Thursday, February 12, 2015

DI Cross Country Scholar Teams of the Year Stanford & Michigan St. Headline All-Academic Teams


Courtesy: Dennis Young, USTFCCCA
February 11, 2015   
 
NEW ORLEANS – The Michigan State women and the Stanford men are the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Division I Scholar Teams of the Year for the 2014 cross country season.  
The national champion Spartans are among 226 women’s programs and the national runners-up Cardinal are among 179 men’s programs that earned All-Academic team honors.

PAST WINNERS

WOMEN
2014: Michigan State
2013: Providence
2012: Oregon
2011: Georgetown
2010: Villanova
2009: Villanova
2008: Washington
2007: Stanford
2006: Stanford
Those two programs won their distinction by being the highest-finishing teams at NCAAs to have at least a 3.0 cumulative grade point average. Michigan State’s women had a 3.39 team GPA and six All-Academic individuals, while Stanford’s men had a 3.43 team GPA to go with three All-Academic individuals.
Overall, 226 women’s teams and 179 men’s teams earned All-Academic honors.
No team beat Michigan State all year, and no one had more than their six All-Academic runners. Among All-Academic teams, Arkansas, Colorado and West Virginia were tied for second with five.  
West Virginia, at 3.68, had the highest GPA out of teams that qualified for the NCAA Championship, where the Mountaineers finished eighth.

PAST WINNERS

MEN
2014: Stanford
2013: Northern Arizona
2012: Oklahoma State
2011: Wisconsin
2010: Florida State
2009: Oklahoma State
2008: Iona
2007: Iona
2006: Iona
Stanford’s men were the runner-up in Terre Haute, and in one way, they’re the runners-up here.  The Cardinal tied for the second most All-Academic individuals among All-Academic teams. 
Wisconsin, which finished 10th at NCAAs, and 25th-place Tulsa had the most with four each.  BYU, Michigan, Furman, and Syracuse (all NCAA qualifiers) tied Stanford with three.
At 3.51, Tulsa had the highest GPA out of any men’s team that qualified for NCAAs.
Since the inception of the award in 2006, this is the third program win for Stanford (whose women won in ’06 and ’07) and first win for Michigan State.
The highest reported GPA out of all of the men’s All-Academic teams was Vanderbilt’s 3.73, and the highest women’s team GPA, at 3.79, belonged to South Carolina.
The Southeastern Conference and the Big Ten Conference led the way with 14 women’s teams earning All-Academic Team honors. On the men’s side, the SEC edged out the ACC, 11-10.
The full list of All-Academic Teams can be found below.

