Iona and Stanford Named 2007 USTFCCCA Men's and Women's Cross Country All-Academic Teams of the Year

Feb. 26, 2008

NEW ORLEANS - For the second year in a row, the Gaels of Iona College have been named the NCAA Division I USTFCCCA Men's Cross Country All-Academic Team of the Year, the association announced today. Iona had a team cumulative GPA of 3.00.

"This is the second straight year we have earned this honor and it is a testament to the outstanding job that our kids do, not only on the course, but also in the classroom," said head coach Mick Byrne. "We are extremely proud of them for their hard work as both a student and an athlete."

The Gaels finished second at the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships this past November to team champion Oregon. The Ducks scored 85 points to Iona's 113. The Gaels won the Northeast Regional and the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference titles prior to their runner-up finish at the NCAA meet.

Belmont University of the Atlantic Sun Conference had the highest overall team grade point average with a 3.57. Overall, 98 men's Division I programs received the USTFCCCA's academic honor, which is just under a third of all Division schools that sponsor men's cross country (299). The numbers at this year's NCAA Championships were also impressive: 16 of the 31 teams in the field received the All-Academic Team award.

The Atlantic Coast Conference, the Big East Conference, and the Southeastern Conference each had seven schools represented on the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team list. The Big Ten Conference, the Missouri Valley Conference, and the Ivy League were represented with six teams on the list.

For a team to be considered for the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team award, they must have competed and compiled a team score at an NCAA Regional Meet. The team must also have a minimum 3.00 team cumulative grade point average.

The 2007 NCAA Division I USTFCCCA Men's All-Academic Teams

School

Arkansas State University

Belmont University

Bradley University

Brigham Young University

Brown University

Butler University

California State University, Fresno

Central Michigan University

Clemson University

Colgate University

Columbia University

Cornell University

Creighton University

Dartmouth College

Davidson College

DePaul University

Drake University

Eastern Kentucky University

Eastern Washington University

Elon University

Furman University

Gardner - Webb University

Georgetown University

Georgia Tech

Harvard University

High Point University

Idaho State University

Indiana State University

Indiana University

Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

Iona College

Iowa State University

Lamar University

Lehigh University

Loyola College

Loyola Marymount University

Miami University (Ohio)

Michigan State University

Mississippi State University

Monmouth University

Montana State University

North Carolina State University

Ohio State University

Ohio University

Oklahoma State University

Pepperdine University

Quinnipiac University

Rutgers University

Sacred Heart University

Siena College

South Dakota State University

Southern Illinois University

Southern Utah University

Stanford University

Stony Brook University

Syracuse University

Texas Tech University

U.S. Air Force Academy

U.S. Military Academy

University of Alabama

University of Arkansas, Little Rock

University of California, Irvine

University of California, Los Angeles

University of California, Riverside

University of Cincinnati

University of Dayton

University of Delaware

University of Detroit Mercy

University of Evansville

University of Florida

University of Georgia

University of Idaho

University of Illinois

University of Iowa

University of Kentucky

University of Louisville

University of Minnesota

University of Missouri

University of Montana

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

University of Notre Dame

University of Portland

University of Richmond

University of Tennessee

University of Tulsa

University of Virginia

Utah State University

Vanderbilt University

Virginia Tech

Wagner College

Wake Forest University

Washington State University

Weber State University

Western Kentucky University

Winthrop University

Wofford College

Yale University