Fifteen SAC Men's Cross Country Student-Athletes, Six Teams Named USTFCCCA All-Academic

ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced their 2018 NCAA Division II Individual and Team Academic Awards on Thursday, Feb. 14.  Six South Atlantic Conference schools were represented on the men's team list, while 15 runners received recognition from seven league programs.

In order to qualify for this honor, student-athletes must 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 championship and/or the top half of the field at the NCAA Championship meet.

There were 649 student-athletes who earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors with the women accounting for 58.4 percent of the total (379).  Anderson led the SAC men with five honorees, while Queens had three. Catawba and Wingate each had two. Carson-Newman, Lenoir-Rhyne, and Lincoln Memorial had one male make the list.

Overall, there were 427 teams – 231 women's teams and 196 men's teams – that earned All-Academic honors. The SAC accounted for six of the men's teams. Anderson, led by Head Coach Kevin Eagle, earned a 3.38 GPA. Carson-Newman, under the leadership of Head Coach Eric Philips, collected a 3.37 GPA. Jeremy Donahue's Lincoln Memorial men racked up a 3.34 GPA. Head Coach Tom Scott's Queens Royals tallied a 3.26 GPA. Tusculum earned a 3.31 GPA and was coached by Cory Pratt. Wingate, coached by Ashley Glover, rounded out the SAC schools with a 3.22 GPA.

2018 USTFCCCA NCAA Division II Men's Cross Country Individual All-Academic

Anderson

Ben Clark, Sophomore, Education

Logan Horning, Freshman, Business Management

Weston Hutto, Sophomore, Business Management

Philip Quillen, Sophomore, Business Management

Joey Teachout, Sophomore, Mathematics

Carson-Newman

Luke Greer, Senior, Education

Catawba

Ethan Bemis, Sophomore, Business Administration

Kyle Rhodes, Sophomore, Exercise Science

Lenoir-Rhyne

Josh Adkins, Junior, Medical Studies (Psychology Minor)

Lincoln Memorial

Jorge Hernandez, Senior, Business

Queens

Elijah Inuwa, Senior, New Media and Design

Anthony Raftis, Junior, Mathematics and Sports Management

Daniel Wallis, Senior, Communications

Wingate

Micah Kipchumba, Sophomore, Accounting

Justin Todd, Freshman, Biology

For the complete list, visit http://www.ustfccca.org/2019/02/featured/2018-ncaa-naia-cross-country-all-academic-awards.

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