2015 DIVISION I MEN’S ALL-ACADEMIC TEAMS

InstitutionCumulative
Team GPA
Head Coach
Arizona State University3.21Louie Quintana
Auburn University3.47Mark Carroll
Baylor University3.48Todd Harbour
Belmont University3.42Jeff Langdon
Binghamton University3.01Annette Acuff
Boise State University3.19Corey Ihmels
Boston College3.53Matthew Kerr
Boston University3.46Bruce Lehane
Bowling Green State University3.47Lou Snelling 
Bradley University3.27Willy Wood
Brown University3.42Tim Springfield
Bucknell University3.30Kevin Donner
Butler University3.11Matthew Roe
California State University, Fresno3.01Sean McManus
Central Connecticut State University3.11Eric Blake
Central Michigan University3.31Matt Kaczor
Colgate University3.47Arthur McKinnon
Colorado State University3.39Art Siemers
Columbia University3.00Dan Ireland
Cornell University3.16Zeb Lang
Dartmouth College3.35Barry Harwick
Davidson College3.62Renny Waldron
DePaul University3.24Dave Dopek
Drake University3.67Dan Hostager
East Tennessee State University3.23George Watts
Eastern Illinois University3.21Erin Howarth
Eastern Michigan University3.36John Goodridge
Elon University3.15Nick Polk
Florida Atlantic University3.24Alex Smolka
Florida Gulf Coast University3.28Cassandra Goodson
Florida State University3.00Bob Braman
Fordham University3.38Tom Dewey
Furman University3.27Robery Gary
George Mason University3.29Andrew Gerard
Georgetown University3.10Patrick Henner
Gonzaga University3.18Pat Tyson
Harvard University3.48Jason Saretsky
Houston Baptist University3.00Theresa Fuqua
Idaho State University3.33Brian Janssen
Illinois State University3.25Jeff Bovee
Indiana State University3.05John McNichols
Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne3.51Michael Fruchey
Iona College3.19Ricardo Santos
Iowa State University3.04Martin Smith
IUPUI3.06Chuck Koeppen
Kansas State University3.10Ryun Godfrey
Kennesaw State University3.49Andy Eggerth
Kent State University3.30Mark Croghan
La Salle University3.15Tom Peterson
Lamar University3.25Trey Clark
Lehigh University3.33Todd Etters
Liberty University3.08Brant C Tolsma
Lipscomb University3.48Bill Taylor
Louisiana State University3.44Khadevis Robinson
Loyola Marymount University3.10Scott Guerrero
Loyola University Chicago3.39Randy Hasenbank
Loyola University Maryland3.01Rick Woods
Marist College3.41Pete Colaizzo
Marquette University3.28Mike Nelson
Marshall University3.04Jeffrey Small
McNeese State University3.24Brendon Gilroy
Miami University (Ohio)3.41Warren Mandrell
Michigan State University3.08Walt Drenth
Middle Tennessee State University3.13Keith Vroman
Mississippi State University3.39Houston Franks
Monmouth University3.08Joe Compagni
Montana State University-Bozeman3.15Lyle Weese
Morehead State University3.13Steve Picucci
Murray State University3.68Jennifer Severns
New Mexico State University3.14Orin Richburg
North Carolina State University3.04Rollie Geiger
North Dakota State University3.32Don Larson
Northeastern University3.22Cathrine Erickson
Oakland University3.45Paul Rice
Ohio University3.23Clay Calkins
Oral Roberts University3.29Joe Dial
Portland State University3.13Ronnye Harrison 
Presbyterian College3.71Thad Palmer
Princeton University3.17Jason Vigilante
Purdue University3.17Rolando Greene
Quinnipiac University3.48Carolyn Martin 
Rice University3.20Jon Warren
Rider University3.36Bob Hamer
Sacred Heart University3.31Christian Morrison
Saint Francis University3.26Douglas E. Hoover
Saint Joseph’s University3.08Michael Glavin
Saint Louis University3.51Jon Bell
Sam Houston State University3.33Jesse Parker
Samford University3.26Lori Strand
Santa Clara University3.44Felipe Montoro
Seattle University3.52Trisha Steidl
Siena College3.25John Kenworthy
South Dakota State University3.49Rod DeHaven
Southeast Missouri State University3.28Ryan Lane
