USTFCCCA ::: DIII XC All-Academic: NCAA DIII Women's Champ Del Piccolo Claims S
USTFCCCA ::: DIII XC All-Academic: NCAA DIII Women's Champ Del Piccolo Claims S
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NCAA DIII Women’s Champ Del Piccolo Claims Scholar-Athlete of the Year Honor
In addition, 183 individuals receive All-Academic status for the 2011 cross country season
February 10, 2012
NEW ORLEANS – Chiara Del Piccolo of Williams College was named the USTFCCCA NCAA Division III Women’s Scholar Athlete of the Year for the 2011 cross country season on Friday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). Del Piccolo was also the NCAA Division III cross country champion for the 2011 fall season.
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 III
Cross Country Women’s Scholar Athlete of the Year – Chiara Del Piccolo, Williams
Del Piccolo, a sophomore from Basalt, Colo., has accumulated a cumulative GPA of 3.56 through the fall semester.
Del Piccolo took the national crown in the fall with a clocking of 20:52.1, five seconds ahead of nearest challenger Christy Cazzola of UW-Oshkosh. Del Piccolo was part of the led pack throughout the national-championship race, but only overtook the lead in the final 1,000 meters.
The last athlete from Williams to win a national women’s cross country title was Jessica Caley in 1995.
Part of a four-meet winning streak, Piccolo also took the win at the NCAA New England Regional and NESCAC Championships this fall.
Past Winners
2011: Chiara Del Piccolo, Williams
2010: Jennifer Gossels, Williams
2009: Marie Borner, Bethel (Minn.)
2008: Elise Tropiano, Amherst
2007: Sarah Zerzan, Willamette
2006: Sarah Zerzan, Willamette
183 Earn All-Academic Status
In addition to the Scholar Athlete of the Year, the USTFCCCA also announced those women who earned 2011 Division III All-Academic Cross Country status.
A total of 183 student-athletes represent the 96 institutions that compose the group. Washington (Mo.) was the only team in the nation to qualify seven for the award. Williams and Middlebury was next in the order with six honorees. The NESCAC claimed 18 of the awards as the leader among conferences, followed by the UAA (16), SCIAC (14) and the MIAC (14).
Nine of the top ten finishers from the NCAA Cross Country Championships earned the All-Academic honor.
To qualify for the USTFCCCA All-Academic Track and Field Team, the student-athlete must have compiled a cumulative grade point average of 3.30 or greater through the most-recent semester and placed in the top 35 at the NCAA Regional Championships.
USTFCCCA 2011 Division III Cross Country All-Academic Honorees, WOMEN
ATHLETE | INSTITUTION |
Megan McPherson | Adrian College |
Lauren Kettle | Albion College |
Amanda Weaver | Albion College |
Keri Lambert | Amherst College |
Sarahbeth Jones | Augustana College (Illinois) |
Sarah Rospert | Baldwin-Wallace College |
Alicia Fannon | Bates College |
Molly Smith | Bridgewater College (Virginia) |
Claudia Keep | Bryn Mawr College |
Toccoa Kahovec | California Lutheran University |
Kaitlin Diemer | Calvin College |
Alyssa Oram | Calvin College |
Alyssa Penning | Calvin College |
Simone Childs-Walker | Carleton College |
Taylor ffitch | Carleton College |
Rachael Klehm | Carleton College |
Alison Smyth | Carleton College |
Camelia Mayfield | Catholic University of America |
Melony McDermott | Central College (Iowa) |
Ashley El Rady | Centre College |
Paige Farris | Centre College |
Bekah Rehkamp | Centre College |
Karen Bumiller | Christopher Newport University |
Erin Rolaf | Christopher Newport University |
Jade Zaharoff | Christopher Newport University |
Allison Barnwell | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges |
Breanna Deutsch | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges |
Julia Rigby | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges |
Laura Sauvage | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges |
Jennifer Tave | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges |
Keelie Finnel | Coe College |
Berol Dewdney | Colby College |
Eva Lauer | Colby College |
Manon Gammon-Deering | College of St. Benedict |
Colleen O'Neil | College of Wooster |
Devin Nadar | Colorado College |
Catherine Campbell | Dickinson College |
Taylor Ludman | Dickinson College |
Emily Miller | Dickinson College |
Sara Patterson | Dickinson College |
Eileen Cody | Elizabethtown College |
Megan Patton | Elizabethtown College |
Traci Tempone | Elizabethtown College |
Megan Tursi | Elizabethtown College |
Steph Crane | Emory University |
Mel Frank | Emory University |
Tess Gallegos | Emory University |
Sara Gelb | Emory University |
Tamara Surtees | Emory University |
Hillary Cain | Franklin College |
Kyler Philbin | Gettysburg College |
Ella Smith | Grove City College |
Brooke Beskau | Gustavus Adolphus College |
Kate Eggers | Gustavus Adolphus College |
Beth Hauer | Gustavus Adolphus College |
Katherine Klinges | Gwynedd-Mercy College |
Emily Lipman | Haverford College |
Alice Vienneau | Haverford College |
Camille Borst | Hope College |
Meredith Busman | Hope College |
Kelly Lufkin | Hope College |
Sheri McCormack | Hope College |
Kate Nelson | Hope College |
Elise Anderson | Illinois Wesleyan University |
Jenna Willett | Kenyon College |
Illana Livstrom | Lewis & Clark College |
Eleanor Evans | Linfield College |
Miriam Seeley | Linfield College |
