2021 NAIA Women’s Track & Field All-Academic Teams

NEW ORLEANS – The Scholar Team of the Year and All-Academic Teams for the 2021 NAIA Women’s Track & Field seasons were announced on Thursday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).

Indiana Tech was named both the NAIA Women’s Indoor Track & Field National Scholar Team of the Year and the NAIA Women’s Outdoor Track & Field National Scholar Team of the Year after posting a cumulative GPA of 3.17 and sweeping the team titles at both the NAIA Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Yankton, South Dakota, and Gulf Shores, Alabama, respectively.

Eleven of the top-16 women’s teams from the 2021 NAIA Indoor Track & Field Championships and 8 of the top-14 teams from the 2021 NAIA Outdoor Track & Field Championships qualified for All-Academic distinction from the USTFCCCA.

Asbury University (Ky.) had the best cumulative GPA out of any NAIA Women’s Track & Field program at 3.78.

Here is the criteria for a team be named an NAIA All-Academic Team:

• The cumulative GPA (not 2020-21 academic year, not semester) for all student-athletes on the institution’s eligibility certificate for Indoor and/or Outdoor Track & Field must be 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale, including the most recent grading period, certifiable by either Faculty Rep or Compliance Coordinator or Registrar’s Office.
• The cumulative GPA of all student-athletes on the institution’s eligibility certificate for Indoor and/or Outdoor Track & Field must be computed by the following method:

1. Total the cumulative number of semester hours or quarter hours earned for all student-athletes on the eligibility certificate including the most recent grading period;
2. Total the cumulative number of quality points earned by all student-athletes, including the most recent grading period;
3. Divide the cumulative number of quality points earned by the cumulative number of semester or quarter hours earned.
4. Institutions utilizing a different GPA scale than 4.0 then must convert the GPA to a 4.0 scale using the standard conversion method [GPA/Scale x 4.0].

See below for a full list of All-Academic Teams from the 2021 NAIA Women’s Track & Field seasons.

2021 NAIA Track & Field
USTFCCCA Women’s All-Academic Teams