NEW ORLEANS, La. – The United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced the 2024-25 Track & Field All-Academic Awards on Monday afternoon, with the University of Colorado Colorado Springs men's and women's track & field teams both garnering team awards and 28 student-athletes from the program earning recognition on an individual basis.
The 2024-25 season marks the fourth consecutive academic year in which both the men's and women's track & field squads have been named USTFCCCA All-Academic Teams and the eighth straight year that the women's team has earned the accolade. The Mountain Lion women's team completed the campaign with a 3.482 cumulative GPA while the men's squad posted a 3.257 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 28 student-athletes collect USTFCCCA All-Academic honors, including 14 from the women's team and 14 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 through the end of the semester of competition and must have been academically eligible at the National Championships in the respective season that his or her athletic mark was achieved in. Marks for transfer students and/or graduate students include only grades earned at the current nominating institution. In addition, the student-athlete must have achieved ONE of the below athletic criteria to be considered.
- Must have finished the season among the top 50 individuals as listed on the descending order lists on TFRRS.
- In addition, any athletes not among the top 50, but who participated at the Indoor OR Outdoor National Championships, are eligible.
- Must have competed as a member of one of the top 35 relay teams as listed on the descending order list on TFRRS.
- In addition, any athletes not among the top 35 relay teams, but who participated in the relay at the Indoor OR Outdoor National Championships, are eligible.
- Finally, any competing relay team member on an expanded descending order list to include 35 institutions (1 relay team per institution) is eligible.
Women:
Audrey Brunken – Exercise Science
Paige Cordero – Psychology
Lilyana Delagarza – Exercise Science
Anna Fauske – Nursing
Rachel Goodrich – Criminal Justice
Kate Hedlund – Business
Savannah Jorgens – Criminal Justice
Victoria Malaki – Criminal Justice
Madissyn Moore – Communications
Brooke Moss – Exercise Science
Kseniya Nikanorov – International Business
Brooke Peterson – Biology
Rachel Richtman – Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
Krissie Sanders – Philosophy
Men:
Dillon Arvayo – Business
Logan Cole – Geography & Environmental Studies
Hayden Cuevas – Business
Brett Davis – Mechanical Engineering
Kyle Demos – Business
Jeffrey Franquemont – Geography & Environmental Studies
Joseph Hamilton – Biochemistry
Thorben Hast – Business
Joseph Impellitteri – Communications
KJ McInnis – Digital Media
Donovan Mini – Master of Science in Biology
Peyton Nelson – Criminal Justice
Michael Roberts – Business
Jagger Zlotoff – Computer Science
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