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NCAA DIII XC All-Academic TeamsDIII Cross Country Scholar Teams of the Year North Central & Johns Hopkins Headline All-Academic Teams
NEW ORLEANS – The Johns Hopkins women and the North Central (Ill.) men are the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Division III Scholar Teams of the Year for the 2014 cross country season.
The national champion Blue Jays are among 211 women’s programs and the national champion Cardinals are among 152 men’s programs that earned All-Academic team honors.
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Those two programs won their distinction by being the highest-finishing teams at NCAAs to have at least a 3.1 cumulative grade point average. Hopkins’s women had a 3.31 team GPA and four All-Academic individuals, while North Central’s men had a 3.24 team GPA to go with two All-Academic individuals.
Overall, 211 women’s teams and 152 men’s teams earned All-Academic honors. This is the third straight Scholar Team of the Year/national championship double for Johns Hopkins. And while North Central has won sixteen men’s national championships, this is their first-ever Scholar Team of the Year award.
To be considered an All-Academic Team, programs must have compiled a cumulative GPA or 3.10 or greater and competed in at least five different meets with at least five runners representing their school at each.
Out of the men’s teams that qualified for NCAAs, Washington (Mo.) had the highest GPA at 3.64. At 3.72, the Middlebury Panthers led all women’s teams.
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Though they didn’t defend their national title, the St. Olaf men did have the most All-Academic individuals with seven. Among other teams that made nationals, Emory, MIT, Tufts, and Wabash each had six. Calvin and Williams led women’s programs with seven; Amherst, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, Emory, WashU, and Willamette each had six.
No conference for either gender had more teams honored than the MIAC, which had 12 squads earn the distinction. Four leagues tied for second with nine apiece in the Northwest Conference, the Centennial Conference, the Middle Atlantic Conference and the NESCAC.
The MIAC men also led all leagues with nine teams honored, followed by the NWC and the NESCAC with eight each.
The full list of All-Academic Teams can be found below.
2015 Division III Men’s All-Academic Teams |
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| Institution | Cumulative Team GPA |
Head Coach |
| Adrian College | 3.47 | James Larson |
| Albion College | 3.26 | Derick Lawrence |
| Amherst College | 3.57 | Erik Nedeau |
| Augustana College (Illinois) | 3.27 | Paul Olsen |
| Babson College | 3.20 | Russ Brennen |
| Bates College | 3.30 | Al Fereshetian |
| Beloit College | 3.32 | Dave Eckburg |
| Benedictine University (Illinois) | 3.13 | Molly Remley |
| Berry College | 3.20 | Paul Deaton |
| Bethany Lutheran College | 3.15 | David Ring |
| Bethel University (Minnesota) | 3.29 | James Timp |
| Bridgewater College (Virginia) | 3.17 | Brian Flynn |
| California Institute of Technology | 3.40 | Ben Raphelson |
| California Lutheran University | 3.37 | Matt Lea |
| Calvin College | 3.42 | Brian Diemer |
| Carleton College | 3.48 | Dave Ricks |
| Carnegie Mellon University | 3.40 | Dario Donatelli |
| Carroll University (Wisconsin) | 3.33 | Shawn P. Thielit |
| Carthage College | 3.12 | Joshua Henry |
