2015-16 CoSIDA Academic All-America® Track & Field/Cross Country Men's & Women's Teams release dates:
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AUSTIN, Texas – Senior Emily Oren of Hillsdale College and senior Alex Hampel of Indiana University of Pennsylvania headline the 2015-16 CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division II Men's and Women's Track & Field/Cross Country teams, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Oren has been selected as the recipient of the Academic All-America® of the Year award for Division II women's track & field/cross country, while Hampel has been tabbed the Academic All-America® of the Year award winner for Division II men’s track & field/cross country.
The Division II Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division II national governance structure to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2015-16 Division II Academic All-America® teams program.
An economics major with a 3.71 G.P.A., Oren is a nine-time NCAA Division II national champion in indoor and outdoor track & field. She recently captured national championships in the 1,500 meters and the 3,000 meter steeplechase and was the top individual scorer at the 2016 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships with 26 points.
The native of Holland, Michigan, set an Olympic qualifying time and the NCAA Division II track & field record with a time of 9:50.54 in the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the 2016 GLIAC Championship meet. She is also the NCAA Division II record holder in the mile with a time of 4:45.2.
Emily Oren (Hillsdale College) and Alex Hampel (Indiana University of Pennsylvania)
Oren was recently named the 2016 Division II Honda Women’s Athlete of the Year for women’s track & field. She is a three-time USTFCCCA Women’s Track Athlete of the Year honoree, as well as being selected the GLIAC Women’s Track Athlete of the Year for the last three consecutive years.
A senior nursing and biology major with a 3.98 G.P.A., Hampel is making his second appearance on the CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division II Track & Field/Cross Country team after earning second-team honors in 2014-15.
The native of Middletown, Delaware, is a three-time Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Champion Scholar, twice earning honors in cross country and once in outdoor track & field. He was also a 2015 NCAA Division II Men’s Cross Country Elite 90 award recipient.
Hampel finished in 20th place at the 2015 PSAC Cross Country Championship, earning All-PSAC honors and advancing to the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships. During the indoor track & field season, the senior finished third at the PSAC Championships in the 5,000 meters and fifth in the 3,000 meters. He closed out his career at Indiana (Pa.) by finishing the season with the fourth best time in the PSAC (30:29.19), eading all-region honors.
CoSIDA Academic All-America® Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country Division II Team
Thirty of the 45 members of the 2015-16 CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division II Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country teams have at least a 3.90 G.P.A., with 13 student-athletes maintaining a perfect 4.00 G.P.A. The 15 members of the first team have an average G.P.A. of 3.88.
The 2015-16 CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division II Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country teams consisted of 15 student-athletes who made repeat appearances on the team, including three student-athletes who received their third appearance on the list.
Sabrina Anderson of Slippery Rock University was a second-team Academic All-America® Division II Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country honoree in 2014-15. The native of Warren, Pennsylvania, holds a 3.95 G.P.A. in exercise science with a concentration in business administration. During her senior season, she earned All-America honors in the indoor track & field pentathlon, finishing in fifth place at the national championship with 3,818 points, and the outdoor heptathlon.
Pittsburg State University’s Hannah DeVries holds a 3.98 G.P.A. in biology and was selected to the second-team Academic All-America® Division II Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country squad in 2014-15. The native of Kansas City, Missouri, is a multiple-year MIAA Scholar Athlete award winner and is a member of the MIAA Academic Honor Roll. She helped the Gorillas capture the 2016 MIAA Outdoor Championship with a runner-up finish in the 10,000 meters.
Crystle Hill, a third-team Academic All-America® Division II Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country honoree in 2014-15, is a mathematics major with a 3.40 G.P.A. from Southern Connecticut State University. The junior is a seven-time All-American, including All-America honors in the outdoor 4x100 and 4x400. The native of Norwalk, Connecticut, was a member of Southern Connecticut State’s 2015 indoor national champion 4x400 relay team.
Alyssa Johnson of Wingate University was a third-team Academic All-America® Division II Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country honoree in 2014-15. The native of San Jose, California, has advanced to the NCAA Division II Women’s Cross Country Championships each of her three seasons at Wingate, helping the team win the 2014 regional title. In track & field, the 4.00 G.P.A. elementary education major captured the 2016 SAC steeplechase championship (11:06.67) and finished in fifth place in the 5,000 meters (18:05.91).
