NEW ORLEANS – Eight Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) track and field programs earned All-Academic Team awards and 18 MIAA student-athletes garnered individual All-Academic honors from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA), the organization announced Friday.
Eighteen student-athletes, including nine women and nine men, from a total of seven MIAA schools received individual All-Academic accolades. Calvin led the conference with eight total honorees including a league-high four on the men’s side. Hope and Calvin each picked up four awards on the women’s side to lead the league.
To qualify for the USTFCCCA All-Academic Track and Field Team, the student-athlete must have compiled a cumulative grade point average of 3.30 and have met either of the following athletic standards:
- Competed in an NCAA Indoor or Outdoor Championship
- Finished the regular season ranked in the national top 35 in an individual event or ranked in the national top 25 (collective listing) in a relay event on the official NCAA POP list provided by TFRRS.org
A total of 297 men from 106 institutions and a total of 420 women from 127 institutions earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors nationally for their combined academic and athletic accomplishments.
The full list of both men and women’s All-Academic selections, as well as the All-Academic Teams, are provided below arranged alphabetically by institution name.
INDIVIDUALS
MEN
Name | Institution | Athlete’s Major |
Dominick Reed | Adrian | Business Administration – Marketing |
Thomas Windle | Adrian | Exercise Science |
Ben deWaal Malefyt | Calvin | Education |
Steven Haagsma | Calvin | Education |
Erik Holstege | Calvin | Pre-Medicine |
Ethan Valentine | Calvin | Biology/Chinese |
Benjamin Zank | Hope | Public Accounting |
Andrew Benkovsky | Olivet | Mathematics and Criminal Justice |
Jalen Weaver | Olivet | Exercise Science |
WOMEN
Name | Institution | Athlete’s Major |
Jessica Shaw | Albion | Biology, Psychology |
Kate Ardinger | Calvin | Math |
Sarah Danner | Calvin | English/Chinese |
Kimby Penning | Calvin | Education |
Lauren Strohbehn | Calvin | Exercise Science |
Erin Herrmann | Hope | Special Education – Learning Disabled |
Jane Pearson | Hope | Math Education |
Alison Rich | Hope | Exercise Science |
Julia Stock | Hope | Biology |
TEAMS
WOMEN
Institution | GPA |
Adrian | 3.22 |
Albion | 3.38 |
Calvin | 3.37 |
Hope | 3.47 |
Olivet | 3.27 |
MEN
Institution | GPA |
Calvin | 3.27 |
Hope | 3.15 |
Olivet | 3.22 |