August 2, 2010

Men’s Track & Field named USTFCCCA All-Academic team

GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNCG men’s track & field team was one of 73 teams who earned the distinction of being named an All-Academic team by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA), the organization announced on Monday afternoon.

In order to be eligible for this award the team must post a cumulative team GPA of 3.0 or better. The Spartans had a GPA of 3.23 this past season.

UNCG was also one of just four SoCon schools to earn the award. The other three schools were Chattanooga, Davidson and Furman.

Yale posted the highest cumulative GPA at 3.42, followed by Lipscomb at 3.39. The 3.23 cumulative GPA by UNCG was the highest mark in the SoCon and was only bested by 15 other schools in the nation.

Indiana was also announced as the Indoor Track & Field Scholar Team of the Year, while Arizona State took the honors for the outdoor season.

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USTFCCCA 2010 Division I Track & Field All-Academic Teams, MEN

INSTITUTION

CONFERENCE

GPA

Arizona State University

Pacific-10 Conference

3.15

Baylor University

Big 12 Conference

3.08

Brigham Young University

Mountain West Conference

3.24

Bucknell University

Patriot League

3.16

Butler University

Horizon League

3.32

College of William and Mary

Colonial Athletic Association

3.02

Colorado State University

Mountain West Conference

3.02

Columbia University

Ivy Group

3.19

Cornell University

Ivy Group

3.08

Dartmouth College

Ivy Group

3.32

Davidson College

Southern Conference

3.13

DePaul University

Big East Conference

3.31

Eastern Washington University

Big Sky Conference

3.18

Florida State University

Atlantic Coast Conference

3.06

Fordham University

Atlantic 10 Conference

3.33

Furman University

Southern Conference

3.04

Harvard University

Ivy Group

3.27

Idaho State University

Big Sky Conference

3.06

Indiana University, Bloomington

Big Ten Conference

3.02

Iona College

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

3.07

Iowa State University

Big 12 Conference

3.19

Lafayette College

Patriot League

3.23

Lehigh University

Patriot League

3.08

Lipscomb University

Atlantic Sun Conference

3.39

Loyola Marymount University

West Coast Conference

3.02

Loyola University Chicago

Horizon League

3.30

Miami University (Ohio)

Mid-American Conference

3.02

Monmouth University

Northeast Conference

3.00

Montana State University - Bozeman

Big Sky Conference

3.18

North Dakota State University

The Summit League

3.12

Northern Arizona University

Big Sky Conference

3.16

Oklahoma State University

Big 12 Conference

3.19

Princeton University

Ivy Group

3.06

Rice University

Conference USA

3.19

Rutgers University, New Brunswick

Big East Conference

3.12

Sacred Heart University

Northeast Conference

3.15

Saint Louis University

Atlantic 10 Conference

3.07

South Dakota State University

The Summit League

3.15

Southeast Missouri State University

Ohio Valley Conference

3.03

Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

Missouri Valley Conference

3.15

Stanford University

Pacific-10 Conference

3.27

Stony Brook University

America East Conference

3.09

Syracuse University

America East Conference

3.15

U.S. Military Academy

Patriot League

3.02

University of Arkansas, Little Rock

Sun Belt Conference

3.06

University of California, Riverside

Big West Conference

3.05

University of Cincinnati

Big East Conference

3.03

University of Detroit Mercy

Horizon League

3.24

University of Idaho

Western Athletic Conference

3.13

University of Illinois, Champaign

Big Ten Conference

3.03

University of Louisville

Big East Conference

3.12

University of Michigan

Big Ten Conference

3.04

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Big Ten Conference

3.14

University of Missouri, Columbia

Big 12 Conference

3.03

University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Big 12 Conference

3.07

University of New Mexico

Mountain West Conference

3.19

University of North Carolina, Greensboro

Southern Conference

3.23

University of North Dakota

Great West Conference

3.25

University of Oklahoma

Big 12 Conference

3.23

University of Portland

West Coast Conference

3.17

University of Richmond

Atlantic 10 Conference

3.25

University of San Francisco

West Coast Conference

3.38

University of South Carolina, Columbia

Southeastern Conference

3.14

University of South Dakota

Great West Conference

3.05

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Southern Conference

3.18

University of Tulsa

Conference USA

3.35

University of Vermont

America East Conference

3.23

University of Washington

Pacific-10 Conference

3.05

Utah State University

Western Athletic Conference

3.11

Utah Valley University

Great West Conference

3.23

Wake Forest University

Atlantic Coast Conference

3.02

Weber State University

Big Sky Conference

3.15

Yale University

Ivy Group

3.42

 

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