Maryville (Mo.) University’s Elizabeth Kiblinger was a second-team Academic All-America® Division II Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country honoree in 2014-15. The Cape Girardeau, Missouri, native was an NCAA Elite 90 Award winner in indoor track & field in 2016, qualifying for the national championship in the 5,000 meters and the 10,000 meters, and holds 12 program records. She has been named the Maryville Female Student-Athlete of the Year the last two years as she holds a 4.00 G.P.A. in early childhood education.
Bri Leeper of West Texas A&M University is the first of three student-athletes who are making their third appearance on the Academic All-America® Division II Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country team (first team for 2014-15 and 2015-16; second team in 2013-14). The native of Amarillo, Texas, is a three-time All-American and was a member of West Texas A&M’s record-setting 4x100 relay team at the national championship. She holds a 4.00 G.P.A. as a broadcasting and electronic media major and was the Lone Star Conference Academic Runner of the Year.
Megan Lundy, a second-team Academic All-America® Division II Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country honoree in both 2014-15 and 2013-14, holds a 4.00 G.P.A. in early childhood education at Shippensburg University. The native of York, Pennsylvania, ran the anchor leg at the 2016 PSAC Indoor Track & Field Championship in the 4x400 relay and has posted top eight finishes in all eight of her 400-meter career races PSAC Championship events. She is an active member of the Phi Kappa Phi, S.A.A.C. and the FCA.
Merrimack College’s Carly Muscaro was a second-team Academic All-America® Division II Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country honoree in 2014-15. The native of Ashland, Massachusetts, captured titles at the 2016 NCAA Division II Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the 400 meters and was named the USTFCCCA East Region Track Athlete of the Year. She also finish in second place in the 200 meters at the outdoor meet. A criminal justice major with a 3.84 G.P.A., she holds six program records and was part of the program’s All-America 4x400 relay team.
Trisha Pierson of Stonehill College was a third-team Academic All-America® Division II Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country honoree in 2014-15. The native of East Hanover, New Jersey, helped her team win the Northeast-10 Conference indoor title for the last three years and the outdoor championship in 2014 and 2016. An accounting and economics major with a 3.98 G.P.A. is a seven-time All-East Region honoree and is a three-time Petti Award honoree for the highest G.P.A. among female student-athletes at Stonehill.
Libby Strickland of West Texas A&M University is the third of three student-athletes who are making their third appearance on the Academic All-America® Division II Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country team (first team for 2014-15 and 2015-16; third team in 2013-14). The native of Amarillo, Texas, is an 11-time All-American who ran the third leg of West Texas A&M’s 4x100 relay team that finished in third place at the outdoor national championship. The health science major with a 3.90 G.P.A. won the pentathlon title at the 2016 LSC Indoor Track & Field Championships.
University of Montevallo’s Cheyenne Thompson was a third-team Academic All-America® Division II Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country honoree in 2014-15. The native of Chelsea, Alabama, capped off her junior season by capturing the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the Peach Belt Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships with a time of 11:05.81. The biochemistry major with a 4.00 G.P.A. won the 1,500 meter title at the Heart of Dixie Brawl event with a time of 4:45.90.
Allie Updike of Azusa Pacific University is a repeat first-team Academic All-America® selection. The senior from Herndon, Virginia, successfully defended her Division II national title in women's javelin by shattering her own Division II meet record on her opening throw of the 2016 national championships. In addition to claiming the national title with a toss of 56.03 meters (183’ 10”), Updike, who has a 3.91 G.P.A. as an applied science major, won her second Pacific West Conference women's javelin title en route to PacWest Field Athlete of the Year honors, and she owns meet records for the PacWest Championships and the Bryan Clay Invitational. Her season-best mark ranks ninth on the U.S. performance list heading into the 2016 Olympic Trials.
Heavin Warner of University of Central Missouri was a second-team Academic All-America® Division II Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country honoree in 2014-15. The exercise science/kinesiology major with a 3.67 G.P.A. is a 10-time All-American and the three-time defending NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championship hammer throw national champion. The native of St. Joseph, Missouri, set the NCAA Division II record in the hammer throw (227’ 5”) in 2016 and was the 2016 U.S. Championship hammer throw champion.
