Aug. 6, 2013

Columbia, Mo. - Both the men's and women's teams earned spots on the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic Teams list with GPA's of 3.10 and 3.49, respectively.  For the Tiger women, this marks the 49th consecutive All-Academic honor, making them the only team in the country to have earned this award every year since its conception.  

Among the 710 individual women and 448 individual men are 11 Tigers: Sam Dickerson (Biomedical Engineering), Macauley Garton (Business), Brooks Mosier (Business Finance), Dan Quigley (M.S. in Mechanical Engineering), Cortni Ervin (Secondary Education with an Emphasis in Mathematics), Heather Green (Nutrition and Fitness), Katrine Haarklau (Sports Management), Bethany Pfeiffer (Mathematics and Psychology), Laura Roxberg (Secondary Mathematics Education), Jill Rushin (Biology and Religious Studies), and Hailey Twietmeyer (Social Work).  To qualify, student-athletes must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.25, have finished the indoor regular season nationally ranked in the top 96, and competed in any round of the NCAA Championships (including preliminary rounds).

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