14 Razorbacks Named USTFCCCA All-Academic

USTFCCCA Release

NEW ORLEANS, LA – The United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) released its list of All-Academic individual and team award winners for the 2018 track & field season. The Razorbacks received 14 Individual All-Academic honorees, and the men’s track & field team received All-Academic honors.

The Razorbacks received USTFCCCA All-Academic Team honors in recognition of their cumulative team grade-point average of 3.18. Arkansas’ team GPA ranks third in the SEC behind South Carolina (3.33), and Florida (3.19). All told, 361 teams were honored for their academics by the USTFCCCA. Breaking it down further, 220 of those were women’s teams compared to 141 men’s programs.

USTFCCCA All-Academic Teams (SEC)
• South Carolina – 3.33
• Florida – 3.19
Arkansas – 3.18
• Kentucky – 3.15
• Alabama – 3.14
• Georgia – 3.14
• Tennessee – 3.09
• Missouri – 3.06

Quartermiler John Winn headlined Arkansas’ selections with the highest GPA on the men’s squad, managing to attain a 3.96 GPA, while balancing a rigorous training and competition schedule throughout the indoor and outdoor seasons. In total, 624 men across Division I track & field earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors.

2018 USTFCCCA All-Academic Individuals
• Kenzo Cotton – Kinesiology: Exercise Science
• Austen Dalquist – Management & Marketing
• Roy Ejiakuekwu – Economics
• Cameron Griffith – Kinesiology: Exercise Science
• Derek Jacobus – Recreation & Sport Management
• Sam Kempka – Chemical Engineering
• Ethan Moehn – Public Health
• Gabe Moore – Biomedical Engineering
• Ryan Murphy – Kinesiology: Exercise Science
• Chase Pareti – Computer Science
• Alex Springer – Supply Chain Management
• Jamarco Stephen – Information Systems
• John Winn – Kinesiology: Exercise Science
• Hunter Woodhall – Pre-Business

Top-10 Most Individual All-Academic Honorees in the Nation (Power-Five leaders):

• Brigham Young University – 21
• University of Arkansas – 14
• University of Kentucky – 12
• Brown University – 11
• Princeton University – 11
• University of Memphis – 11
• University of Wisconsin-Madison – 11
• University of Nebraska, Lincoln – 10
• Stanford University – 9
• University of Illinois – 9

Top-20 Best Team GPA in Power-Five:
• Stanford University – 3.44
• Duke University – 3.38
• University of South Carolina – 3.33
• University of Wisconsin–Madison – 3.3
• Oklahoma State University – 3.25
• University of Maryland, College Park – 3.25
• Boston College – 3.22
• Georgia Institute of Technology – 3.2
• Virginia Tech – 3.2
• University of Florida – 3.19
University of Arkansas – 3.18
• University of Nebraska, Lincoln – 3.17
• University of Kentucky – 3.15
• University of Georgia – 3.14
• University of Alabama – 3.14
• Kansas State University – 3.14
• University of Illinois – 3.13
• Baylor University – 3.11
• University of Texas at Austin – 3.1
• University of Tennessee, Knoxville – 3.09

To qualify as an All-Academic individual, student-athletes must complete the academic year with a GPA of at least 3.25 and have finished the indoor regular season ranked nationally among the top 96 (individually) or 48 (relay) or have participated in any round of the NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships.

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