Alex Zanelle of California (Pa.) University was a first-team Academic All-America® Division II Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country honoree in 2014-15. The native of Everett, Pennsylvania, is a 10-time PSAC champion in track & field and earned All-America honors in the mile in 2015. The graduate student, who holds a 3.93 G.P.A. in her reading specialist program, helped her team capture a 2015 regional title in cross country and make its first-ever appearance at the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships.
Other members of the CoSIDA Academic All-America® first team include Cassie Caswell of Pittsburg State, Amber Cook of Lewis University, Sasha Hovind of Northern State University, and Natalie O’Keefe of Southwest Baptist University.
The CoSIDA Academic All-America® second team includes Sarah Berger of Walsh University, Jonelle Campbell of Lincoln (Mo.) University, Breanna Colbenson of the University of Minnesota Duluth, Emilyn Dearman of Pittsburg State, Amanda Farrough of Lewis, Summer Hill of California (Pa.), Sarah Meek of Malone University, Ann Miller of Colorado School of Mines, Colett Rampf of Saint Leo University, Haylea Salamon of Lenoir-Rhyne University, Leah Seivert of Augustana (S.D.) University, Elizabeth Stirling of LIU Post, Emma Sullivan of Kutztown University, Alyson Vezina of Florida Institute of Technology and Channing Wilson of California State University, Stanislaus.
The CoSIDA Academic All-America® third team features Dallis Bailey of Harding University, Kaitlyn Barber of Walsh, Kelsley Carlsen of Mansfield University, Sarah Clow of Tiffin University, Denise Coroiescu of Oklahoma Baptist University, Katy Oillis of St. Edward’s University, Taylor Guenther of Western Washington University, Claudia Ramirez of Angelo State University, Stachia Reuwsaat of Chadron State College, Emily Roberts of the University of Southern Indiana, Sam Taylor of Slippery Rock.
CoSIDA Academic All-America® Men’s Track & Field/Cross Country Division II Team
Twenty-three of the 45 members of the 2015-16 CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division II Men’s Track & Field/Cross Country teams have at least a 3.90 G.P.A., with 10 student-athletes maintaining a perfect 4.00 G.P.A. The 15 members of the first team have an average G.P.A. of 3.85.
Along with Hampel, the Academic All-America® Division II Men’s Track & Field/Cross Country teams have 10 other repeat performers from last year’s CoSIDA Academic All-America® teams.
Ethan Barnes of Grand Valley State University is making his third appearance on the Academic All-America® Division II Men’s Track & Field/Cross Country teams (first team in 2014-15 and 2015-16; second team in 2013-14). The native of Caledonia, Michigan, was a 2016 USTFCCCA All-American in the 800 meters. The integrated sciences major with a 3.91 G.P.A., helped Grand Valley State to a fifth-place finish at the 2016 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships and is a two-time GLIAC Commissioner’s Award winner for academic excellence.
West Texas A&M’s Zach Daniel holds a 3.86 G.P.A. as sports and exercise science major and was selected to the second-team Academic All-America® Division II Men’s Track & Field/Cross Country team in 2014-15. The native of Crane, Texas, is the first athlete in program history to advance to three consecutive NCAA Championships. He captured the title in the 5,000 meters at the 2016 Lone Star Conference Championship and finished in third in the 10,000 meters.
Jeff Fraley, a second-team Academic All-America® Division II Men’s Track & Field/Cross Country honoree in 2014-15, is a biology major with a 3.58 G.P.A. from Missouri Southern State University. The native of St. Robert, Missouri, holds eight program records and is an undefeated and eight-time champion in the 200 meters at the MIAA indoor and outdoor championships. The senior qualified for the national championship in both the 100 meters and 200 meters this season, earning All-America accolades in both events.
Lucas Goodspeed of Harding was a third-team selection on the Academic All-America® Division II Men’s Track & Field/Cross Country teams in 2014-15. The native of Sugar Land, Texas, is a two-time All-Great American Conference performer in cross country. The accounting major with a 4.00 G.P.A., has twice been named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic team and the Academic All-GAC listing. The junior placed third at the GAC Cross Country Championship and finished in 12th place at the regional championships.
