Feb. 26, 2007
Calvin College, Leer head Division III All-Academic Men's Cross Country class
Calvin College was the class of Division III cross country last fall, winning the NCAA men's team championship by a large margin.
The Knights excelled in class, too, compiling a cumulative team grade point average for 3.430. By meeting both challenges, Calvin is the 2006 NCAA Division III All-Academic Men's Cross Country Team of the Year.
The All-Academic Men's Cross Country Team of the Year is awarded to the highest-finishing school at the NCAA Division III Championships that meets All-Academic team qualifications (a minimum 3.1 cumulative GPA).
Pomona-Pitzer senior Will Leer, a senior majoring in mathematics, is the Division III All-Academic Men's Cross Country Athlete of the Year. The announcements were made Monday by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
The All-Academic Athlete of the Year is awarded to the highest finisher at the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships who meets the minimum qualifications for All-Academic individual honors (3.5 cumulative GPA).
Leer, the seventh-place finisher at the 2006 NCAA Division III Men's Cross Country Championships in West Chester, Ohio, has a 3.527 GPA.
Calvin won the NCAA men's team championship with 37 points, far in front of runner-up New York University (92 points). Calvin had three runners earn All-Academic individual honors - Erik VanKampen, Harrison Jorritsma and Jon Gries.
To be honored as an All-Academic Cross Country Team, Division III schools needed a cumulative team GPA of at least 3.1. Eighty-six men's teams earned All-Academic Team honors.
Eastern Mennonite University had a cumulative team GPA of 3.910.
To earn Division III All-Academic individual honors, runners had to maintain a cumulative GPA of at 3.5 or higher. A total of 108 student-athletes earned Division III All-Academic Men's Cross Country honors.
Saint John's University (Minnesota), Luther College and Brandeis University each had four runners earn All-Academic individual honors.
Middlebury College is the NCAA Division III All-Academic Women's Cross Country Team of the Year. Willamette University's Sarah Zerzan is the Division III All-Academic Women's Athlete of the Year.
For more information, see www.ustfccca.org.
2006 Division III All-Academic Men's Cross Country Teams
| Albion College | 3.180 |
| Allegheny College | 3.250 |
| Augsburg College | 3.140 |
| Augustana College | 3.100 |
| Babson College | 3.200 |
| Baldwin Wallace College | 3.281 |
| Bethel University | 3.400 |
| Brandeis University | 3.500 |
| Calvin College | 3.430 |
| Carleton College | 3.340 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | 3.250 |
| Carthage College | 3.166 |
| Case Western Reserve University | 3.540 |
| Centre College | 3.260 |
| Chicago, University of | 3.394 |
| Colorado College | 3.310 |
| Connecticut College | 3.400 |
| Cornell College | 3.274 |
| Depauw University | 3.100 |
| DeSales University | 3.130 |
| Dickinson College | 3.150 |
| Eastern Mennonite University | 3.910 |
| Elizabethtown College | 3.366 |
| Elmhurst College | 3.311 |
| Emory University | 3.410 |
| George Fox University | 3.350 |
| Gettysburg College | 3.207 |
| Goucher College | 3.140 |
| Grinnell College | 3.350 |
| Gustavus Adolphus College | 3.457 |
| Haverford College | 3.428 |
| Hood College | 3.135 |
| Ithaca College | 3.179 |
| John Carroll University | 3.280 |
| Kenyon College | 3.200 |
| Lewis & Clark College | 3.133 |
| Linfield College | 3.233 |
| Luther College | 3.179 |
| Macalester College | 3.530 |
| Martin Luther College | 3.360 |
| Massachusetts Dartmouth, University of | 3.200 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3.440 |
| McMurry University | 3.370 |
| Middlebury College | 3.330 |
| Mount Union College | 3.121 |
| Nebraska Wesleyan University | 3.380 |
| New York University | 3.340 |
| Oberlin College | 3.290 |
| Occidental College | 3.280 |
| Ohio Northern University | 3.290 |
| Ohio Wesleyan University | 3.170 |
| Pomona Pitzer College | 3.520 |
| Principia College | 3.157 |
| Ramapo College | 3.129 |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 3.568 |
| Rhodes College | 3.330 |
| Richard Stockton College | 3.200 |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | 3.380 |
| Rochester, University of | 3.550 |
| Roger Williams University | 3.118 |
| Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 3.380 |
| Rowan University | 3.272 |
| Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 3.143 |
| Salisbury University | 3.283 |
| Sewanee: University of the South | 3.140 |
| Simpson College | 3.207 |
| Southern Maine, University of | 3.230 |
| Springfield College | 3.170 |
| St. Lawrence University | 3.152 |
| St. Olaf College | 3.235 |
| SUNY Oswego | 3.104 |
| The College of Wooster | 3.223 |
| Trinity College (CT) | 3.168 |
| Tufts University | 3.130 |
| Vassar College | 3.450 |
| Wartburg College | 3.142 |
| Washington and Jefferson College | 3.150 |
| Washington and Lee University | 3.455 |
| Washington University | 3.390 |
| Wesleyan University | 3.240 |
| Whitman College | 3.174 |
| Whitworth College | 3.269 |
