Yellowjacket Runners Earn Academic Honors (Mar. 16, 2005)

BILLINGS, MT – The Montana State-Billings men’s and women’s cross-country team were recently named to the United States Cross-Country Coaches Association All-Academic Team. 

The Lady Yellowjacket team had the fourth-highest team cumulative grade point average in the nation at 3.71.  The men’s team was eleventh nationally with a team cumulative GPA of 3.41.  To qualify for the rankings, teams must have at least a 3.00 cumulative GPA counting all eligible student-athletes who competed in at least 50 percent of the team’s competitions.

Two Yellowjacket runners were also named USTCA All-Academic Athletes.  Heidi Robertson and Sarah Lord earned individual distinction after placing 25^th and 26^th respectively at the NCAA Division II West Regional.  Robertson, an education major from Great Falls, MT, had a 3.92 GPA.  Lord, an education major from Billings, had a 4.00 GPA.  To earn individual honors, a student-athlete had to have at least a 3.25 cumulative GPA and place in the top 30 percent at the regional.

USTCA NCAA II Women’s All-Academic Team (top 10)
Ohio Valley College – 3.94
University of Nebraska-Omaha – 3.91
Wayne State University – 3.76
Montana State University-Billings – 3.71
St. Andrews Presbyterian College – 3.71
Gannon University – 3.70
University of Missouri-Rolla – 3.66
Edinboro University – 3.65
Emporia State University – 3.65
Wingate University – 3.65

USTCA NCAA II Men’s All-Academic Team (top 10)
College of St. Rose – 3.75
University of Missouri-Rolla – 3.65
University of Findlay – 3.63
Augustana College – 3.60
Hillsdale College – 3.56
Clarion University – 3.54
Harding University – 3.49
University of Minnesota-Duluth – 3.48
Seattle Pacific University – 3.46
Brigham Young University-Hawaii – 3.43
Montana State University-Billings – 3.41