Normal, Ill. – The Illinois State men's and women's track & field programs have earned U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic Team Honors, announced by the organization on Monday. 10 Redbirds received individual honors, including seven men and three women.
The men's track & field team produced a cumulative 3.38 GPA, ranking first among Missouri Valley Conference programs. The women's track & field team accumulated a fantastic 3.56 GPA, tying for fourth-best in the Missouri Valley Conference. To qualify for All-Academic Honors, the cumulative GPA for all student-athletes on the institution's NCAA Squad List for Indoor and/or Outdoor Track & Field must be 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale, including the most recent grading period.
Individual All-Academic Honors for student-athletes are determined by athletic and academic performance over at least two semesters or three quarters at the nominating institution. Each Redbird nominated maintained a cumulative GPA of 3.25 or higher on a 4.0 scale.
The honorees are recognized with All-Academic honors in either the indoor or outdoor season. For the indoor season, student-athletes must be ranked in the top 96 in any championship individual event, or in the top 48 in any championship relay event for the most recent indoor season. For the outdoor season, student-athletes must have participated in any round of the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships (the Preliminary Championship Competition and/or the Final Championship Competition) or, for the multi-events, must have finished ranked in the top 48 in the East or top 48 in the West.
Illinois State's individual USTFCCCA All-Academic honorees include:
Women's Team
Mattison Plummer, College Student Personal Administration, 4.0 GPA
Macee Rivers, Kinesiology, 3.40 GPA
Pauline Schedler, General Studies, 4.0 GPA
Men's Team
Zach Cowper, Mechanical Engineering, 4.0 GPA
Seth Nelson, Biology, 3.42 GPA
Enyinnaya Nwagwu Jr., Biology, 3.28 GPA
Zach Paul, Business Administration, 3.68 GPA
Ryan Schaefer, Business Administration, 3.30 GPA
Garrett Taylor, Finance, 3.25 GPA
Jake Welch, Construction Management, 4.0 GPA