California (Pa.)’s Morgan Huegel was a second-team Academic All-America(R) Division II Men's Track & Field/Cross Country selection in 2013-14. The senior from Cranberry, Pennsylvania, graduated with a 4.00 G.P.A. as a mathematics major with a concentration in secondary education. Huegel earned USTFCCCA all-region honors in the 800-meter run during both the indoor and outdoor seasons as a senior. Huegel received the PSAC Champion Scholar Award during the indoor season after winning the honor at the 2013 cross country championship. He has also been named to the PSAC Top 10 three times during his career.
Oklahoma Christian University’s Bryant Keirns holds a 3.93 G.P.A. as a biology major and was selected to the first-team Academic All-America® Division II Men’s Track & Field/Cross Country squad in 2014-15. The native of Wichita, Kansas, is a three-time All-Heartland Conference in cross country, finishing as the event’s runner-up twice. The senior helped Oklahoma Christian capture a conference title in cross country in 2015. He has twice earned NCCAA All-America honors in cross country, including a national runner-up finish as a junior.
Kevin Naceanceno of Harding is making his third appearance on the Academic All-America® Division II Men’s Track & Field/Cross Country teams (first team in 2015-16; second team in 2014-15; third team in 2013-14). The native of Clovis, New Mexico, ran the anchor leg of Harding’s 4x400 meter relay team that finished in 34th place at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships. The biochemistry and molecular biology major with a 3.97 G.P.A. was named to the 2015 USTFCCCA All-Academic team and holds a top-10 ranking in program history in the 400 meters.
Southern Indiana’s Tyler Pence holds a 3.52 G.P.A. as an elementary education major and was selected to the first-team Academic All-America® Division II Men’s Track & Field/Cross Country listing in 2014-15. The native of Springfield, Illinois, captured the national title in the indoor 5,000 meters and the outdoor championship in the 10,000 meters in 2015. The senior was named the USTFCCCA Outdoor Track & Field Scholar Athlete of the Year in 2014-15.
Ryan Roush of Malone was a third-team selection on the Academic All-America® Division II Men’s Track & Field/Cross Country teams in 2014-15. The native of Canfield, Ohio, earned All-America honors at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the 10,000 meters. The exercise science major with a 3.86 G.P.A., led Malone to a top 25 finish at the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships in 2014 and 2015. The senior earned All-America honors following a 16th place finish at the 2014 NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships.
Alex Zubko of East Stroudsburg University was a third-team Academic All-America® Division II Men’s Track & Field/Cross Country honoree in 2014-15. The native of Dallas, Pennsylvania, was named to the 2015 PSAC Champion Scholar in track & field and to the USTFCCCA All-Academic listing. The exercise science major with a 3.94 G.P.A. was named to the PSAC second team in cross country and finished in 33rd place at the 2015 NCAA Division II Cross Country Atlantic Regional.
Other members of the CoSIDA Academic All-America® first team include Sedeekie Edie of Lincoln (Mo.), Johnnie Guy of Southern Indiana, Colin Pasque of Southern Nazarene University, Valentin Peplot of Academy of Art University, Daniel Schultz of Florida Tech, and Derrick Williams of Colorado State University-Pueblo.
The CoSIDA Academic All-America® second team includes Abraham Alvarado of Cal State Stanislaus, Taurai Augustin of Holy Family University, Caleb Bartlett of Shippensburg, Alejandro Garcia of Chadron State, Michael Gawlick of Central Missouri, Dan Golubovic of the University of California, San Diego, Josh Guy of Southern Indiana, Frederik Jahn of California State University, San Marcos, Zerek Jones of Chadron State, Valentin Lenz of Saint Leo, Ryan Lutterloh of Oklahoma Christian, David Pencarinha of Harding, Cameron Proceviat of Simon Fraser University, Phil Schneider of Colorado School of Mines, Travis Toth of East Stroudsburg and Jacob VanHouten of Slippery Rock.
The CoSIDA Academic All-America® third team features William Berry of East Stroudsburg, Dean Bhatt of Southern Connecticut State, Omar Johnson of Saint Augustine’s University, Brennym Kaelin of Oklahoma Christian, Dan Lentz of Lewis, Steven Martinez of California State University, Chico, Isaac Mitchell of Northwest Nazarene University, Sean Nee of Bentley University, Tyler Palenchak of Slippery Rock, Tyler Perey of Missouri University of Science & Technology, Ben Schneiderman of Colorado School of Mines, Mike Secreti of Felician University and Forrest Thayer of Cedarville University.
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