Women’s Track Earns All-Academic Recognition

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Fifteen University of Missouri Track and Field athletes were named Academic All-Americans as announced by the USTFCCA last week.

In addition to the individual honors, the Missouri women earned All-Academic team recognition after ending the collegiate year with a 3.42 grade point average.

The women’s roster has earned the award in all 12 seasons under head coach Brett Halter, while the men’s team has been honored nine times.

Taylor Ciccolini, Ava Curry, Claudina Diaz, Arianna Fisher, Ayele Gerken, Mara Häusler, Atina Kamasi, Melissa Menghini, Sydney Oberdiek, Sophia Rivera, Emily Stauffer and Erin Zimmerman earned individual All-Academic status for the Tiger women.

Christopher Conrad, Rece Rowan and William Sinclair represented the men’s roster with individual classroom honors.

All-academic athletes must have achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.25, been enrolled for at least two semesters and finished ranked in the top 96 in any individual championship event or top 48 in a championship relay event during the indoor season.

Athletes that competed in the outdoor campaign must have participated in any round of the NCAA Track and Field Championships or for the multi-events, have finished the season ranked in the top 48 in the east or west division.

Teams achieve All-Academic status when the cumulative GPA for all indoor and outdoor student-athletes is above 3.0.

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