Six Titans Achieve All-Academic Status

UW-Oshkosh had six men earn spots on the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association's (USTFCCCA) 2013 All-Academic Track & Field Team.

The Titans were led on the NCAA Division III squad by Jordan Carpenter (So. • Ashwaubenon) and John Dewitt (Sr. • Oshkosh), who both own a cumulative grade-point average of 4.0. Carpenter is majoring in finance while Dewitt, an outdoor 10,000-meter All-American, is majoring in both mathematics and secondary education.

Other UW-Oshkosh honorees were Jeremy Brandt (Jr. • Wausau), Jake Dickmann (Sr. • Kewaskum), John McCann (So. • Elroy) and Kyle Schueller (Fr. • Edgar).

National Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards went to Haverford College's (Pa.) Chris Stadler for indoor track, State University of New York-Brockport's Zach Ferrara for indoor field, Connecticut College's Michael LeDuc for outdoor track and Defiance University's (Ohio) Tom Postema for outdoor field.

Including to the Scholar-Athletes of the Year, a total of 232 men from 92 institutions earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors for their combined efforts in competition and in the classroom. Indoor and outdoor team champion UW-La Crosse is the best-represented school with 16 men who earned All-Academic honors, followed by Tufts University (Mass.) with 12 and Massachusetts Institute of Technology and North Central College (Ill.) with 10.

To qualify for the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team, a student-athlete must have compiled a grade point average of 3.30 and either compete in an NCAA Championship or finish the regular season ranked in the national top-35 of an individual event or the top-25 of a relay event.

The USTFCCCA also announced the 2013 NCAA Division III All-Academic Track & Field teams. A total of 80 schools earned the distinction as a result of earning a cumulative team grade-point average of 3.10 or higher.

California Institute of Technology was the top team in the NCAA Division III with a 3.53 grade point average. The Beavers were followed by Principia College (Ill.) at 3.521 and Massachusetts Institute of Technology at 3.52.

By Jon Feyen