| Case Western Reserve University | 3.45 | Kathy Lanese |
| Central College (Iowa) | 3.17 | Joe Dunham |
| Centre College | 3.47 | Lisa H. Owens |
| Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges | 3.34 | John Goldhammer |
| College of Wooster | 3.28 | Dennis Rice |
| Colorado College | 3.36 | Ted Castaneda |
| Concordia College, Moorhead | 3.42 | Garrick Larson |
| Concordia University Wisconsin | 3.33 | Russell De Lap |
| Connecticut College | 3.47 | Jim Butler |
| Covenant College | 3.34 | Katie Stanford |
| Denison University | 3.30 | Mark FitzPatrick |
| DePauw University | 3.25 | Kori Stoffregen |
| Dickinson College | 3.28 | Don Nichter |
| Earlham College | 3.37 | Pat Thomas |
| Elizabethtown | 3.23 | BRIAN FALK |
| Elmhurst College | 3.35 | James Akita |
| Elms College | 3.46 | Matt Dyer |
| Emory and Henry College | 3.46 | Tom Antenucci |
| Emory University | 3.57 | John Curtin |
| Franklin & Marshall College | 3.30 | John Stoudt |
| Geneva College | 3.56 | Brian Yowler |
| George Fox University | 3.48 | Randy Dalzell |
| Gettysburg College | 3.21 | Aubrey Shenk |
| Grinnell College | 3.48 | Will Freeman |
| Gustavus Adolphus College | 3.37 | Dale Bahr |
| Hamilton College | 3.19 | Brett Hull |
| Hamline University | 3.28 | Adam Frye and Paul Schmaedeke |
| Hanover College | 3.13 | Josh Payne |
| Haverford College | 3.47 | Tom Donnelly |
| Heidelberg University | 3.10 | Ron Martin |
| Hope College | 3.30 | Mark Northuis |
| Illinois College | 3.31 | Jason Haynes |
| Illinois Wesleyan University | 3.39 | Greg Huffaker |
| Immaculata University | 3.10 | Alexander Proctor |
| Ithaca College | 3.43 | Jim Nichols |
| John Carroll University | 3.27 | Kyle Basista |
| Johns Hopkins University | 3.17 | Bobby Van Allen |
| Keene State College | 3.39 | Sarah Titus |
| Kenyon College | 3.47 | Duane Gomez |
| King’s College | 3.24 | Michael Kolinovsky |
| Lawrence University | 3.22 | Jason Fast |
| Lebanon Valley College | 3.26 | James O’Brien |
| Lewis & Clark College | 3.44 | Keith Woodard |
| Linfield College | 3.11 | Travis Olson |
| Luther College | 3.29 | Steve Pasche |
| Lycoming College | 3.22 | Regina Collins |
| Lyndon State College | 3.17 | Christopher Ummer |
| Macalester College | 3.50 | Matt Haugen |
| Maine Maritime Academy | 3.16 | Ryan King |
| Middlebury College | 3.54 | Nicole Wilkerson |
| Millikin University | 3.18 | George Pincock |
| Milwaukee School of Engineering | 3.54 | Larry Gardner |
| Misericordia University | 3.22 | Christopher Wadas |
| Muhlenberg College | 3.30 | Stephen Finley |
| Nazareth College | 3.14 | James Goss |
| Nebraska Wesleyan University | 3.15 | Ted Bulling |
| North Central College | 3.24 | Al Carius |
| North Central University | 3.16 | Trey Meadows |
| Oberlin College | 3.26 | Ray Appenheimer |
| Occidental College | 3.29 | Robert Bartlett |
| Ohio Northern University | 3.12 | Jason Maus |
| Olivet College | 3.62 | Jeff Kavalunas |
| Otterbein University | 3.12 | Dara Ford |
| Pacific University (Oregon) | 3.35 | Brent Ericksen |
| Penn State Erie, the Behrend College | 3.24 | Greg Cooper |
| Penn State University, Abington | 3.28 | Jose Rodriguez |
| Piedmont College | 3.23 | Jeff Jenkins |
| Plattsburgh State University of New York | 3.19 | Andrew Krug |
| Pomona-Pitzer Colleges | 3.60 | Tony Boston |
| Principia College | 3.32 | Chuck Wilcoxen |
| Rhodes College | 3.25 | Robert Shankman |
| Richard Stockton College of New Jersey | 3.51 | Jayson Resch |
