NCAA DI Cross Country Individual Academic Awards – 2015
Courtesy: Tyler Mayforth, USTFCCCA
February 19, 2016
NEW ORLEANS — Molly Seidel continues a trend.
Sean McGorty adds to Stanford’s legacy.
Both Seidel and McGorty were honored on Friday as NCAA Division I Scholar Athletes of the Year for the 2015 cross country season by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
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A senior from Hartland, Wisconsin, Seidel has a 3.525 GPA and is majoring in anthropology with a supplementary major in Arts & Letters pre-health. Seidel is the first Notre Dame athlete to win the award.
McGorty, a junior from Fairfax, Virginia, is the third male athlete from Stanford to earn the distinction of Scholar Athlete of the Year. Chris Derrick won twice (2010, 2011) and Neftalem Araia took home the honor in 2006, the first year of the award.
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While McGorty and Seidel stood out, their peers’ accomplishments shouldn’t be overlooked. In total, there were 160 women and 90 men who were named USTFCCCA All-Academic. In order for a student-athlete to qualify for the honor, they must have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.25 and finished in the top-25 (or 10 percent) at regionals or as an All-American at the national meet.
Twenty women on the list had perfect GPAs (4.00), compared to four men.
Of the 40 All-Americans from each gender that were crowned in Louisville, Kentucky, 33 women and 16 men found their way onto these lists.
Of the 205 women’s teams that had at least one honoree, there were four teams that had five — 2015 champion New Mexico, Georgetown, Oklahoma State and Vanderbilt. (Edit: late addition University of Rochester had a nation-best seven honorees).
Edit: Six men’s teams shared the national lead for most honorees: Michigan, Lamar, Oklahoma State, Furman, Iona and Stanford.
The full list of student-athletes honored by the USTFCCCA can be found below.
2015 DIVISION I MEN’S ALL-ACADEMIC INDIVIDUALS | |
| NAME | INSTITUTION |
| Dallin Farnsworth | Brigham Young University |
| Aaron Fletcher | Brigham Young University |
| Will Sheeran | Brown University |
| Jerrell Mock | Colorado State University |
| Jefferson Abbey | Colorado State University |
| Tait Rutherford | Columbia University |
| Dominic DeLuca | Cornell University |
| Daniel Salas | Dartmouth College |
| Reed Fischer | Drake University |
| Riley McInerney | Eastern Illinois University |
| Jaime Perales | Eastern Kentucky University |
| Amos Kosgey | Eastern Kentucky University |
| Willy Fink | Eastern Michigan University |
| Nick Raymond | Eastern Michigan University |
| Stanley Linton | Florida State University |
| Frank Lara | Furman University |
| Tanner Hinkle | Furman University |
| Aaron Templeton | Furman University |
| Michael Lederhouse | Georgetown University |
| Matthew Crichlow | Gonzaga University |
| Chartt Miller | Iona College |
| Liam Dee | Iona College |
| Michael O’Dowd | Iona College |
| Gabriel Steffensen | Lamar University |
| Iliass Aouani | Lamar University |
| Alex Dunbar | Lamar University |
| Joe Stewart | Miami University (Ohio) |
| Caleb Rhynard | Michigan State University |
| Tyler Day | Northern Arizona University |
| Vegard Oelstad | Oklahoma State University |
| Craig Nowak | Oklahoma State University |
| Brian Gohlke | Oklahoma State University |
| Robert Creese | Pennsylvania State University |
| Brett Kelly | Princeton University |
| Steven Sum | Princeton University |
| Matthew McClintock | Purdue University |
| Arsene Guillorel | Samford University |
| Joel Reichow | South Dakota State University |
| Ibrahim Ahmed | Southern Utah University |
| Hayden Hawks | Southern Utah University |
| Grant Fisher | Stanford University |
| Sean McGorty | Stanford University |
| Garrett Sweatt | Stanford University |
| Colin Bennie | Syracuse University |
| Martin Hehir | Syracuse University |
| Christian Farris | Texas A&M University, College Station |
| Sam Peckham | U.S. Naval Academy |
| Hassan Omar | UMBC |
| Kyle Cochrun | University of Akron |
| Clayton Murphy | University of Akron |
| Jack Bruce | University of Arkansas, Fayetteville |
| John Lawson | University of California, Berkeley |
| Ben Saarel | University of Colorado, Boulder |
| Morgan Pearson | University of Colorado, Boulder |
| Eddie Garcia | University of Florida |
| Zack Sims | University of Georgia |
| Bryan Kamau | University of Georgia |
| Brian Barraza | University of Houston |
| Dylan Lafond | University of Illinois, Champaign |
| Jacob Morgan | University of Kansas |
| Evan Landes | University of Kansas |
| Jacob Thomson | University of Kentucky |
| Edwin Kibichiy | University of Louisville |
| Japhet Kipkoech | University of Louisville |
| Aaron Baumgarten | University of Michigan |
| Ben Flanagan | University of Michigan |
| Mason Ferlic | University of Michigan |
| Aaron Bartnik | University of Minnesota, Twin Cities |
| Adam Zutz | University of Minnesota, Twin Cities |
| MJ Erb | University of Mississippi |
| Craig Engels | University of Mississippi |
| Elmar Engholm | University of New Mexico |
| Bryce McAndrew | University of North Texas |
| Brandon Doughty | University of Oklahoma |
| Travis Neuman | University of Oregon |
| Matthew Melancon | University of Oregon |
| Brendan Smith | University of Pennsylvania |
| Forrest Hangen | University of Rochester |
| Dan Nolte | University of Rochester |
| Jeremy Hassett | University of Rochester |
| Mubarik Musa | University of South Dakota |
| Brady Turnbull | University of Texas at Austin |
| Jacob Pickle | University of Texas at Austin |
| Marc Scott | University of Tulsa |
| Benjamin Preisner | University of Tulsa |
| Thomas Madden | University of Virginia |
| Chase Weaverling | University of Virginia |
| Morgan McDonald | University of Wisconsin, Madison |
| Aaron Derner | University of Wyoming |
| Robert Denault | Villanova University |
| Kevin Dooney | Yale University |
| James Randon | Yale University |
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