Minnehan Earns USTFCCCA Division-II Cross Country All-Academic Award

BILLINGS, Mont. – Montana State University Billings cross country standout, Lisa Minnehan, earned All-Academic status by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) the organization announced on Friday.

Minnehan, a senior from Anaconda, MT, was the Yellowjackets top runner this cross country season. She plans to graduate with a degree in Psychiatric Rehabilitation this spring.

To qualify for All-Academic honors, a student-athlete must have completed at least 12 semester/quarter hours through the semester of competition at the institution to be eligible.  The student-athlete must have at least a 3.25 cumulative grade point average and have placed in the top 30% of the total number of athletes eligible to compete at the respective regional championships or have placed in the top 50% of the field at the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships.

The 286 USTFCCCA All-Academic honorees represent 106 schools around the country. The list includes 31 who were reported to have 4.0 GPAs at the end of the 2009 fall semester.