| Roanoke College | 3.22 | Finn Pincus |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | 3.29 | David Warth |
| Roger Williams University | 3.43 | Sean Livingston |
| Rowan University | 3.48 | Dustin Dimit |
| Saint John’s University (Minnesota) | 3.26 | Tim Miles |
| Saint Vincent College | 3.17 | Andrew Herr |
| Salisbury University | 3.13 | Jim Jones |
| Salve Regina University | 3.18 | Rob McGuinness |
| Southern Virginia University | 3.51 | Logan Davis |
| Springfield College | 3.56 | Bryan Brown |
| St. Lawrence University | 3.17 | John Newman |
| St. Mary’s College of Maryland | 3.12 | Tom Fisher |
| St. Norbert College | 3.15 | Don Augustine |
| St. Olaf College | 3.40 | Phil Lundin |
| State University College at Oneonta | 3.18 | Angelo Posillico |
| State University of New York at Fredonia | 3.31 | Tom Wilson |
| State University of New York at Geneseo | 3.31 | Mike Woods |
| State University of New York at Oswego | 3.11 | Stephanie Grimm |
| Stevens Institute of Technology | 3.49 | Justin Wood |
| Swarthmore College | 3.47 | Peter Carroll |
| Texas Lutheran University | 3.49 | Darlene Holland |
| The College of St. Scholastica | 3.45 | Steve Pfingsten |
| Thiel College | 3.42 | Steve Carr |
| Trine University | 3.32 | Zach Raber |
| Tufts University | 3.41 | Ethan Barron |
| U.S. Coast Guard Academy | 3.25 | Ethan Brown |
| Univ. of St. Thomas (Minn.) | 3.32 | Pete Wareham |
| University of Chicago | 3.56 | Chris Hall |
| University of Dallas | 3.31 | Matthew Barber |
| University of Dubuque | 3.24 | Chad Gunnelson |
| University of La Verne | 3.15 | Bryan George |
| University of Minnesota, Morris | 3.18 | Jeremy Karger-Gatzow |
| University of Mount Union | 3.16 | Kevin Lucas |
| University of Puget Sound | 3.27 | Mike Orechia |
| University of Redlands | 3.25 | Mike Schmidt |
| University of Rochester (N.Y.) | 3.42 | John Izzo |
| University of the South | 3.62 | Jeff Heitzenrater |
| University of Wisconsin Oshkosh | 3.13 | Eamon McKenna |
| University of Wisconsin, La Crosse | 3.22 | Derek Stanley |
| University of Wisconsin, River Falls | 3.25 | Matthew Cole |
| University of Wisconsin, Stout | 3.39 | Matt Schauf |
| University of Wisconsin, Superior | 3.47 | Glen Drexler |
| University of Wisconsin, Whitewater | 3.19 | Jeff Miller |
| Vassar College | 3.45 | James McCowan |
| Virginia Wesleyan College | 3.26 | Mat Littleton |
| Wabash College | 3.50 | Roger Busch |
| Wartburg College | 3.33 | Steve Johnson |
| Washington and Lee University | 3.41 | Brandon Spalding |
| Washington University (Missouri) | 3.65 | Jeff Stiles |
| Waynesburg University | 3.55 | Chris Hardie |
| Wesleyan University (Connecticut) | 3.35 | John Crooke |
| Wheaton College (Illinois) | 3.56 | Scott Bradley |
| Wheaton College (Massachusetts) | 3.26 | Kim Spence |
| Whitman College | 3.54 | Scott Shields |
| Whitworth University | 3.26 | Toby C. Schwarz |
| Wilkes University | 3.19 | Nicholas Wadas |
| Willamette University | 3.26 | Matt McGuirk |
| Williams College | 3.43 | Peter Farwell |
| Wisconsin Lutheran College | 3.40 | Steve Travis |
| WPI | 3.43 | Mike Maceiko |
| Yeshiva University | 3.70 | Steve Begley |
2015 Division III Women’s All-Academic Teams |
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| Institution | Cumulative Team GPA |
Head Coach |
| Adrian College | 3.24 | James Larson |
| Albion College | 3.55 | Derick Lawrence |
| Alvernia University | 3.52 | Eric Bennett |
