All-Academic Teams & Scholar Teams of the Year in NCAA DIII Track & Field
NEW ORLEANS – Scholar Teams of the Year and All-Academic Team honors for the 2016-17 NCAA Division III Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field seasons were announced Thursday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
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.
There were two different teams named Men’s Scholar Team of the Year, while the Washington (Mo.) women swept the women’s honors.
Indoor Scholar Teams of the Year |
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Year
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Men’s Winner
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Women’s Winner
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2017 | North Central (Ill.) | Washington (Mo.) |
2016 | UW-Eau Claire | Baldwin Wallace |
2015 | UW-La Crosse | UW-La Crosse |
2014 |
UW-La Crosse
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UW-Oshkosh
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2013
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UW-La Crosse
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UW-Oshkosh
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2012
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UW-Eau Claire
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Wartburg
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2011
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UW-La Crosse
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UW-Oshkosh
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2010
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UW-La Crosse
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Wartburg
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2009
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Whitworth
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Wartburg
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2008
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UW-La Crosse
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Illinois Wesleyan
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2007
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Tufts
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UW La Crosse
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Outdoor Scholar Teams of the Year |
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Year
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Men’s Winner
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Women’s Winner
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2017 | UW-Whitewater | Washington (Mo.) |
2016 | UW-La Crosse | Illinois Wesleyan |
2015 | UW-La Crosse | UW-La Crosse |
2014 |
UW-La Crosse
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Wartburg
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2013
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UW-La Crosse
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Wartburg
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2012
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UW-Eau Claire
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Wartburg
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2011
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UW-La Crosse
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UW-Oshkosh
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2010
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Salisbury
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Illinois Wesleyan
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2009
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Whitworth
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Wartburg
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2008
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Whitworth
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Illinois Wesleyan
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2007
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UW Platteville
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UW-Oshkosh
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The Bears were the rightful winners of the Women’s Indoor and Outdoor Scholar Team of the Year as they won both the indoor and outdoor team titles and maintained a cumulative GPA of 3.55. This is the first time in program history that Washington (Mo.) has been named Women’s Scholar Team of the Year for track & field.
North Central (Ill.) was named the Men’s Indoor Scholar Team of the Year after capturing the indoor team title and maintaining a cumulative GPA of 3.15. This is the first time in program history that the Cardinals have been bestowed this honor.
UW-Whitewater was named the Men’s Outdoor Scholar Team of the Year after finishing runner-up at the NCAA DIII Outdoor Track & Field Championships and maintaining a cumulative GPA of 3.15. The Warhawks are the third team from Wisconsin to be honored with this award in the past seven years joining UW-Eau Claire and UW-La Crosse.
All-Academic Teams
A total of 294 teams (183 women’s, 111 men’s) were honored for their academics by the USTFCCCA.
