Jacobus Named USTFCCCA Scholar-Field Athlete of the Year
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. Lexi Jacobus was named a 2018 Scholar-Athlete of the Year while the Razorbacks received 16 Individual All-Academic honorees, and the women’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 3.47. Arkansas’ team GPA ranks third in the SEC behind Vanderbilt (3.56), and Alabama (3.53). 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.
Junior All-American Lexi Jacobus headlined Arkansas’ scholarly roster which featured 16 individual All-Academic award winners. A three-time national champion in the pole vault, including this past indoor season, and 4.0 chemistry student, Jacobus was named the USTFCCCA Indoor Scholar Field-Athlete of the Year.
Jacobus earns her second-career indoor Scholar Field-Athlete of the Year recognition joining Sandi Morris (2015) as the only other Razorbacks to receive the accolade. Jacobus is also the only Arkansas student-athlete to sweep the award through both seasons, accomplishing the feat back in 2016.
Arkansas’ USTFCCCA Scholar-Athlete of the Year (All-Time)
• Lexi Jacobus – Indoor ‘18
• Lexi Jacobus – Indoor ‘16
• Lexi Jacobus – Outdoor ‘16
• Sandi Morris – Outdoor ‘15
USTFCCCA All-Academic Teams (SEC)
• Vanderbilt – 3.56
• Alabama – 3.53
• Arkansas – 3.47
• South Carolina – 3.41
• Missouri – 3.37
• Georgia – 3.36
• Tennessee – 3.23
• Florida – 3.22
• Kentucky – 3.18
• Texas A&M – 3.12
Lexi Jacobus, Tori Hoggard, and Taylor Werner headlined Arkansas’ selections, all managing to attain 4.00 GPAs, while balancing a rigorous training and competition schedule. In total, 874 women earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors.
2018 USTFCCCA All-Academic Individuals
• Jada Baylark – Kinesiology
• Taliyah Brooks – Communications
• Janeek Brown – Chemistry
• Payton Chadwick – Kinesiology
• Devin Clark – Kinesiology
• Morgan Hartsell – Industrial Engineering
• Nikki Hiltz – Criminal Justice/Sociology
• Regan Hime – Physics/Geophysics
• Tori Hoggard – Biochemistry
• Lexi Jacobus – Biochemistry
• Tamara Kuykendall – Educational Studies
• Rachel Nichwitz – Kinesiology
• Elizabeth Ramos-Mata – Journalism
• Maddy Reed – Architectural Studies
• Carina Viljoen – Business
• Taylor Werner – Kinesiology
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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