South Atlantic Conference Cross Country Teams Earn USTFCCCA All-Academic Honors

NEW ORLEANS, La. – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced the 2017 NCAA Division II All-Academic Cross Country Teams last week. In addition to the team awards, the USTFCCCA announced the 2017 NCAA Division II All-Academic Cross Country Individual honors.

Sixteen teams representing the South Atlantic Conference were honored, eight men's teams and eight women's teams, while a total of 36 – 21 women's and 15 men's - SAC cross country student-athletes earned individual honors. 

Earning All-Academic team honors for both men's and women' s teams were Anderson, Carson-Newman, Catawba, Lenoir-Rhyne, Lincoln Memorial and Wingate. The Coker and Tusculum men's teams picked up All-Academic honors, while the Mars Hill and Queens women's teams earned All-Academic honors as well.

Queens had the most individual honors, with 11 total award winners, while Anderson and Wingate had seven individual award winners each.

Overall, there were 176 teams – 157 women's teams and 119 men's teams – that picked up All-Academic honors. Union (Tenn.) paced the women's side with the highest team grade point average of 3.92. Alderson Broaddus and Azusa Pacific tied for the best men's grade point average, as each program posted a 3.77 GPA.

A total of 675 student-athletes – 393 women and 282 men – earned individual All-Academic honors with 89 posting a perfect 4.0 GPA.

Teams must have compiled a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0 and must have scored at an NCAA Division II regional meet to Qualify for All-Academic team awards.

The individual All-Academic honor was awarded to those athletes who have compiled a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.25 and finished among the top 30 percent of eligible runners at his or her regional championships and/or the top half of the field at the NCAA Championships.

See the list of the SAC teams and individual honor winners below.