Willamette Track and Field Teams are Chosen All-Academic by the USTFCCCA

By Robert McKinney, Assistant Athletics Director, Communications

SALEM, Ore. -- The Willamette University women's track and field and men's track and field squads have received All-Academic Team honors for the 2022 season as awarded by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). Willamette's teams have consistently earned these awards under Head Coach Matt McGuirk.

In NCAA Division III, The USTFCCCA recognized 213 women's track and field teams and 155 men's track and field teams for their academic success. Each All-Academic team earned at least a 3.1 cumulative team grade point average on a 4.0 scale.

The Willamette men's team earned All-Academic status with a 3.58 cumulative GPA. The Bearcat women's team achieved a 3.56 cumulative GPA. All eight women's teams in the Northwest Conference and seven of eight men's teams from the NWC qualified for the award.

Saint Vincent College (Pa.) led Division III women's teams with a 3.869 cumulative GPA. Middlebury College (Vt.) ranked first on the list of All-Academic Division III men's teams with a 3.76 cumulative GPA.

The Women's Outdoor Track and Field Scholar Team of the Year was Loras College (Iowa), which won the NCAA women's championship and earned a 3.41 cumulative GPA. The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire was named the Men's Outdoor Track and Field Scholar Team of the Year after winning the NCAA men's championship and recording a 3.27 cumulative GPA. Scholar Team of the Year honors go to the women's team and the men's team placing the highest at the most recent NCAA Championships while also earning All-Academic status.