NEW ORLEANS, La. – The United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) released the 2023-24 Track & Field All-Academic Awards on Monday afternoon, with the University of Colorado Colorado Springs men's and women's track & field teams both collecting team awards and 25 student-athletes from the men's and women's programs earning individual accolades.
The 2023-24 season marks the third consecutive academic year where both the men's and women's track & field squads have been named USTFCCCA All-Academic Teams and the seventh straight year that the women's team has earned the accolade. The Mountain Lion women's team finished the campaign with a 3.396 cumulative GPA while the men's squad recorded a 3.166 cumulative GPA.
To be named a USTFCCCA NCAA Division II All-Academic Team, the cumulative GPA for all student-athletes on the institution's NCAA Squad List for Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field must be 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale.
On an individual basis, UCCS had 25 student-athletes secure USTFCCCA All-Academic honors, including 14 from the women's team and 11 from the men's team.
To be named a USTFCCCA Division II All-Academic Athlete, student-athletes must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of a 3.25 on a 4.0 scale and must have completed at least 24 semester hours/36 quarter hours through the end of the semester of competition at the institution. Transfer students and/or graduate students are to include only grades earned at the current nominating institution, and the student-athlete must have achieved a provisional qualifying mark (individual or relay event) for either the indoor season or outdoor season.
Women:
Nadine Almasri – Health Care Science (3.995 GPA)
Audrey Bloomquist – Business/Master of Art in Communication (4.000 GPA)
Molly Breuer – Nursing (3.865 GPA)
Amber Davis – Women's and Ethnic Studies (3.922 GPA)
Anna Fauske – Nursing (3.608 GPA)
Kate Hedlund – Business (3.538 GPA)
Anna Holland – Inclusive Elementary Education/ Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction (3.986 GPA)
Alyssa Lopez – Human Physiology & Nutrition (3.484 GPA)
Victoria Malaki – Criminal Justice (3.324 GPA)
Madissyn Moore – Communications (3.610 GPA)
Melissa Moreni – Biology (3.929 GPA)
Faith Novess – Communications (3.394 GPA)
Krissie Sanders – Philosophy (3.906 GPA)
Addie Wilson – University Studies (3.760 GPA)
Men:
Dillon Andrews – Biology & Biomedical Science (3.272 GPA)
Skye Ciccarelli – Exercise Science/Master of Science in Nursing (3.848 GPA)
Kyle Demos – Business (3.985 GPA)
Joseph Hamilton – Biochemistry (3.989 GPA)
Thorben Hast – Business (3.933 GPA)
Justice Mendoza – History (3.338 GPA)
Donovan Mini – Master of Science in Biology (4.000 GPA)
Brian Mosley Jr. – Business/Master of Business Administration (3.710 GPA)
Andrew Muncy – Nursing (3.678 GPA)
Peyton Turnage – Business/Master of Business Administration (3.900 GPA)
Jagger Zlotoff – Computer Science (3.495 GPA)
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