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale3.08David Beauchem
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville3.23Eileen McAllister
Southern Utah University3.28Eric Houle
St. Mary’s College of California3.27Marty Kinsey
Stanford University3.44Chris Miltenberg
Stony Brook University3.08Andy Ronan
Syracuse University3.18Chris Fox
Temple University3.19James Snyder
Texas A&M University, College Station3.07Pat Henry
Texas Tech University3.04Jon Murray
Tulane University3.22Eric Peterson
University at Albany3.25Matt Jones
University of Akron3.52Lee LaBadie
University of Arizona3.18James Li
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville3.16Chris Bucknam
University of California, Davis3.06Devin Elizondo
University of California, Irvine3.17Jeff Perkins
University of Central Arkansas3.34Richard Martin Jr.
University of Cincinnati3.24Sam Burroughs
University of Dayton3.60Rich Davis
University of Detroit Mercy3.27Guy Murray
University of Evansville3.09Don Walters
University of Georgia3.11Pat Cunniff
University of Hartford3.36Stephen Walsh
University of Houston3.36Steve Magness
University of Idaho3.07Timothy Cawley
University of Illinois at Chicago3.13Jim Knoedel
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign3.45Jake Stewart
University of Iowa3.01Layne Anderson
University of Kansas3.10Stanley Redwine
University of Kentucky3.13Edrick Floreal
University of Louisville3.31Dale Cowper
University of Massachusetts, Amherst3.38Kenneth O’Brien
University of Memphis3.55Kevin Robinson
University of Michigan3.08Kevin Sullivan
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities3.26Steve Plasencia
University of Missouri3.07Marc Burns
University of Missouri3.18Marc Burns
University of Missouri-Kansas City3.18Shameika McField
University of Montana3.36Collin Fehr
University of Nebraska, Lincoln3.04David Harris
University of New Hampshire3.08Jim Boulanger
University of New Mexico3.36Joe Franklin
University of North Carolina Wilmington3.20Layne Schwier
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill3.00Mark VanAlstyne
University of North Dakota3.59Richard Clay
University of North Florida3.20Jeff Pigg
University of North Texas3.28Stefanie Slekis
University of Notre Dame3.29Matt Sparks
University of Oregon3.06Robert Johnson
University of Pennsylvania3.38Steve Dolan
University of Portland3.26Rob Conner
University of Richmond3.36Steve Taylor
University of San Francisco3.27Helen Lehman-Winters
University of South Alabama3.29David Barnett
University of South Carolina Upstate3.33Natalie Smith
University of South Dakota3.48Dan Fitzsimmons
University of South Florida3.22Dena Reif
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga3.72Bill Gautier
University of Tennessee, Knoxville3.09Beth Alford-Sullivan
University of Texas A&M at Corpus Christi3.19Shawn Flanagan
University of Texas at Arlington3.30John Sauerhage
University of Texas at Austin3.07Mario Sategna
University of Toledo3.12Linh Nguyen
University of Tulsa3.51Steve Gulley
University of Vermont3.22Matt Belfield
University of Virginia3.10Pete Watson
University of Wisconsin, Madison3.06Mick Byrne
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee3.39Pete Corfeld
Utah State University3.08Gregg Gensel
Utah Valley University3.38Scott Houle
Vanderbilt University3.74Steven Keith
Villanova University3.09Marcus O’Sullivan
Virginia Military Institute3.12Jen Fazioli
Virginia Tech3.19Dave Cianelli
Wake Forest University3.10John Millar
Washington State University3.28Wayne Phipps
Weber State University3.37Paul Pilkington
Western Carolina University3.14Danny Williamson
Western Kentucky University3.39Erik Jenkins
Wichita State University3.37Kirk Hunter
Winthrop University3.17Ben Paxton
Xavier University3.21Ryan Orner
Yale University3.46Paul Harkins
Youngstown State University3.08Brian Gorby