The highest cumulative GPA of any team belonged to the women from Saint Vincent College. The Bearcats held down a GPA of 3.727 to edge Mount Holyoke College’s 3.72.
California Institute of Technology and Middlebury College tied for the men’s lead with cumulative GPAs of 3.62.
See below for a full list of those All-Academic Teams in NCAA Division III Track & Field.
We’ll announce those individuals who earned All-Academic status tomorrow.
2017 USTFCCCA All-Academic Teams – 2017 NCAA Division III Men’s Track & Field |
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Institution | GPA |
Albion College | 3.2 |
Alvernia University | 3.108 |
Augustana College (Illinois) | 3.17 |
Berry College | 3.11 |
Bethel University (Minnesota) | 3.32 |
Brandeis University | 3.32 |
California Institute of Technology | 3.62 |
California Lutheran University | 3.19 |
Calvin College | 3.391 |
Capital University | 3.30226 |
Carleton College | 3.48 |
Carnegie Mellon University | 3.34 |
Carroll University (Wisconsin) | 3.11 |
Case Western Reserve University | 3.46 |
Catholic University of America | 3.16 |
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges | 3.305 |
College of Wooster | 3.16 |
Colorado College | 3.377 |
Concordia College, Moorhead | 3.36 |
Concordia University Wisconsin | 3.31 |
Connecticut College | 3.336 |
Dickinson College | 3.25 |
Edgewood College | 3.245 |
Elizabethtown College | 3.19 |
Elms College | 3.16 |
Emory University | 3.42 |
Farmingdale State College | 3.19 |
Gettysburg College | 3.153 |
Gordon College (Massachusetts) | 3.48 |
Goucher College | 3.13 |
Grinnell College | 3.44 |
Gustavus Adolphus College | 3.448 |
Gwynedd-Mercy University | 3.28 |
Hamilton College | 3.31 |
Hamline University | 3.19 |
Haverford College | 3.56 |
Heidelberg University | 3.18 |
Hood College | 3.23 |
Hope College | 3.22 |
Husson University | 3.115 |
Illinois Wesleyan University | 3.33 |
Ithaca College | 3.366 |
John Carroll University | 3.247 |
Johns Hopkins University | 3.47 |
Kenyon College | 3.45 |
King’s College | 3.14 |
Lewis & Clark College | 3.43 |
Linfield College | 3.24 |
Luther College | 3.23 |
Lynchburg College | 3.1 |
Macalester College | 3.406 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3.6 |
Messiah College | 3.348 |
Middlebury College | 3.62 |
Misericordia University | 3.18 |
Muhlenberg College | 3.42 |
Nazareth College | 3.14 |
Nebraska Wesleyan University | 3.15 |
New York University | 3.358 |
North Central College | 3.15 |
Oberlin College | 3.17 |
Occidental College | 3.24 |
Olivet College | 3.19 |
Otterbein University | 3.157 |
Pacific Lutheran University | 3.11 |
Piedmont College | 3.1389 |
Plattsburgh State University of New York | 3.17 |
Pomona-Pitzer Colleges | 3.5759 |
Principia College | 3.353 |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 3.26 |
Rhodes College | 3.39 |
Ripon College | 3.17 |
Rochester Institute of Technology | 3.267 |
Rowan University | 3.13 |
Saint John’s University (Minnesota) | 3.37 |
Saint Vincent College | 3.437 |
Simpson College | 3.322 |
Springfield College | 3.339 |
St. John Fisher College | 3.345 |
St. Lawrence University | 3.2506 |
St. Norbert College | 3.11 |
St. Olaf College | 3.29 |
State University of New York at Geneseo | 3.17 |
Stevens Institute of Technology | 3.381 |
Stockton University | 3.329 |
The College of St. Scholastica | 3.389 |
Trinity College (Connecticut) | 3.279 |
Tufts University | 3.391 |
University of California, Santa Cruz | 3.11 |
University of Chicago | 3.46 |
University of La Verne | 3.14 |
University of Redlands | 3.206 |
University of Rochester (N.Y.) | 3.41 |
University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) | 3.23 |
University of the South | 3.284 |
University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire | 3.14 |
University of Wisconsin, Platteville | 3.117 |
University of Wisconsin, Stout | 3.19 |
University of Wisconsin, Whitewater | 3.15 |
Virginia Wesleyan College | 3.12 |
Wabash College | 3.21 |
Wartburg College | 3.216 |
Washington and Lee University | 3.472 |
Washington University (Missouri) | 3.42 |
Wesleyan University (Connecticut) | 3.36 |
Wheaton College (Illinois) | 3.31 |
Whitworth University | 3.414 |
Willamette University | 3.191 |
Williams College | 3.42 |
Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 3.4 |
York College (Pennsylvania) | 3.29 |
2017 USTFCCCA All-Academic Teams – NCAA Division III Women’s Track & Field |
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Institution | GPA |
Adrian College | 3.19 |
Albion College | 3.39 |
Allegheny College | 3.35 |
Alvernia University | 3.447 |
Amherst College | 3.6 |
Augsburg College | 3.52 |
Augustana College (Illinois) | 3.4 |
Aurora University | 3.107 |
Babson College | 3.26 |
Baldwin Wallace University | 3.418 |
Benedictine University (Illinois) | 3.146 |
Berry College | 3.3 |
Bethel University (Minnesota) | 3.52 |
Birmingham-Southern College | 3.28 |
Bluffton University | 3.371 |
Brandeis University | 3.39 |
Bridgewater College (Virginia) | 3.356 |
Bryn Mawr College | 3.33 |
Buena Vista University | 3.18 |
California Institute of Technology | 3.37 |
California Lutheran University | 3.377 |
Calvin College | 3.586 |
Capital University | 3.29769 |
Carleton College | 3.615 |
Carnegie Mellon University | 3.43 |
Carroll University (Wisconsin) | 3.355 |
Carthage College | 3.369 |
