Razorbacks Earn USTFCCCA All-Academic Honors

NEW ORLEANS – The Arkansas men’s cross country team was named one of the top scholarly programs in the country by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association for posting a cumulative team GPA of 3.23 Arkansas was one of 427 teams to receive the All-Academic Team acknowledgment.

Upperclassmen Graham Brown, Cameron Griffith, Ethan Moehn, and Colin O’Mara, as well as redshirt-freshman Ryan Murphy and sophomore Matt Young picked up individual accolades for their efforts in the classroom as well as athletic accomplishments as all six were named to the student-athlete All-Academic Team – the most individuals amongst Division I men’s programs.

There were 267 student-athletes who earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors with women accounting for 58.4 percent of the total (156). Arkansas led all programs with 13 combined individuals honored.

In order to qualify for All-Academic distinction, student-athletes must have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.25 on a 4.0 scale and finish in the top-25 (or 10 percent) at the NCAA Regional Championships or as an All-American at the NCAA Championships.

In addition to scholastic recognition from the national governing body of cross country and track and field (USTFCCCA) several Razorbacks were also honored by the SEC named to the recently announced conference honor roll.

Eight members (full list below) of head coach Chris Bucknam’s squad notched a GPA of 3.00 or above to earn a place among the SEC’s academic leaders.

2018 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll

Graham Brown – M Cross Country – Information Systems Business Analytics
Hayden Dressel – M Cross Country – Pre-Business
Cameron Griffith – M Cross Country – Kinesiology: Exercise Science
Ethan Moehn – M Cross Country – Economics & Public Health
Ryan Murphy – M Cross Country – Kinesiology: Exercise Science
Colin O’Mara – M Cross Country – Recreation & Sport Management
Samuel Schillinger – M Cross Country – Political Science
Matt Young  – M Cross Country – Accounting

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