2015-16 CoSIDA Academic All-America® Track & Field/Cross Country Men's & Women's Teams release dates:
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AUSTIN, Texas – Mitchell Black of Tufts University and Maryann Gong of MIT headline the 2016 Academic All-America® Division III Track & Field/Cross Country Teams, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
A mechanical engineering and astrophysics double-major from Brunswick, Maine, with a 3.72 grade-point average, Black was named the Men’s Track & Field/Cross Country Academic All-American of the Year. The CoSIDA Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country Academic All-American of the Year, Gong is an electrical engineering and computer science major with a 4.0 G.P.A. from Livermore, California. Black and Gong each earned CoSIDA Academic All-America® first-team honors for the second straight year.
The CoSIDA Division III Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division III national governance structure, to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2015-16 Division III Academic All-America® teams program.
Mitchell Black (Tufts University) and Maryann Gong (MIT)
A four-time NCAA Division III Champion, Black won Division III Championships this year in the 800-meters at both the NCAA Division III Indoor and Outdoor National Championships; a feat he also accomplished in 2015. Black earned 10 All-American accolades in his career and was named the Most Outstanding Performer at the 2016 New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Championship.
Black was one of two recipients in 2016 of the NCAA’s Walter Byers Postgraduate Scholarship. He recently received Tufts' C.P. Ciaffone and L.W. Pote Scholarship for excellence in engineering. Black will enter the University of Michigan’s Graduate School of Aerospace Engineering in the fall.
Gong, a junior at MIT, is a 13-time NCAA Division III All-American in cross country, indoor track & field and outdoor track & field. In cross country in 2015, Gong won three individual invitational titles, including a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Championship and a first-place finish at the NCAA Division III New England Cross Country Championship. She was 16th at the 2015 NCAA Division III Cross Country Championship, helping lead MIT to a third-place finish.
Gong earned three All-American nods at the 2016 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships. She finished second at nationals in both the 3,000-meter run and the one-mile run. Her third All-American recognition at the meet came as a member of MIT’s Distance Medley Relay (DMR) squad that finished sixth.
Among the 46 student-athletes on the CoSIDA Division III Men’s Academic All-America® Track & Field/Cross Country Team, 12 have a 4.0 grade-point average. The 15 members of the men’s track & field first team carry an average G.P.A. of 3.90. There are 13 women among the 45 selections on the CoSIDA Division III Women’s Academic All-America® Track & Field/Cross Country Team that have a G.P.A. of 4.0 or higher. The 15 student-athletes selected to the women’s track & field first team carry an average G.P.A. of 3.80.
Fourteen men and 15 women are repeat CoSIDA Academic All-America® selections. One man and two women earned their third-straight CoSIDA Academic All-America® selections.
Benjamin Beidleman of Baldwin Wallace is the lone three-time CoSIDA Academic All-America® honoree on the men’s track & field team. Beidleman, a first-team selection this year, was also a first team member in 2015 and 2014. He is a three-time Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) selection with a 3.95 G.P.A., earning his master’s degree in accounting. He holds the school record at Baldwin Wallace in the indoor 200-meter dash, and is a two-time OAC Champion in the outdoor 200-meter dash.
Austin Livingston of St. Norbert is on the first team for the second-consecutive year. Livingston is biology major from Appleton, Wisconsin, with a 4.00 G.P.A. Livingston was the recipient of the NCAA Elite 90 Award at the 2016 Division III Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Championship. He was a member of St. Norbert’s 4X400-meter relay team that placed second at the outdoor championships, earning his second career All-American recognition in the event.
Bijan Mazaheri of Williams earns first team CoSIDA Academic All-America® recognition for the second time, also earning first team honors in 2015. A four-time All-American this year, the computer science and physics double-major from Wellesley, Massachusetts, owns a 3.92 G.P.A. Mazaheri finished third at the 2015 NCAA Division III Cross Country Championship for his second career All-America honor in cross country. He took third in the 5,000-meter run at the Outdoor Championship, was fourth in the 10,000-meter run, and placed fifth in the 5,000-meters at the Division III Indoor Championship.
Brad Boockmeier of St. Norbert is a first team CoSIDA Academic All-America® selection this year following second team honors in 2015. A mathematics major from Green Bay, Wisconsin, Boockmeier holds a 3.86 G.P.A. He finished seventh in the pentathlon at the 2016 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championship to earn All-American recognition. He is a two-time All-American in the decathlon at the Division III Outdoor Championship, finishing fifth at nationals in 2015 and he was eighth in 2013.
Wisconsin-Oshkosh’s Jordan Carpenter of Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin, picks up first team recognition in 2016 after second team honors in 2015. A graduate student, Carpenter holds a 4.0 G.P.A. and is pursuing his MBA. He finished second in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the 2016 Division III Outdoor Championship to earn his second career All-America nod. Carpenter finished 13th at the 2015 Division III Cross Country Championship to earn All-America recognition.
David Motley of MIT is on the first team this year after earning a second team nod in 2015. Motley is a mechanical engineering major from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with a 4.0 G.P.A. He is a three-time qualifier for the Division III Championship in the triple jump, including a 12th place finish at this year’s outdoor championship.
