USTFCCCA ::: DI XC All-Academic: Villanova's Sheila Reid Wins Third Scholar-Ath

USTFCCCA ::: DI XC All-Academic: Villanova's Sheila Reid Wins Third Scholar-Ath

Feb 9, 2012 by FloTrack Staff
USTFCCCA ::: DI XC All-Academic: Villanova's Sheila Reid Wins Third Scholar-Ath

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Men’s individual All-Academic named on Friday morning. Teams announced next week.

 

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Villanova’s Sheila Reid Wins Third Scholar-Athlete of the Year Honor

In addition, 104 individuals receive All-Academic status for the 2011 cross country season

 

February 9, 2012

 

NEW ORLEANS – Sheila Reid of Villanova University was named the USTFCCCA NCAA Division I Women’s Scholar Athlete of the Year for the 2011 cross country season on Thursday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). Reid won a second-straight NCAA cross country individual national title this past fall. Overall, it is Reid’s third Scholar-Athlete of the Year award. Reid has twice won the cross country version of the award, and, for the 2011 track & field season, she was the USTFCCCA’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year for outdoor track.

 

Scholar Athletes are determined from among those who earned All-Academic status and placed highest individually at the most recent NCAA Championships.

 

USTFCCCA NCAA Division I

Cross Country Women’s Scholar Athlete of the Year – Sheila Reid, Villanova

 

Reid, an English major from Newmarket, Ontario, has a cumulative GPA of 3.39 through the fall 2011 semester.

 

At the NCAA Championships in the fall, Reid captured the second-straight title in leading the Wildcats to a third-place team finish. In one of the best finishes in recent memory, Reid had to compete with a lead pack of eight runners heading into the final 500-meter stretch. Reid and Oregon’s Jordan Hasay separated from the group and ran side-by-side until the final 100 meters where Reid outsprinted Hasay to take the crown in 19:41.2.

 

Reid became the fifth in NCAA history to win back-to-back individual crowns.

 

Reid also won the NCAA Mid-Atlantic title for the third-straight time in the fall with a 21:32.7, outdistancing Georgetown’s Emily Infield by just over a second. Reid won the Big East crown for the third-straight time in leading the Wildcats a fourth-straight league championship.

 

Past Winners

 

2011: Sheila Reid, Villanova

2010: Sheila Reid, Villanova

2009: Angela Bizzarri, Illinois

2008: Tasmin Fanning, Virginia Tech

2007: Jenny Barringer, Colorado

2006: Jenny Barringer, Colorado

 

 

104 Earn All-Academic Status

 

In addition to the Scholar Athlete of the Year, the USTFCCCA also announced those women who earned 2011 Division I All-Academic Cross Country status.

 

A total of 104 student-athletes represent the 67 institutions that compose the group. National-finishing fourth-place team Florida State had six athletes named to the All-Academic honor roll, the most of any other squad in the country. Vanderbilt, Michigan, and West Virginia followed with five apiece.

 

The Big Ten Conference and the Big East Conference share the top-conference honors as 15 from their member institutions earned the plaudit. The ACC followed with 14 named to the list. The Pac-12 was next with 12.

 

The top three finishers from the NCAA Championships – Reid, Oregon’s Jordan Hasay, and Dartmouth’s Abbey D’Agostino – all earned the All-Academic nod. In addition, six of the race’s top ten and 14 of the top 25 made the cut.

 

To qualify for the USTFCCCA All-Academic Track and Field Team, the student-athlete must have compiled a cumulative grade point average of 3.25 and have either earned USTFCCCA All-America status or finished in the NCAA region’s top 15 (or top 10 percent) in 2011.