| Amherst College | 3.31 | Cassie Funke-Harris |
| Anderson University | 3.36 | Brian Williams |
| Augsburg College | 3.39 | Meghan Peyton |
| Augustana College (Illinois) | 3.42 | Frederic Whiteside |
| Aurora University | 3.10 | Ryan Chapman |
| Babson College | 3.62 | Russ Brennen |
| Beloit College | 3.84 | Dave Eckburg |
| Benedictine University (Illinois) | 3.43 | Molly Remley |
| Berry College | 3.53 | Paul Deaton |
| Bethany Lutheran College | 3.49 | David Ring |
| Bethel University (Minnesota) | 3.40 | James Timp |
| Birmingham-Southern College | 3.40 | Kenneth Cox |
| Bridgewater College (Virginia) | 3.39 | Brian Flynn |
| Bryn Mawr College | 3.40 | Jason Hewitt |
| California Institute of Technology | 3.10 | Ben Raphelson |
| California Lutheran University | 3.39 | Matt Lea |
| Calvin College | 3.50 | Brian Deimer |
| Carleton College | 3.59 | Donna Rickcs |
| Carnegie Mellon University | 3.42 | Dario Donatelli |
| Carroll University (Wisconsin) | 3.42 | Shawn P. Thielit |
| Carthage College | 3.28 | Stephanie Domin |
| Case Western Reserve University | 3.45 | Kathy Lanese |
| Cedar Crest College | 3.32 | Jarvis Jelen |
| Centenary College (New Jersey) | 3.60 | James Cusick |
| Central College (Iowa) | 3.36 | Joe Dunham |
| Centre College | 3.25 | Lisa H. Owens |
| Chatham University | 3.45 | Kevin Wanichko |
| Christopher Newport University | 3.21 | Matthew Barreau |
| Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges | 3.52 | John Goldhammer |
| Coe College | 3.44 | Ben Mourer |
| Colby College | 3.37 | Debra Aitken |
| College at Brockport | 3.22 | Sarah Ritchie |
| College of St. Benedict | 3.52 | Robin Balder-Lanoue |
| College of Wooster | 3.31 | Dennis Rice |
| Colorado College | 3.52 | Ted Castaneda |
| Concordia College, Moorhead | 3.48 | Marv Roeske |
| Concordia University Wisconsin | 3.31 | Russell De Lap |
| Connecticut College | 3.47 | Ned Bishop |
| Cornell College | 3.25 | Dan Schofer |
| Covenant College | 3.38 | Katie Stanford |
| Defiance College | 3.41 | John Hartpence |
| Denison University | 3.46 | Mark FitzPatrick |
| DePauw University | 3.32 | Kori Stoffregen |
| Dickinson College | 3.24 | Don Nichter |
| Earlham College | 3.59 | Pat Thomas |
| Eastern Mennonite University | 3.49 | Jason Lewkowicz |
| Edgewood College | 3.47 | Bethany Brewster |
| ELIZABETHTOWN | 3.46 | BRIAN FALK |
| Elmhurst College | 3.61 | Erik Guta |
| Elms College | 3.47 | Matt Dyer |
| Emory and Henry College | 3.25 | Tom Antenucci |
| Emory University | 3.69 | John Curtin |
| Franklin & Marshall College | 3.15 | John Stoudt |
| Franklin College | 3.23 | Paul Sargent |
| Frostburg State University | 3.43 | Dale Luy |
| Geneva College | 3.71 | Brian Yowler |
| George Fox University | 3.42 | Randy Dalzell |
| Gettysburg College | 3.40 | Aubrey |
| Goucher College | 3.32 | John Caslin |
| Greenville College | 3.31 | Brian Patton |
| Grinnell College | 3.51 | Evelyn Freeman |
| Grove City College | 3.29 | Sean Severson |
| Guilford College | 3.58 | Danny Cash |
| Gustavus Adolphus College | 3.50 | Dale Bahr |
| Hamilton College | 3.39 | Ellen Hull |
| Hamline University | 3.60 | Adam Frye and Paul Schmaedeke |
| Hanover College | 3.38 | Josh Payne |
| Haverford College | 3.56 | Mr. Fran Rizzo |
| Heidelberg University | 3.40 | Ron Martin |
| Hiram College | 3.47 | Earl T. Kissell |
| Hood College | 3.11 | Brent Ayer |
| Hope College | 3.50 | Mark Northuis |
| Husson University | 3.54 | Kate Goupee |
