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2023 NCAA Division I Men’s Cross Country All-Academic Athletes

NEW ORLEANS – The Men’s Scholar Athlete of the Year and All-Academic Athletes for the 2023 NCAA Division I Cross Country season were announced on Thursday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).

Graham Blanks of Harvard was named the Men’s Scholar Athlete of the Year for the 2023 NCAA Division I Cross Country season. Blanks, who hails from Athens, Georgia, and majors in economics and philosophy, won the individual title at the 2023 NCAA DI Cross Country Championships in Charlottesville, Virginia. This is the first time in program history that an athlete from Harvard has been named Men’s Scholar Athlete of the Year for the cross country season.

In order to qualify for All-Academic distinction, student-athletes must have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.25 on a 4.0 scale and finish in the top-25 (or 10 percent) at the NCAA Regional Championships or as an All-American at the NCAA Championships.

2023 NCAA Division I Cross Country
USTFCCCA Men’s All-Academic Athletes

Student-AthleteInstitutionMajor
Max SannesAir ForceCivil Engineering 
Jacob McLeodArkansasMaster of Business Administration 
Ryan KinnaneAuburnMBA 
Joe HudsonBoise StateMasters of Business Administration 
Tom PatrickBoise StateMasters of Business Administration 
Matthew ForresterButlerEnglish 
Jesse HamlinButlerMaster's in Data Analytics 
Will MinnetteButlerChemistry 
William ZegarskiButlerData Science 
Lucas BonsBYUMechanical Engineering 
Joey NokesBYUExercise Science 
Kenneth RooksBYUCivil Engineering 
Davis BoveCal PolyBusiness Analytics 
Arturs MedvedsCalifornia BaptistKinesiology 
Giedrius ValinciusCalifornia BaptistKinesiology 
Jaden KingsleyCharleston SouthernBiology (Grad School) 
Tyler WirthCincinnatiArchitectural Engineering 
Lars MitchelColorado StateEngineering 
Talha SyedColumbiaNeuroscience & Behavior 
Pierre AttiogbeCornellComputer Science 
Damian HackettCornellMechanical Engineering 
Rhys HammondCornellLabor Relations 
Abdelhakim AbouzouhirEastern KentuckyGeneral Studies 
Taha Er RaouyEastern KentuckyExercise and Sport Science 
Jason BowersETSUSport Management 
Evan GuzmanETSUBusiness Management 
David MullarkeyFlorida StatePublic Health 
Cooper SchroederFlorida StateSport Management- MS 
Dylan SchubertFurmanHealth Sciences 
Matthew RizzoGeorgetownBusiness Administration 
Parker StokesGeorgetownParker Stokes 
Drew KolodgeGonzagaAccountancy 
Wil SmithGonzagaHuman Physiology 
Graham BlanksHarvardEconomics and Philosophy 
Shane BrosnanHarvardApplied Mathematics 
Acer IversonHarvardComputer Science 
Ferenc KovacsHarvardUndeclared 
Ben RosaHarvardEconomics 
Jack RobertsIllinoisMENG:ENGR:Instrmnt & AP 
Mathis ChavandIllinois StatePolitical Science 
Griffin NealIncarnate WordBusiness Administration 
Joshua DeSouzaIonaMBA 
Matt RankinIonaMedia & Strategic Communications 
Nick SoldevereIonaPublic Relations 
Lachlan WellingtonIonaSports Communications and Media 
Max MurphyIowaEngineering 
Rodgers KiplimoIowa StateOpen Option 
Gable SieperdaIowa StateFamily & Consumer Sciences 
Silas WindersIowa StateFinance 
Taonga MbamboLa SalleBusiness Systems and Analytics 
MacCallum RoweLa SalleEconomics 
Ben ButcherLipscomb  
Brady JohnsonLipscomb  
Chris DevaneyLoyola-ChicagoMaster of Finance 
Francois GuilhotLoyola-ChicagoMaster of Political Science 
Tom BradyMichiganMaster's of Management 
Owen MacKenzieMichiganBiomedical Engineering PhD 
Owen HuardMichigan StateCommunication 
Andrew NolanMichigan StateApplied Engineering Science 
Josh SmithMichigan State  
Hannes BurgerNC StateMasters of Arts & Liberal Studies 
Brett GardnerNC StateMechanical Engineering 
Jake GebhardtNorth CarolinaSport Marketing and Management 
Colton SandsNorth CarolinaGeological Science/Geography 
Ethan StrandNorth CarolinaExercise and Sport Science 
Parker WolfeNorth CarolinaExercise and Sport Science 
Benjamin GodishNortheasternEnglish and Communication Studies 
Drew BosleyNorthern ArizonaEducational Foundations (Masters) 
Brodey HastyNorthern ArizonaEducational Leadership (Masters) 
Nico YoungNorthern ArizonaHealth Science - Nutrition and Foods 
Tyler BergNotre DameComputer Science & Engineering 
Adisu GuadiaOklahoma StateUndeclared 
Alex MaierOklahoma StateElectrical Engineering Technology 
Fouad MessaoudiOklahoma StateManagement 
Alex StittOklahoma StateAerospace Engineering 
Cruz GomezOle MissGraduate Certificate in Intercollegiate Athletic Administration 
Sahil DoddaPennEconomics 
Evan DorenkampPenn StateBusiness Analytics 
Connor LivingstonPrincetonClassics 
Anthony MontePrincetonComputer Science 
Connor NisbetPrincetonChemistry 
Daniel O'BrienPrincetonPublic & International Affairs 
Liam BackProvidenceArt 
Michael MorganProvidenceBiology 
Douglas BuckeridgePurdueMathematics and Statistics 
Gus GannonRiceMechanical Engineering 
Jacob CannSan FranciscoEnvironmental Management 
Daniel BurkhalterSouth Dakota StateData Science 
Robert DiDonatoStanfordComputer science 
Ky RobinsonStanfordManagement science and engineering 
Cole SproutStanfordSymbolic systems 
Alex ComerfordSyracuseInformation Systems 
Silas DerfelSyracuseExercise Science 
Perry MackinnonSyracuseEntrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprise 
Yaseen AbdallaTennesseeAgriculture Leadership/Education and Communication 
Eli NahomTennesseeMechanical Engineering 
Gabriel SanchezTennesseeMarketing 
Isaac AlonzoTexasSport Management 
Abraham Avila-MartinezTexasYouth & Community Studies 
Nathanael BerhaneTexasElectrical & Computeer Engineering Honors 
Devin HartTexasFinance (Master's) 
Haftu KnightTexasStrategic Communication 
Rodger RiveraTexasChemistry 
Dennis KipngenoTexas A&M-Corpus ChristiHealth Care Administration 
Jack JenningsTulaneEconomics 
Illia KuninTulaneBusiness Analytics 
Bradley MakuvireTulaneSocial Work 
Will AnthonyVirginiaArts & Sciences 
Nathan MountainVirginiaCommerce 
Joseph O'BrienWake Forest  
Jamar DistelWashingtonPre Health Sciences 
Nathan GreenWashingtonReal Estate 
Evan JenkinsWashingtonConstruction Management 
Peter VisserWeber StateFilm Studies 
Adam SpencerWisconsinFinance 
Josh TruchonWisconsinMechanical Engineering 
Sean KayYaleEconomics