2023 NJCAA Cross Country Academic Awards

NEW ORLEANS — In the classroom.

On the course.

Here are those athletes and teams who stood out in both venues during the 2023 NJCAA Cross Country seasons and brought home USTFCCCA All-Academic honors, as announced on Thursday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).

This is the first year that the USTFCCCA has honored All-Academic NJCAA athletes and teams as well as Scholar Athlete of the Year and Scholar Team of the Year for all three NJCAA divisions for cross country.

NJCAA

Men’s Cross Country

All-Academic Athletes

All-Academic Teams

Women’s Cross Country

All-Academic Athletes

All-Academic Teams

NJCAA Division I

Men’s Cross Country

Men's Scholar Athlete of the Year

Housem Hrabi, Iowa Central CC

National Scholar Team of the Year

New Mexico JC

Women’s Cross Country

Women's Scholar Athlete of the Year

Alliyah Molina, Trinidad State (Colo.)

National Scholar Team of the Year

Salt Lake (Utah) CC

NJCAA Division II

Men’s Cross Country

National Scholar Team of the Year

Lansing (Mich.) CC

Men's Scholar Athlete of the Year

Nathan Pestka, Paradise Valley (Ariz.) CC

Women’s Cross Country

National Scholar Team of the Year

Cowley (Kan.)

Women's Scholar Athlete of the Year

Nora Brady, Heartland (Ill.) CC

NJCAA Division III

Men’s Cross Country

Men's Scholar Athlete of the Year

Kevin Diederich, College of DuPage (Ill.)

National Scholar Team of the Year

Harper (Ill.)

Women’s Cross Country

Women's Scholar Athlete of the Year

Lilly Alberts, Harper (Ill.)

National Scholar Team of the Year

Harper (Ill.)