| Illinois College | 3.56 | Jason Haynes |
| Illinois Wesleyan University | 3.46 | Greg Huffaker |
| Immaculata University | 3.60 | Alexander Proctor |
| Ithaca College | 3.55 | Erin Dinan |
| John Carroll University | 3.23 | Kyle Basista |
| Johns Hopkins University | 3.33 | Bobby Van Allen |
| Keene State College | 3.52 | Sarah Titus |
| Kenyon College | 3.40 | Duane Gomez |
| King’s College | 3.66 | Michael Kolinovsky |
| Lawrence University | 3.62 | Jason Fast |
| Lebanon Valley College | 3.46 | James O’Brien |
| Lewis & Clark College | 3.63 | Keith Woodard |
| Linfield College | 3.51 | Travis Olson |
| Loras College | 3.31 | Bob Schultz |
| Luther College | 3.37 | Yarrow Pasche |
| Lycoming College | 3.66 | Regina Collins |
| Lyndon State College | 3.38 | Christopher Ummer |
| Macalester College | 3.55 | Betsy Emerson |
| Manchester University | 3.20 | Brian Cashdollar |
| Mary Baldwin College | 3.17 | Sharon Spalding |
| Marywood University | 3.43 | Scott Hutchinson |
| McDaniel College | 3.31 | Doug Renner |
| Meredith College | 3.33 | Amy Olsen |
| Middlebury College | 3.72 | Nicole Wilkerson |
| Milwaukee School of Engineering | 3.16 | Larry Gardner |
| Misericordia University | 3.52 | Christopher Wadas |
| Moravian College | 3.33 | Jesse Baumann |
| Muhlenberg College | 3.46 | Stephen Finley |
| Muskingum University | 3.19 | Jacob Gleason |
| Nazareth College | 3.55 | James Goss |
| Nebraska Wesleyan University | 3.68 | Ted Bulling |
| New England College | 3.31 | Wilson Perez |
| North Central College | 3.29 | Mahesh Narayanan |
| North Central University | 3.56 | Trey Meadows |
| North Park University | 3.51 | Steve Imig |
| Norwich University | 3.57 | Nick Cooper |
| Oberlin College | 3.62 | Ray Appenheimer |
| Occidental College | 3.59 | Robert Bartlett |
| Ohio Northern University | 3.25 | Jason Maus |
| Ohio Wesleyan University | 3.38 | Matt Wackerly |
| Olivet College | 3.42 | Karen Lutzke |
| Otterbein University | 3.37 | Dara Ford |
| Pacific Lutheran University | 3.32 | Heather Kreier |
| Pacific University (Oregon) | 3.28 | Brent Ericksen |
| Penn State Erie, the Behrend College | 3.37 | Greg Cooper |
| Penn State University, Abington | 3.30 | Jose Rodriguez |
| Piedmont College | 3.37 | Jeff Jenkins |
| Plattsburgh State University of New York | 3.39 | Andrew Krug |
| Pomona-Pitzer Colleges | 3.75 | Kirk Reynolds |
| Principia College | 3.47 | Chuck Wilcoxen |
| Rhodes College | 3.53 | Robert Shankman |
| Richard Stockton College of New Jersey | 3.66 | Ashley Parker |
| Ripon College | 3.33 | Kevin Rengo |
| Roanoke College | 3.21 | Finn Pincus |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | 3.55 | David Stevens |
| Roger Williams University | 3.36 | Sean Livingston |
| Rowan University | 3.24 | Derick Adamson |
| Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota | 3.44 | Ward Berndt |
| Saint Vincent College | 3.49 | Thomas Harbert |
| Salisbury University | 3.43 | Jim Jones |
| Salve Regina University | 3.21 | Rob McGuinness |
| Shenandoah University | 3.31 | Andrew Marrocco |
| Simpson College | 3.46 | Heath Moenck |
| Smith College | 3.42 | Ellen O’Neil |
| Springfield College | 3.38 | Jim Pennington |
| St. Catherine University | 3.65 | Shannon Houlihan |
| St. John Fisher College | 3.28 | Mike Henchen |
| St. Lawrence University | 3.47 | Mike Howard |
| St. Mary’s College of Maryland | 3.51 | Tom Fisher |
| St. Norbert College | 3.37 | Don Augustine |
| St. Olaf College | 3.52 | Chris Daymont |
