University of Connecticut Athletics
UConn Men & Women Earn USTFCCCA Academic Honors
7/23/2021 8:47:00 AM | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field
STORRS, Conn. – The UConn men and women's track & field programs were named 2021 USTFCCCA All-Academic Teams this week for posting a team GPA over 3.0 this season. In addition, 14 total student-athletes from both teams were named USTFCCCA All-Academic Athletes.
The UConn men, the 2021 BIG EAST Outdoor Track & Field Champions, earned a spot after posting a cumulative team GPA of 3.23 on the season. On the women's side, the Huskies finished with a team GPA of 3.455.
Earning All-Academic honors for the men were: Daniel Claxton (Nesconset, N.Y.), Benjamin Grosse (Wayzata, Minn.), Tanner Jameson (Durham, Conn.), Travis Snyder (Saco, Maine), Todd Stueber (Toms River, N.J.), Stephen Sutton (Tolland, Conn.) and Colin Winkler (Barkhamsted, Conn.)
On the women's side, earning All-Academic honors were: Chanell Botsis (Coquitlam, British Columbia), Randi Burr (Westerly, R.I.), Emma Chee (Bainbridge Island, Wash.), Danielle Jordan (Clifton Park, N.Y.), Mia Nahom (New Milford, Conn.), Mikyla Rodgers (South Huntington, N.Y.) and Kelly Ward (Oxford, Conn.)
Division I Track & Field All-Academic Teams
The cumulative GPA (not 2020-21 academic year, not semester) for all student-athletes on the institution's NCAA Squad List for Indoor and/or Outdoor Track and Field must be 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale, including the most recent grading period, certifiable by either NCAA Faculty Rep or NCAA Compliance Coordinator or Registrar's Office. Institutions utilizing a different GPA scale must convert the GPA to a 4.0 scale using the standard conversion method [GPA/Scale x 4.0].
The cumulative GPA of all student-athletes on the institution's NCAA Squad List for Indoor and/or Outdoor Track and Field must be computed by the following method:
- Total the cumulative number of semester hours or quarter hours earned for all student-athletes on the NCAA Squad List, including the most recent grading period;
- Total the cumulative number of quality points (GPA multiplied by the number of credit hours) earned by all student-athletes on the NCAA Squad List, including the most recent grading period;
- Divide the cumulative number of quality points earned by the cumulative number of semester or quarter hours earned.
Division I Track & Field All-Academic Athletes
Minimum CUMULATIVE grade point average of 3.25 on a 4.0 scale, including the most recent grading period, certifiable by either NCAA Faculty Rep or NCAA Compliance Coordinator or Registrar's Office. Institutions utilizing a different GPA scale must convert the GPA to a 4.0 scale using the standard conversion method [GPA/Scale x 4.0].
- Must have completed at least two (2) semesters or three (3) quarters at the nominating institution.
Athletic criteria for the award:
- For the indoor season:Â must have finished the season ranked in the top 96 in any championship individual event, or in the top 48 in any championship relay event, for the most recent indoor season, certifiable by their place on final season performance lists on TFRRS for Indoor Track and Field (including performances achieved outside the qualifying window during the indoor season).
- For the outdoor season: must have participated in any round of the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships (the Preliminary Championship Competition and/or the Final Championship Competition) or for the multi-events, must have finished the season ranked in the top 48 in the East or top 48 in the West for the most recent outdoor season, certifiable by their place on the NCAA Division I
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