2015 DIVISION I WOMEN’S ALL-ACADEMIC TEAMS

InstitutionCumulative
Team GPA
Head Coach
Appalachian State University3.29Michael Curcio
Arizona State University3.38Louie Quintana
Auburn University3.32Mark Carroll
Baylor University3.44Todd Harbour
Belmont University3.48Jeff Langdon
Binghamton University3.52Annette Acuff
Boise State University3.49Corey Ihmels
Boston College3.15Randy Thomas
Boston University3.29Bruce Lehane
Bowling Green State University3.67Lou Snelling 
Bradley University3.62Willy Wood
Brown University3.47Mitchell Baker
Bucknell University3.52Kevin Donner
Butler University3.67Matthew Roe
California Polytechnic State University3.08Mark Conover
Central Connecticut State University3.05Eric Blake
Central Michigan University3.59Matt Kaczor
Cleveland State University3.58Joe Jaketic
Coastal Carolina University3.39Jeff Jacobs
Colgate University3.44Arthur McKinnon
College of William and Mary3.28Natalie Hall
Colorado State University3.45Art Siemers
Columbia University3.27Dan Ireland
Cornell University3.30Artie Smith
Dartmouth College3.39Courtney Jaworski
Davidson College3.50Jen Straub
DePaul University3.75Dave Dopek
Drake University3.75Dan Hostager
East Carolina University3.22Daniel Lee
East Tennessee State University3.45George Watts
Eastern Illinois University3.31Erin Howarth
Eastern Kentucky University3.64Rick Erdmann
Eastern Michigan University3.66Sue Parks
Elon University3.47Nick Polk
Florida Atlantic University3.20Alex Smolka
Florida Gulf Coast University3.31Cassandra Goodson
Florida State University3.36Karen Harvey
Fordham University3.32Tom Dewey
Furman University3.26Robery Gary
Gardner-Webb University3.29Brian Baker
George Mason University3.28Andrew Gerard
Georgetown University3.05Michael Smith
Gonzaga University3.47Patty Ley
Harvard University3.63Jason Saretsky
High Point University3.27Jenna Wrieden
Houston Baptist University3.45Theresa Fuqua
Idaho State University3.71Brian Janssen
Illinois State University3.40Jeff Bovee
Indiana State University3.43John Gartland
Indiana University, Bloomington3.47Ron Helmer
Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne3.26Michael Fruchey
Iona College3.63Ricardo Santos
Iowa State University3.45Andrea Grove-McDonough
IUPUI3.49Antonio McDaniel
Jacksonville State University3.28Steve Ray
James Madison University3.70David Rinker
Kansas State University3.42Ryun Godfrey
Kennesaw State University3.63Andy Eggerth
Kent State University3.53Mark Croghan
La Salle University3.35Tom Peterson
Lafayette College3.29Michele Curcio
Lamar University3.29Trey Clark
Lehigh University3.48Deborah Utesch
Liberty University3.36Brant C Tolsma
Lipscomb University3.66Bill Taylor
Long Beach State University3.09Andy Sythe
Louisiana State University3.50Khadevis Robinson
Loyola Marymount University3.32Scott Guerrero
Loyola University Chicago3.44Randy Hasenbank
Loyola University Maryland3.40Rick Woods
Marist College3.49Pete Colaizzo
Marquette University3.71Mike Nelson
Marshall University3.51Jeffrey Small
McNeese State University3.36Brendon Gilroy
Mercer University3.41Ryan Bailey
Michigan State University3.39Walt Drenth
Middle Tennessee State University3.33Keith Vroman
Mississippi State University3.65Houston Franks
Monmouth University3.32Joe Compagni
Montana State University-Bozeman3.59Lyle Weese
Morehead State University3.23Steve Picucci
Murray State University3.52Jennifer Severns
New Jersey Institute of Technology3.04Adalberto Alonso
New Mexico State University3.33Orin Richburg
North Carolina State University3.24Laurie Henes
North Dakota State University3.49Stevie Keller
Northeastern University3.18Cathrine Erickson
Northwestern University3.29April Likhite
Oakland University3.44Paul Rice
Ohio University3.57Clay Calkins
Oregon State University3.78Kelly Sullivan
Pennsylvania State University3.39John Gondak
Portland State University3.49Ronnye Harrison 
Presbyterian College3.58Thad Palmer
Princeton University3.44Peter Farrell
Providence College3.23Ray Treacy
Purdue University3.48Rolando Greene
Quinnipiac University3.35Carolyn Martin 
Rice University3.68Jim Bevan
Rider University3.69Bob Hamer
Robert Morris University3.44Michael Smith
Rutgers University, New Brunswick3.21James  M. Rpbinson
Sacramento State3.18Kathleen Raske
Sacred Heart University3.55Christian Morrison
Saint Francis University (Pennsylvania)3.66Douglas E. Hoover
Saint Joseph’s University3.20Kevin Quinn
Saint Louis University3.63Jon Bell
Sam Houston State University3.35Jesse Parker
Samford University3.43Lori Strand
San Jose State University3.17Jeff Petersmeyer
Santa Clara University3.40Felipe Montoro
Seattle University3.61Trisha Steidl
Siena College3.56John Kenworthy
South Dakota State University3.63Rod DeHaven
Southeast Missouri State University3.77Ryan Lane
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale3.61David Beauchem