| State University College at Oneonta | 3.34 | Angelo Posillico |
| State University of New York at Fredonia | 3.47 | Tom Wilson |
| State University of New York at Geneseo | 3.14 | Mike Woods |
| State University of New York at Oswego | 3.43 | Stephanie Grimm |
| Stevens Institute of Technology | 3.46 | Justin Wood |
| Stevenson University | 3.62 | Dave Berdan |
| SUNY New Paltz | 3.30 | Michael Trunkes |
| Swarthmore College | 3.63 | Peter Carroll |
| Texas Lutheran University | 3.35 | Darlene Holland |
| The College of St. Scholastica | 3.51 | Steve pfingsten |
| The Sage Colleges | 3.41 | Jim Bowles |
| Thiel College | 3.60 | Steve Carr |
| Trine University | 3.50 | Zach Raber |
| Trinity College (Connecticut) | 3.51 | George Suitor |
| Tufts University | 3.40 | Kristen Morwick |
| U.S. Coast Guard Academy | 3.13 | Ethan Brown |
| Univ. of St. Thomas (Minn.) | 3.55 | Joe Sweeney |
| University of Chicago | 3.58 | Chris Hall |
| University of Dallas | 3.23 | Matthew Barber |
| University of Dubuque | 3.55 | Chad Gunnelson |
| University of La Verne | 3.25 | Bryan George |
| University of Mary Washington | 3.18 | Stan Soper |
| University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth | 3.19 | Jon Hird |
| University of Minnesota, Morris | 3.34 | Jeremy Karger-Gatzow |
| University of Mount Union | 3.53 | Kevin Lucas |
| University of Northwestern – St. Paul | 3.30 | Steven Thiessen |
| University of Puget Sound | 3.30 | Mike Orechia |
| University of Redlands | 3.45 | Mike Schmidt |
| University of Rochester (N.Y.) | 3.39 | Barbara Hartwig |
| University of Southern Maine | 3.10 | George Towle |
| University of the South | 3.61 | Jeff Heitzenrater |
| University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire | 3.48 | Dan Schwamberger |
| University of Wisconsin, La Crosse | 3.56 | Derek Stanley |
| University of Wisconsin, Platteville | 3.20 | Tom Antczak |
| University of Wisconsin, River Falls | 3.35 | Matthew Cole |
| University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point | 3.51 | Rick Witt |
| University of Wisconsin, Stout | 3.49 | Matt Schauf |
| University of Wisconsin, Superior | 3.26 | Glen Drexler |
| University of Wisconsin, Whitewater | 3.26 | Jeff Miller |
| Vassar College | 3.54 | James McCowan |
| Virginia Wesleyan College | 3.10 | Krista Littleton |
| Wartburg College | 3.60 | Steve Johnson |
| Washington and Lee University | 3.37 | Michael J. Dager |
| Washington University (Missouri) | 3.56 | Jeff Stiles |
| Waynesburg University | 3.45 | Chris Hardie |
| Webster University | 3.22 | Dan Graber |
| Wellesley College | 3.35 | Philip Jennings |
| Wesleyan University (Connecticut) | 3.62 | John Crooke |
| Wheaton College (Illinois) | 3.63 | Scott Bradley |
| Wheaton College (Massachusetts) | 3.16 | Kim Spence |
| Whitman College | 3.56 | Scott Shields |
| Whittier College | 3.21 | Greg Phillips |
| Whitworth University | 3.62 | Toby C. Schwarz |
| Widener University | 3.55 | Kevin Cunningham |
| Wilkes University | 3.43 | Nicholas Wadas |
| Willamette University | 3.45 | Matt McGuirk |
| William Smith College | 3.49 | Julie Bailey |
| Williams College | 3.57 | Peter Farwell |
| Wilmington College (Ohio) | 3.54 | Ron Combs |
| Wisconsin Lutheran College | 3.74 | Steve Travis |
| Wittenberg University | 3.38 | Craig Penney |
| Worcester State University | 3.30 | Gary Jusseaume |
| WPI | 3.39 | Mike Maceiko |
| Yeshiva University | 3.66 | Steve Begley |