Wartburg College Selected as 2009 Division III Women’s Track and Field Scholar Team of the Year

Wartburg College Selected as 2009 Division III Women’s Track and Field Scholar Team of the Year



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July 9, 2009



NEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced Thursday that Wartburg College was selected as the 2009 Indoor Track and Field Scholar Team of the Year and as the 2009 Outdoor Track and Field Scholar Team of the Year.



Wartburg swept the women’s indoor and outdoor track and field team championships this year. At the 2009 NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships in March, the Knights scored a total of 51 points to win the team competition. The title was the first women’s indoor track & field team title in school history.



In addition to Indoor Track and Field Scholar Team of the Year Wartburg, 15 other teams with top-25 national finishes at the 2009 Division III Indoor Championships earned All-Academic Team honors for their academic and athletic performance.



Wartburg also earns the 2009 Outdoor Track and Field Scholar Team of the Year honors after winning the 2009 Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships in May. The Knights secured the team victory by a margin of two points with a win in the meet’s final event, the 4x400-meter relay. Wartburg became just the seventh school in Division III history to win the indoor and outdoor women’s team titles in the same season.



Wartburg is joined on the All-Academic Team list by an incredible 22 additional teams that achieved top-25 finishes at the outdoor championships.



DIVISION III ALL-ACADEMIC TRACK AND FIELD TEAMS



In addition to the Scholar Teams of the Year, the USTFCCCA also announced the women’s 2009 Division III All-Academic Track and Field Teams. A total of 100 Division III programs made up the women’s 2009 All-Academic Teams.



Shenandoah University led all institutions with a 3.676 team cumulative GPA, followed by Whitworth University with a 3.641 team GPA. Carleton College had the third-highest cumulative GPA with a 3.590.



The Centennial Conference, Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference, University Athletic Association, and Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference led all conferences with six teams selected from each conference as All-Academic Teams for 2009.



The selection of the All-Academic Indoor and Outdoor Scholar Teams of the Year award is based on a combination of academic and athletic achievements, with the top honor going to the team that had the combination of best overall finish at the respective Division III Indoor or Outdoor National Championships and cumulative GPA.



To be nominated, the team must carry a minimum 3.100 cumulative grade-point average.



2009 USTFCCCA Division III Women’s All-Academic Track and Field Teams:



INSTITUTION
GPA

Shenandoah University
3.676

Whitworth University
3.641

Carleton College
3.590

Claremont McKenna-Harvey Mudd-Scripps Colleges
3.582

Calvin College
3.581

Connecticut College
3.574

Simpson College
3.569

Colorado College
3.563

Ursinus College
3.560

Macalester College
3.550

Tufts University
3.550

Pomona-Pitzer Colleges
3.524

Haverford College
3.520

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3.520

Messiah College
3.507

Luther College
3.505

Waynesburg University
3.500

Willamette University
3.500

Linfield College
3.487

Albion College
3.470

College of St. Benedict
3.470

Emory University
3.463

St. Olaf College
3.460

Trinity University (Texas)
3.455

Muhlenberg College
3.454

Nebraska Wesleyan University
3.450

Hope College
3.441

Grinnell College
3.440

Goucher College
3.420

Kenyon College
3.420

New York University
3.420

Hood College
3.414

University of Redlands
3.411

Illinois Wesleyan University
3.403

Ithaca College
3.402

University of Chicago
3.400

Concordia University (Wisconsin)
3.390

Ohio Northern University
3.390

University of Wisconsin, Stout
3.390

Springfield College
3.371

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
3.370

State University College at Brockport
3.370

University of Wisconsin, La Crosse
3.370

Worcester Polytechnic Institute
3.370

Martin Luther College
3.365

Nazareth College
3.362

Concordia College, Moorhead
3.360

Gustavus Adolphus College
3.360

Johns Hopkins University
3.360

Ohio Wesleyan University
3.340

University of Puget Sound
3.340

Rhodes College
3.339

Washington and Lee University
3.337

Cornell College
3.333

University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire
3.330

Washington University (Missouri)
3.330

University of the South
3.324

Hendrix College
3.322

College of St. Scholastica
3.320

Christopher Newport University
3.310

Oberlin College
3.310

University of Rochester
3.310

Rochester Institute of Technology
3.301

St. Lawrence University
3.300

Plattsburgh State University of New York
3.290

College of Wooster
3.287

Augustana College (Illinois)
3.286

Capital University
3.283

Carnegie Mellon University
3.280

Bryn Mawr College
3.270

Loras College
3.253

Middlebury College
3.250

Salisbury University
3.249

North Central College
3.241

DePauw University
3.240

State University College at Geneseo
3.240

Moravian College
3.230

Wartburg College
3.227

Carroll University (Wisconsin)
3.222

Pacific Lutheran University
3.220

Dickinson College
3.210

Penn State Erie, the Behrend College
3.208

University of Wisconsin, Platteville
3.201

Babson College
3.200

Greenville College
3.200

State University College at Oneonta
3.200

Frostburg State University
3.199

John Carroll University
3.190

St. Norbert College
3.160

Elizabethtown College
3.150

The College of New Jersey
3.143

University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
3.143

Gwynedd-Mercy College
3.140

Central College (Iowa)
3.132

Allegheny College
3.130

State University of New York at Oswego
3.124

North Park University
3.120

University of Wisconsin, Whitewater
3.120

Defiance College
3.110

Wheaton College (Massachusetts)
3.110




Shannon Wright

U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association

504-599-8900 (office)

504-599-8909 (fax)

Shannon@ustfccca.org