| Willamette University | 3.332 |
| Williams College | 3.410 |
| Wisconsin Eau Claire, University of | 3.170 |
| Wisconsin La Crosse, University of | 3.190 |
| Wisconsin Platteville, University of | 3.222 |
| Wisconsin Whitewater, University of | 3.210 |
2006 Division III All-Academic Men's Cross Country individual honorees
| Marco Dozzi | Allegheny College |
| Matt Ingalls | Anderson University |
| Sean Hudson | Anderson University |
| Kenny Slocum | Augustana College |
| Tim Frey | Augustana College |
| Carl Gladitsch | Bethel University |
| Joel Sunshine | Brandeis University |
| John Guilinger | Brandeis University |
| Matt Jennings | Brandeis University |
| Tim Condon | Brandeis University |
| Erik VanKampen | Calvin College |
| Harrison Jorritsma | Calvin College |
| Jon Gries | Calvin College |
| John Nowinski | Carleton College |
| Brian Harvey | Carnegie Mellon University |
| Geoff Misek | Carnegie Mellon University |
| Mike White | Carthage College |
| Austin Schmidt | Case Western Reserve University |
| Jon Tyler Youngquist | Case Western Reserve University |
| Mike Petro | Case Western Reserve University |
| Chase Wilson | Centre College |
| Nate Blank | Centre College |
| Keith Drake | Connecticut College |
| Brian Gilson | Denison University |
| Brandon Jones | Dickinson College |
| Mike Blake | Dickinson College |
| Brandon Bear | Elizabethtown College |
| Jason Theobald | Elizabethtown College |
| Justin Stevens | Elmhurst College |
| Bryan Forsyth | Emory University |
| Tommy Fyffe | Emory University |
| Andy Carmer | Gettysburg College |
| Jeff Butterworth | Gettysburg College |
| Henry Reich | Grinnell College |
| Chris DeLaubenfells | Gustavus Adolphus College |
| Brandon Gleason | Hamline University |
| Ian Bauer | Hamline University |
| Andrew Lanham | Haverford College |
| Taylor Burmeister | Haverford College |
| Aaron Kenemer | Hope College |
| Ryan TerLouw | Hope College |
| Seth Weener | Hope College |
| Chris Kempf | John Carroll University |
| Jim Boston | Kenyon College |
| Adam Bohach | Luther College |
| David McKay | Luther College |
| Eric Ellingson | Luther College |
| Matthew Busche | Luther College |
| Justin Kirk | Mary Washington, University of |
| Joseph Roy-Mayhew | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Kenneth Wheeler | McMurry University |
| Arthur Black | Messiah College |
| Erik Blosser | Messiah College |
| Frank Eanes | Messiah College |
| Brendan Epstein | Nazareth College |
| Chris Dunker | Nebraska Wesleyan University |
| Justin Lana | Nebraska Wesleyan University |
| Mike Dulong | New York University |
| Ryan Williams | New York University |
| Tim Brodeur | North Central College |
| Travis Grout | Oberlin College |
| Kevin Heckman | Ohio Northern University |
| Paul Lewis | Ohio Northern University |
| Thomas Adan | Ohio Northern University |
| Will Leer | Pomona Pitzer College |
| Eric Wyler | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
| Alex Mahoney | Rhodes College |
| Andy Varble | Rochester Institute of Technology |
| Kevin Smith | Rochester Institute of Technology |
| Daniel Mueller | Rochester, University of |
| Joseph Lust | Rochester, University of |
| Patrick Hughes | Rochester, University of |
| Greg Kuczynski | Rowan University |
| Andrew Stevens | Saint John's University |
| Chris Erichsen | Saint John's University |
| Mitch Vanbruggen | Saint John's University |
| Zach Hunter | Saint John's University |
| John Vallez | Saint Mary's University |
| Will Murdoch | Salisbury University |
| Seth Olson | Sewanee: University of the South |
| Curtis Wheeler | Southern Maine, University of |
| Nick Downing | Southern Maine, University of |
| Jameson Otto | Southwestern University |
| Michael Griffin | Springfield College |
| David Swanson | St. Olaf College |
| Jim Tillapaugh | SUNY Geneseo |
| Nick Scalfone | SUNY Oneonta |
| Nate Gravel | Trinity College (CT) |
| Jeremy Daum | Trinity University |
| Dave Sorenson | Tufts University |
| Jesse Faller | Tufts University |
| Nick Welch | Tufts University |
| Brian Chenoweth | Wartburg College |
| Michael Welsh | Washington and Lee University |
| Tom Brower | Washington and Lee University |
| Anthony Ives | Washington and Lee University |
| James Wolff | Washington and Lee University |
| Donald McClure | Washington University |
| Jesse McDaniel | Washington University |
| Joe Guiness | Washington University |
| Alex Battaglino | Wesleyan University |
| Anda Greeney | Wesleyan University |
| Sam Clark | Whitman College |
| Lucas Nebert | Willamette University |
| Travis Harris | Willamette University |
| Connor Kamm | Williams College |
| Kevin Hall | Wisconsin Eau Claire, University of |
| Connor Lonning | Wisconsin La Crosse, University of |
| Dan Thour | Wisconsin La Crosse, University of |
| Brad Seeley | Wisconsin Stevens Point, University of |
| Phil Richert | Wisconsin Stevens Point, University of |
| Travis Nechuta | Wisconsin Stevens Point, University of |
| Chris Knutson | Wisconsin Whitewater, University of |
| David Schheekloth | Wisconsin Whitewater, University of |
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