Mount Union’s Tyler Orewiler earns first team honors this year following second team accolades in 2015. Orewiler is a biology major from Bucyrus, Ohio, and owns a 3.86 G.P.A. He is a three-time All-American in the pole vault, finishing second at this year’s NCAA Outdoor Championship and he was third at the 2016 Indoor Championship.
Lukas Mees of Emory picks up first team honors this year, following a third team selection in 2015. A native of Marion, Iowa, Mees holds a 3.92 G.P.A. as a psychology major. A two-time University Athletic Association (UAA) Champion in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, he placed eighth in the event this year at the NCAA Outdoor Championship for All-American honors.
Jordan Sellers from Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) is a first team selection this year after earning third team honors in 2015. Sellers is a game design and development major from Denver, Pennsylvania, with a 3.95 G.P.A. He earned All-Liberty League recognition this year in the 60-meter hurdles (indoor) and 100-meter hurdles (outdoor).
There are five first-time selections on the first team this year. The newcomers are: Hart Hornor of Carleton, Max Leonard of Illinois Wesleyan, Boone Marois of Hope, Arinze Okeke from MIT, and Thomas Zamorski of Widener.
Aditya Bhagavathi of Caltech repeats as a second team CoSIDA Academic All-America® honoree, also earning second team recognition in 2015. Bhagavath is a computer science major from Plainsboro, New Jersey, with a 3.90 G.P.A. He is Caltech’s first two-time qualifier for the NCAA Cross Country Championship.
Colin Cotton of Williams and Joshua Sexton of Hood are each on the second team this year following third team honors in 2015. Cotton is an economics major from Cincinnati, Ohio, with a 3.57 G.P.A. He was second in the 5,000-meter run at the 2016 Division III Indoor Championship to earn his fifth career All-America recognition. Sexton is a political science major from Mesa, Arizona, with a 3.78 G.P.A.
Dylan Baumann and Jacob Gerhartz of St. Thomas (Minn.) join Joey Pasque of Washington University (Mo.) as the three members of the second team with a 4.0 G.P.A. They are accompanied on the second team by first-time selections Tyler Burdorff of Baldwin Wallace, Sam Gilly of Trine, Travon Godette from Westfield State, Rochester’s Jeremy Hassett, States Lee of MIT, Daniel Pietsch of Emory, Deko Ricketts of Washington University (Mo.), Garrett Sellhorst of Nebraska Wesleyan, and Isaac Smith from Augustana (Ill.).
Whitworth’s Trent Alsin earns his second-consecutive third team CoSIDA Academic All-America® recognition. Alsin is an economics major from Olympia, Washington, with a 4.00 G.P.A.
Matthew Lillehaugen of Concordia-Moorhead, Taber Miyauchi from LeTourneau and Matthew Vitagliano of RPI are first-time selections on this year’s third team; and each of these student-athletes has a 4.0 G.P.A. David Busby of SUNY Oneonta, Lee Cattanach from Eastern Connecticut State, Matthew Flyr from St. Mary’s (Md.), Colin Godwin of MIT, Stephen Gomez and Sawyer Hitchcock from Ithaca, Mark Hiben of Wheaton (Ill.), Tim Moses of Messiah, Dan Popek from Augustana (Ill.), Eric Rydell of Illinois Wesleyan, Christopher Schwab from RIT and Brendan Smyth of Rose-Hulman round out the men’s track and field third team.
Whitworth’s Dakota Kliamovich is a three-time CoSIDA Academic All-America® selection in women’s track & field, earning first team honors this year and second team recognition in 2015 and 2014. Kliamovich is a biology and psychology double-major from Liberty Lake, Washington, with a 4.00 G.P.A. She is a two-time Division III All-American in the hammer throw and is a four-time Northwest Conference (NWC) champion in the same event.
Lebanon Valley’s Kelsey Patrick is a three-time selection. She is a health science and physical therapy major from Tamaqua, Pennsylvania, with a 3.86 G.P.A. She is a second team selection this year, paired with a second team nod in 2015 and third team honors in 2014. Patrick competed at the 2015 Division III Cross Country Championship, earning her fourth career appearance at the event.
Bria Halama of Wisconsin-La Crosse is a first team selection in 2016, following first team honors in 2015. Halama is a therapeutic recreation major from Independence, Wisconsin, with a 3.82 G.P.A. Halama won the Division III Championship in the triple jump at both the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships in 2016. She is a four-time Division III Champion in the triple jump and has also earned All-American recognition in her career in the 400-meter dash and the 4X400-meter relay.
Amy Regan of Stevens Tech is a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-America® honoree, earning first team recognition this year and in 2015. She is an engineering management major from Green Brook, New Jersey, with a 3.84 G.P.A. Regan was named the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) National Athlete of the Year in 2016 for both indoor and outdoor track. She won outdoor national championships this year in the 10,000-meter run and 5,000-meter run and indoor national titles in the 5,000-meter run and the 3,000-meter run.