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville3.30Eileen McAllister
Southern Methodist University3.44Cathy Casey
Southern Utah University3.60Eric Houle
St. John’s University3.50Jim Hurt
St. Mary’s College of California3.36Marty Kinsey
Stanford University3.38Chris Miltenberg
Stony Brook University3.28Andy Ronan
Syracuse University3.32Chris Fox
Temple University3.20James Snyder
Texas A&M University, College Station3.39Pat Henry
Texas Tech University3.25Jon Murray
The Citadel3.14Jody Huddleston
The Ohio State University3.59Karen Dennis
Towson University3.48Roger Erricker
Tulane University3.68Eric Peterson
U.S. Military Academy3.14Mike Smith
University at Albany3.41Matt Jones
University at Buffalo3.27Victoria Mitchell
University of Akron3.37Lee LaBadie
University of Alabama at Birmingham3.35Tony Houchin
University of Arizona3.12James Li
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville3.57Lance Harter
University of California, Davis3.27Devin Elizondo
University of California, Irvine3.30Jeff Perkins
University of California, Los Angeles3.02Michael Maynard
University of California, Riverside3.00Irv Ray
University of Cincinnati3.29Sam Burroughs
University of Colorado, Boulder3.36Mark Wetmore
University of Connecticut3.20J.J. Clark
University of Dayton3.54Sarah Haveman
University of Delaware3.36Wendy McFarlane
University of Detroit Mercy3.35Guy Murray
University of Evansville3.54Don Walters
University of Florida3.35Paul Spangler 
University of Georgia3.33Pat Cunniff
University of Hartford3.41Stephen Walsh
University of Houston3.43Steve Magness
University of Idaho3.70Timothy Cawley
University of Illinois at Chicago3.18Jim Knoedel
University of Illinois, Champaign3.49Scott Jones
University of Iowa3.44Layne Anderson
University of Kansas3.31Stanley Redwine
University of Kentucky3.55Edrick Floreal
University of Louisville3.71Dale Cowper
University of Maryland, College Park3.33Andrew Valmon
University of Memphis3.72Kevin Robinson
University of Michigan3.18Mike McGuire
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities3.48Sarah Hopkins
University of Mississippi3.27Brian O’Neal
University of Missouri3.31Marc Burns
University of Missouri3.48Marc Burns
University of Missouri-Kansas City3.46Shameika McField
University of Montana3.78Collin Fehr
University of Nebraska, Lincoln3.55David Harris
University of Nevada3.44Kirk Elias
University of New Hampshire3.41Robert Hoppler
University of New Mexico3.67Joe Franklin
University of North Carolina Wilmington3.36Layne Schwier
University of North Carolina, Asheville3.43Jesse Norman
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill3.17Mark VanAlstyne
University of North Dakota3.49Richard Clay
University of North Florida3.31Jeff Pigg
University of North Texas3.22Stefanie Slekis
University of Northern Colorado3.31Amanda Schick
University of Notre Dame3.49Matt Sparks
University of Oklahoma3.28Jason Dunn
University of Oregon3.35Robert Johnson
University of Pennsylvania3.31Steve Dolan
University of Portland3.66Ian Solof
University of Rhode Island3.27Laurie Feit-Melnick
University of Richmond3.24Lori Taylor
University of San Francisco3.48Helen Lehman-Winters
University of South Alabama3.71David Barnett
University of South Carolina, Columbia3.79Curtis Frye
University of South Dakota3.64Dan Fitzsimmons
University of South Florida3.22Dena Reif
University of Southern Mississippi3.71Jon Stuart
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga3.71Bill Gautier
University of Tennessee, Knoxville3.45Beth Alford-Sullivan
University of Texas A&M at Corpus Christi3.34Shawn Flanagan
University of Texas at Arlington3.13John Sauerhage
University of Texas at Austin3.49Mario Sategna
University of Toledo3.42Linh Nguyen
University of Tulsa3.43Steve Gulley
University of Utah3.31Kyle Kepler
University of Vermont3.45Matt Belfield
University of Virginia3.33Todd Morgan
University of Washington3.39Greg Metcalf
University of Wisconsin, Madison3.17Mick Byrne
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee3.38Pete Corfeld
University of Wyoming3.55Bryan Berryhill
US NAVAL ACADEMY3.11KAREN BOYLE
Utah State University3.52Gregg Gensel
Utah Valley University3.42Scott Houle
UTSA3.29David Hartman
Vanderbilt University3.37Steven Keith
Villanova University3.52Gina Procaccio
Virginia Tech3.02Dave Cianelli
Wake Forest University3.51John Millar
Washington State University3.48Wayne Phipps
Weber State University3.38Paul Pilkington
West Virginia University3.68Sean Cleary 
Western Carolina University3.51Danny Williamson
Western Kentucky University3.45Erik Jenkins
Western Michigan University3.51Kelly Lycan
Wichita State University3.35Kirk Hunter
Winthrop University3.63Ben Paxton
Xavier University3.48Ryan Orner
Yale University3.51Amy Gosztyla
Youngstown State University3.33Brian Gorby

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