Genna Kinley | Loras College |
Mary Rector | Loras College |
Emma Spoon | Luther College |
Christina Storlie | Luther College |
Reba Leonard | Marietta College |
Sophia Stone | Mary Baldwin College |
Martina de Geus | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Alaisha Guerra | McMurry University |
Morgan Youd | Meredith College |
Emily Attwood | Middlebury College |
Marguerite Cramer | Middlebury College |
Claire McIlvennie | Middlebury College |
Hannah Meier | Middlebury College |
Adelaide Tousley | Middlebury College |
Chelsea Ward-Waller | Middlebury College |
Marina Orrson | Misericordia University |
Catherine Rockwell | Moravian College |
Nicole Cronin | Muhlenberg College |
Malaina Huebert | Nebraska Wesleyan University |
Hannah Kinberg | Nebraska Wesleyan University |
Hayley Sutter | Nebraska Wesleyan University |
Ali Tewes | Nebraska Wesleyan University |
Maeve Evans | New York University |
Paige Zelinsky | New York University |
Kala Bingham | North Central College |
Krista Cota | North Central College |
Alicia Zimmerman | North Central College |
Margaret Lindman | Oberlin College |
Carey Lyons | Oberlin College |
Molly Martorella | Oberlin College |
Anna Dalton | Occidental College |
Eliza Dornbush | Occidental College |
Megan Lang | Occidental College |
Shayla Siefker | Ohio Northern University |
Alison Steinbrunner | Ohio Northern University |
Lydia Weaver | Ohio Northern University |
Cara DeAngelis | Ohio Wesleyan University |
Hannah Sampson | Ohio Wesleyan University |
Annie Lydens | Pomona-Pitzer Colleges |
Casey Powell | Principia College |
Christine Koch | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
Madeleine Harrigan | Rhodes College |
Rebecca Olivarez | Rhodes College |
Aubrey Schonhoff | Rhodes College |
Grace England | Roanoke College |
Sammar Abueldoleh | Rowan University |
Jena Peacock | Rowan University |
Amy Smith | Shenandoah University |
Jenna Hulton | St. Lawrence University |
McKayla Nuffer | St. Lawrence University |
Mackenzie Weber | St. Norbert College |
Rachel Dean | St. Olaf College |
Emma Lee | St. Olaf College |
Christine Muller | St. Olaf College |
Nichole Wischoff | State University College at New Paltz |
Alyson Dalton | State University of New York at Cortland |
Bori Tozser | State University of New York at Cortland |
Melissa Frick | Swarthmore College |
Katie Nestor | The College of New Jersey |
Jessica Pagano | Trinity University (Texas) |
Rosemary Steup | Trinity University (Texas) |
Lilly Fisher | Tufts University |
Anya Price | Tufts University |
Rachel Ohman | University of Chicago |
Michaela Whitelaw | University of Chicago |
Kathryn Flyte | University of Puget Sound |
Emily Canales | University of Redlands |
Molly Carl | University of Southern Maine |
Taylor Berg | University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) |
Larissa Peyton | University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) |
Erin Statz | University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) |
Ashlyn Mauer | University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire |
Lucy Ramquist | University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire |
Madison Sawyer | University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire |
Steph Sjostrom | University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire |
Rachel Schroeder | University of Wisconsin, La Crosse |
Christy Cazzola | University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh |
Danielle Kunkel | University of Wisconsin, Platteville |
Katherine Rydeen | University of Wisconsin, River Falls |
Julia Colling | University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point |
Kelly Haen | University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point |
Alexa Ahler | University of Wisconsin, Stout |
Alyssa Duncan | University of Wisconsin, Whitewater |
Elizabeth Forbes | Vassar College |
Kelly Holmes | Vassar College |
Emily Eimers | Wartburg College |
Alana Enabnit | Wartburg College |
Laura Sigmund | Wartburg College |
Kristen Galligan | Washington and Jefferson College |
Brandie Huffman | Washington and Lee University |
Lauren Schultz | Washington and Lee University |
Grace Bridwell | Washington University (Missouri) |
Lucy Cheadle | Washington University (Missouri) |
Sarah Fisher | Washington University (Missouri) |
Erica Jackey | Washington University (Missouri) |
Jessica Londeree | Washington University (Missouri) |
Liz Phillips | Washington University (Missouri) |
Molly Wawrzyniak | Washington University (Missouri) |
Randelle Boots | Wellesley College |
Mollee Husinga | Whitman College |
Michele Callaway | Whittier College |
Molly Litherland | Whittier College |
Christine Verduzco | Whittier College |
Joy Shufeldt | Whitworth University |
Theresa Edwards | Willamette University |
Kaitlin Greene | Willamette University |
Emily D'Addario | William Smith College |
Shayna Barbash | Williams College |
Celeste Berg | Williams College |
Chiara Del Piccolo | Williams College |
Olivia Delia | Williams College |
Lauren Goldstein-Kral | Williams College |
Alison Smith | Williams College |
Annie Cekada | Wilmington College (Ohio) |
Mary Pfeifer | Wittenberg University |
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Tom Lewis
U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association
Communications Manager
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