Case Western Reserve University | 3.54 |
Catholic University of America | 3.27 |
Central College (Iowa) | 3.352 |
Christopher Newport University | 3.14 |
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges | 3.486 |
Coe College | 3.31 |
College of St. Benedict | 3.502 |
College of Wooster | 3.31 |
Colorado College | 3.522 |
Concordia College, Moorhead | 3.6 |
Concordia University Wisconsin | 3.54 |
Connecticut College | 3.512 |
Cornell College | 3.300673 |
Covenant College | 3.357 |
DePauw University | 3.36 |
DeSales University | 3.23 |
Dickinson College | 3.39 |
Eastern Connecticut State University | 3.25 |
Edgewood College | 3.531 |
Elizabethtown College | 3.46 |
Elms College | 3.1 |
Emory University | 3.453 |
Fontbonne University | 3.25 |
Fredonia / State University of New York | 3.3 |
Geneva College | 3.487082 |
George Fox University | 3.33 |
Gettysburg College | 3.277 |
Gordon College (Massachusetts) | 3.38 |
Goucher College | 3.32 |
Greenville College | 3.47 |
Grinnell College | 3.43 |
Gustavus Adolphus College | 3.567 |
Gwynedd Mercy University | 3.23 |
Hamilton College | 3.47 |
Hamline University | 3.42 |
Hanover College | 3.21 |
Haverford College | 3.464 |
Heidelberg University | 3.38 |
Hood College | 3.48 |
Hope College | 3.58 |
Husson University | 3.33 |
Illinois College | 3.29 |
Illinois Wesleyan University | 3.31 |
Ithaca College | 3.614 |
John Carroll University | 3.441 |
Johns Hopkins University | 3.44 |
Keene State College | 3.36 |
Kenyon College | 3.55 |
Keystone College | 3.438 |
King’s College | 3.51 |
Lawrence University | 3.69 |
Lewis & Clark College | 3.346 |
Linfield College | 3.48 |
Loras College | 3.34 |
Luther College | 3.45 |
Lynchburg College | 3.18 |
Macalester College | 3.633 |
Manchester University | 3.27 |
Marywood University | 3.43 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3.6 |
Messiah College | 3.481 |
Middlebury College | 3.63 |
Millikin University | 3.21 |
Misericordia University | 3.47 |
Mount Holyoke College | 3.72 |
Muhlenberg College | 3.387 |
Muskingum University | 3.16 |
Nazareth College | 3.22 |
Nebraska Wesleyan University | 3.47 |
New York University | 3.393 |
North Central College | 3.21 |
Oberlin College | 3.41 |
Occidental College | 3.39 |
Ohio Northern University | 3.3 |
Ohio Wesleyan University | 3.33 |
Olivet College | 3.53 |
Otterbein University | 3.476 |
Pacific Lutheran University | 3.46 |
Pacific University (Oregon) | 3.372 |
Penn State Erie, the Behrend College | 3.31 |
Piedmont College | 3.408 |
Plattsburgh State University of New York | 3.26 |
Plymouth State University | 3.32 |
Pomona-Pitzer Colleges | 3.584 |
Principia College | 3.313 |
Ramapo College | 3.3116 |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 3.388 |
Rhodes College | 3.46 |
Ripon College | 3.46 |
Roanoke College | 3.1747 |
Rochester Institute of Technology | 3.482 |
Rowan University | 3.213 |
Saint Vincent College | 3.727 |
Salisbury University | 3.428 |
Salve Regina University | 3.467 |
Shenandoah University | 3.264 |
Simpson College | 3.507 |
Smith College | 3.493 |
Springfield College | 3.485 |
St. Catherine University | 3.58 |
St. John Fisher College | 3.445 |
St. Lawrence University | 3.32949 |
St. Norbert College | 3.3 |
St. Olaf College | 3.369 |
State University College at Oneonta | 3.26 |
State University of New York at Geneseo | 3.15 |
Stevens Institute of Technology | 3.633 |
Stockton University | 3.5956 |
Susquehanna University | 3.309 |
Texas Lutheran University | 3.141 |
The College at Brockport | 3.22 |
The College of St. Scholastica | 3.416 |
Trine University | 3.519 |
Trinity College (Connecticut) | 3.393 |
Trinity University (Texas) | 3.375 |
Tufts University | 3.47 |
U.S. Coast Guard Academy | 3.11 |
University of California, Santa Cruz | 3.23 |
University of Chicago | 3.56 |
University of Dallas | 3.27 |
University of Dubuque | 3.431 |
University of La Verne | 3.2 |
University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth | 3.33 |
University of Puget Sound | 3.362 |
University of Redlands | 3.55 |
University of Rochester (N.Y.) | 3.44 |
University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) | 3.5 |
University of the South | 3.267 |
University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire | 3.49 |
University of Wisconsin, La Crosse | 3.42 |
University of Wisconsin, Platteville | 3.235 |
University of Wisconsin, River Falls | 3.323 |
University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point | 3.3 |
University of Wisconsin, Stout | 3.443 |
University of Wisconsin, Superior | 3.202 |
University of Wisconsin, Whitewater | 3.19 |
Ursinus College | 3.289231 |
Utica College | 3.21 |
Wartburg College | 3.352 |
Washington and Jefferson College | 3.12 |
Washington and Lee University | 3.55 |
Washington University (Missouri) | 3.55 |
Waynesburg University | 3.43 |
Wellesley College | 3.32 |
Wesleyan University (Connecticut) | 3.612 |
Westminster College (Missouri) | 3.59 |
Wheaton College (Illinois) | 3.45 |
Wheaton College (Massachusetts) | 3.24 |
Whitworth University | 3.585 |
Widener University | 3.48682 |
Willamette University | 3.485 |
Williams College | 3.409 |
Wittenberg University | 3.27 |
Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 3.5 |
Worcester State University | 3.2 |
York College (Pennsylvania) | 3.38 |