Carleton’s Amelia Campbell is a repeat honoree, earning first team honors this year following second team recognition in 2015. Campbell is a biology major from Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, with a 3.47 grade-point average. Campbell won the National Championship in the heptathlon at the 2016 NCAA Division III Outdoor Championship. She was named the 2016 USTFCCCA Central Region Field Athlete of the Year.
Samantha Dolezal of Nebraska Wesleyan is on the first team this year after earning second team recognition in 2015. Dolezal is a health & fitness and sport management double-major from North Bend, Nebraska, owning a 3.81 G.P.A. Dolezal was the runner-up in the shot put at the 2016 Division III Outdoor Championship. She is a two-time national runner-up in the shot put, and a six-time All-American.
Melanie Winters of Baldwin Wallace is a first team selection in 2016, following second team recognition last year. Winters holds a 3.45 G.P.A. as an English major from Stow, Ohio. Winters earned three national championships in 2016 as the outdoor champion in the 100-meter hurdles and the 200-meter dash; and she picked up the title at the indoor championship in the long jump. She is a 13-time Division III All-American for the Yellow Jackets.
Kaitlyn Arnold of Alma is a first team CoSIDA Academic All-America® selection this year after earning third team honors in 2015. Arnold is an integrative physiology and health science double-major from Jackson, Michigan, with a 4.00 G.P.A. She became Alma’s first qualifier for the Division III Outdoor Championship since 2008 when she represented the Scots at the 2016 championship meet.
Nebraska Wesleyan’s Katie Krick is on the first team this year after earning third team recognition in 2015. Krick is a communication major from Lincoln, Nebraska, with a 4.00 G.P.A. She was a member of Nebraska Wesleyan’s National Champion 4X400-meter relay team that crossed the finish line first at the 2016 Division III Outdoor Championship. She is a four-time All-American in her time at Nebraska Wesleyan.
Abrah Masterson of Cornell College (Iowa) earns first team honors this year following a third team nod in 2015. She is a biochemistry, molecular biology and French major from Granby, Colorado, with a 3.55 G.P.A. She won the 2015 Division III Women’s Cross Country Championship and was named the USTFCCAA National Athlete and Scholar Athlete of the Year in cross country. She earned a pair of outdoor All-American honors in 2016 with a second-place finish in the 10,000-meter run and a fourth-place finish in the 5,000-meter run.
Madeline Dery of RPI and Amy Viti from Misericordia each hold a 4.0 G.P.A. this year in earning their respective first team selections. Aedin Brennan of Dennison, Emily Gapinski of St. Thomas (Minn.), and Katie Jo McMenamin of Swarthmore round out the first team.
Luther College’s Tricia Serres is a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-America® selection, earning second team honors this year, following first team recognition in 2015. Serres is a biology major from Platteville, Wisconsin, holding a 3.60 G.P.A. She picked up All-American recognition in the 1,500-meter run (outdoor) in 2016 for her 11th career All-America recognition with nine accolades in track & field and two honors in cross country.
Grove City’s Emily Rabenold is on the second team this year, following third team accolades in 2015. She is a biology major from Allison Park, Pennsylvania, with a 3.91 G.P.A. Rabenold was named the 2015 Presidents’ Athletic Conference Most Valuable Performer in cross country for the third-straight year.
Julie Williamson of Emory is on the CoSIDA Academic All-America® Team for the second consecutive year, earning second team honors in 2016 and third team recognition in 2015. Williamson, a native of Chatham, New Jersey, owns a 3.94 G.P.A. as a neuroscience and behavioral biology major. She qualified for both the indoor and outdoor national championship events this year in the 800-meter run.
Ithaca’s Taryn Cordani and Allyson Schultz from Olivet each hold a 4.0 G.P.A in earning second team recognition this year. Michelle Dobbs from Chicago, Nia Joiner of Illinois Wesleyan, Kimber Meyer of Macalester, Liz Pellegrini of Worcester Polytechnic, Lacey Serletti of Williams, Ruth Steinke from Carleton, Lauren Strohbehn of Calvin and the pair of Daisy Ogede and Ellen Toennies from Washington (Mo.) round out the second team.
Aurora’s Emily Paull is a two-time honoree, earning third team recognition in both 2016 and 2015. A health science major from Somonauk, Illinois, Paull holds a 3.72 G.P.A. The 2016 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) Indoor Track Championships Athlete of the Meet, Paull won the NACC indoor championships in the 5,000-meter run, the one-mile run and 4x400 relay.
Amber Celen of Bridgewater, Mary Cornelius of Augsburg, Holly Denfield from MSOE and Alison Lindsay of Washington (Mo.) are first-time selections on this year’s third team; and each of them has a 4.0 G.P.A. Kelsey Aamoth of Case Western Reserve, Lindsay Cheu of Johns Hopkins, Abbie Hunke from Nebraska Wesleyan, Olivia Jendrzejewski from Lebanon Valley, Erin Kasper of Baldwin Wallace, Jaime Lord and Andrea Ukleja of RPI, Danielle Poto of Bridgewater State, Emily Sundquist from Williams and Nicole Zeinstra of MIT round out this year’s third team selections.
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