 

USTFCCCA 2011 Division I Cross Country All-Academic Honorees, WOMEN

 

ATHLETE

INSTITUTION

Jillian King

Boston College

Liv Westphal

Boston College

Heidi Caldwell

Brown University

Meghan Breadmore

California Polytechnic State University

Alyssa Kulik

Clemson University

Dena O'Brien

College of Charleston (South Carolina)

Nicole Peters

Colorado State University

Katie Kellner

Cornell University

Abbey D'Agostino

Dartmouth College

Suejin Ahn

Duke University

Madeline Morgan

Duke University

Brittany Copeland

East Carolina University

Lydia Kosgei

Eastern Kentucky University

Hannah Brooks

Florida State University

Jessica Parry

Florida State University

Colleen Quigley

Florida State University

Kayleigh Tyerman

Florida State University

Amanda Winslow

Florida State University

Aubree Worden

Florida State University

Katrina Coogan

Georgetown University

Emily Jones

Georgetown University

Claire Richardson

Georgetown University

Bradi Hutchison

Idaho State University

Aisha Praught

Illinois State University

Hollie Rowland

Iona College

Morgan Casey

Iowa State University

Meaghan Nelson

Iowa State University

Dani Stack

Iowa State University

Katlin Harman

James Madison University

Jenn Klugh

Liberty University

Tara Erdmann

Loyola Marymount University

Julia Otwell

Michigan State University

Courtney Schultz

New Mexico State University

Laura Hoer

North Carolina State University

Juli Accurso

Ohio University

Kara Millhouse

Pennsylvania State University

Alex Banfich

Princeton University

Laura Nagel

Providence College

Allison Pye

Rice University

Becky Wade

Rice University

Silje Fjortoft

Southern Methodist University

Diana Medina

Southern Utah University

Aisling Cuffe

Stanford University

Kathy Kroeger

Stanford University

Stephanie Marcy

Stanford University

Patricia Barry

Stony Brook University

Hayley Green

Stony Brook University

Sarah Pagano

Syracuse University

Lauren Penney

Syracuse University

Caroline Jepleting

Texas Tech University

Victoria Brink

The Ohio State University

Nicole Hilton

The Ohio State University

Jordan Jennewine

The Ohio State University

Elvin Kibet

University of Arizona

Kaitlin Flattmann

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Kristen Gillespie

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Dominique Scott

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Deborah Maier

University of California, Berkeley

Chelsea Reilly

University of California, Berkeley

Lauren Sara

University of Connecticut

Elissa Mason

University of Dayton

Hannah Kiser

University of Idaho

Juliann Fricke

University of Maryland, College Park

Rebecca Addison

University of Michigan

Taylor Pogue

University of Michigan

Jillian Smith

University of Michigan

Danielle Tauro

University of Michigan

Ashlie Decker

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Stephanie Price

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Katie Breathitt

University of Mississippi

Bailey Belvis

University of Missouri, Columbia

Ashley Miller

University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Katie White

University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Ashley Schnell

University of North Carolina, Greensboro

Gabriella Gonzales

University of Notre Dame

Jessica Rydberg

University of Notre Dame

Jessica Engel

University of Oklahoma

Jordan Hasay

University of Oregon

Claire Michel

University of Oregon

Laura Suur

University of San Francisco

Jemeli Sang

University of South Carolina Upstate

Allie Prendergast

University of South Florida

Risper Kimaiyo

University of Texas at El Paso

Paula Whiting

University of Tulsa

Alyssa Abbott

University of Utah

Morgan Powers

University of Vermont

Anna Corrigan

University of Virginia

Christine Babcock

University of Washington

Lindsay Flanagan

University of Washington

Justine Johnson

University of Washington

Ashley Beutler

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Caitlin Comfort

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Liz Anderson

Vanderbilt University

Louise Hannallah

Vanderbilt University

Alexa Rogers

Vanderbilt University

Jordan White

Vanderbilt University

Sheila Reid

Villanova University

Jenese Amber Henry

Weber State University

Sarah-Anne Brault

West Virginia University

Katie Gillespie

West Virginia University

Kate Harrison

West Virginia University

Ahna Lewis

West Virginia University

Aliphine Tuliamuk

Wichita State University

Liana Epstein

Yale University

 

 

 

 

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