Steiner	E
WOMEN	University of Wisconsin, Whitewater	3.3	Mike Johnson	E
WOMEN	Vassar College	3.78	James McCowan	E
WOMEN	Wartburg College	3.48	Marcus Newsom	E
WOMEN	Washington University (Missouri)	3.65	Jeff Stiles	E
WOMEN	Washington and Jefferson College	3.25	Derek Workman	E
WOMEN	Washington and Lee University	3.55	Dana Freeman	E
WOMEN	Wellesley College	3.4	Philip Jennings	E
WOMEN	Wesleyan University (Connecticut)	3.64	Walter Curry	E
WOMEN	Westfield State University	3.48	Sean O'Brien	E
WOMEN	Wheaton College (Illinois)	3.68	Scott Bradley	E
WOMEN	Wheaton College (Massachusetts)	3.36	Kim Spence	E
WOMEN	Whittier College	3.36	Robert Neely	E
WOMEN	Whitworth University	3.67	Toby Schwarz	E
WOMEN	Widener University	3.5	Logan Stroman	E
WOMEN	Willamette University	3.43	Matt McGuirk	E
WOMEN	Williams College	3.57	Nate Hoey	E
WOMEN	Wittenberg University	3.12	Paris Hilliard	E
WOMEN	College of Wooster	3.47	Dennis Rice	E
WOMEN	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	3.61	Brian Chabot	E

2019 USTFCCCA NCAA Division III Track & Field Academic Team Awards

Indoor Scholar Teams of the Year History

Outdoor Scholar Teams of the Year History

All-Academic Teams

2019 USTFCCCA All-Academic Teams NCAA Division III Track & Field

2019 USTFCCCA All-Academic Teams
NCAA Division III Track & Field