Feb. 26, 2008
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NEW ORLEANS - The Amherst College Lord Jeffs are the 2007 NCAA Division III USTFCCCA Women's All-Academic Cross Country Team of the Year, the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced today. Amherst avenged last year's runner-up finish at the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships to win the 2007 title.
Amherst also won the New England Regional cross country title and the New England Small College Athletic Conference cross country title. The regional and national titles were the first for the program. Off the track, the Lord Jeffs maintained a team cumulative 3.64 GPA.
"This award represents everything that running and being at Amherst is about for us," head coach Erik Nedeau said. "Our kids are extremely dedicated in the classroom and they carry that mindset onto the course each and every day. We are extremely proud of our runners for the way they perform on race day, and this award is equally as important and impressive."
Hamline University had the highest overall team grade point average (3.74).
An unbelievable total of 143 Division III women's programs received the USTFCCCA's All-Academic Team honors this year compared to 112 schools from last season. Just over a third of all Division III institutions (390) who sponsor women's cross country received the honor. In addition, 30 of the 32 teams in the championship field at this year's NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships were named USTFCCCA All-Academic Teams.
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 3.10 team cumulative grade point average.
The 2007 NCAA Division III USTFCCCA Women's All-Academic Teams
School |
Albion College |
Amherst College |
Anderson College |
Anderson University (Indiana) |
Augsburg College |
Augustana College (Illinois) |
Aurora University |
Babson College |
Bates College |
Bethel University |
Brandeis University |
Bryn Mawr College |
Calvin College |
Capital University |
Carleton College |
Carnegie Mellon University |
Carroll College (Wisconsin) |
Carthage College |
Case Western Reserve University |
Cedar Crest College |
Central College |
Centre College |
Christopher Newport University |
Clarion University |
Colby College |
College of St. Benedict |
College of St. Catherine |
College of St. Scholastica |
Colorado College |
Concordia College, Moorhead |
Concordia University (Wisconsin) |
Connecticut College |
Cornell College |
Curry College |
Denison University |
DePauw University |
Dickinson College |
Elizabethtown College |
Elmhurst College |
Emory University |
Franklin College |
Gettysburg College |
Greenville College |
Grinnell College |
Grove City College |
Gustavus Adolphus College |
Hamilton College |
Hamline University |
Hanover College |
Haverford College |
Heidelberg College |
Hendrix College |
Hood College |
Hope College |
Illinois Wesleyan University |
Ithaca College |
John Carroll University |
Johns Hopkins University |
Juniata College |
Kenyon College |
Lewis & Clark College |
Loras College |
Luther College |
Macalester College |
Manchester College |
Marietta College |
Martin Luther College |
Mary Baldwin College |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
McMurry University |
Messiah College |
Middlebury College |
Milwaukee School of Engineering |
Misericordia University |
Mount Holyoke College |
Muhlenberg College |
Nazareth College |
Nebraska Wesleyan University |
North Central College |
Oberlin College |
Occidental College |
Ohio Northern University |
Ohio Wesleyan University |
Pacific Lutheran University |
Penn State Behrend |
Principia College |
Ramapo College of New Jersey |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
Rhodes College |
Ripon College |
Roanoke College |
Rochester Institute of Technology |
Roger Williams University |
Saint Mary's University of Minnesota |
Salisbury University |
Sewanee: The University of the South |
Simpson College |
Smith College |
Southwestern University |
Springfield College |
St. Lawrence University |
St. Norbert College |
St. Olaf College |
State University College at Brockport |
State University of New York at Geneseo |
Stevens Institute of Technology |
SUNY Plattsburgh |
Susquehanna University |
The College of New Jersey |
Trinity University |
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy |
University of Chicago |
University of Puget Sound |
University of Redlands |
University of Rochester |
University of St. Thomas |
University of Texas at Tyler |
University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire |
University of Wisconsin - Stout |
University of Wisconsin - Superior |
University of Wisconsin, La Crosse |
University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh |
University of Wisconsin, Platteville |
University of Wisconsin, River Falls |
University of Wisconsin, Whitewater |
Ursinus College |
Vassar College |
Wartburg College |
Washington and Jefferson College |
Washington and Lee University |
Washington University in St. Louis |
Waynesburg University |
Wellesley College |
Wesleyan University |
Westminster College |
Wheaton College |
Whitman College |
Whitworth University |
Willamette University |
William Smith College |
Williams College |
Wisconsin Lutheran College |
Wittenberg University |
