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

Feb 10, 2012 by FloTrack Staff
USTFCCCA ::: DIII XC All-Academic: NCAA DIII Women's Champ Del Piccolo Claims S

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All-Academic teams in Division III announced next week, starting Wednesday.

 

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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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