JCSU WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD CAPTURES 2010 ALL-ACADEMIC STATUS BY USTFCCCA
JCSU WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD CAPTURES 2010 ALL-ACADEMIC STATUS BY USTFCCCA
August 3, 2010
All-Academic Status Earned by 67 DII Teams
New Orleans, LA – The United States Track & Field and
Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced the
women’s 2010 Division II All-Academic Track & Field
Teams. A total of 67 institutions, including Johnson C. Smith
University, earned the distinction as a result of a cumulative team
GPA of 3.0 or better.
The JCSU Women’s team earned the All-Academic Team Award with
a 3.56 team grade point average. The Lady Golden Bulls track and
field team had the third highest GPA of the 67 All-Academic teams
for the 2010 track and field season.
The women’s track & field teams at Ashland University and
Grand Valley State University were named Scholar Teams of the Year
in Division II for the 2010 seasons by the USTFCCCA. The squads
earned the distinction as a result of being the highest-placing
teams with at least a 3.00-cumulative GPA at the most recent NCAA
indoor and outdoor championship, respectively.
“This is a great distinction for our program; these young
ladies have worked very diligently in the classroom and this is
just as important as All-American status,” said JCSU head
track and field coach Lennox Graham. “I’m pride of
those individuals who earned All-Academic status and our team,
I’m confident our men’s team will be recognized as
well.”
Incarnate Word posted the nation’s highest cumulative GPA
through the winter 2010 term with a 3.64. Northern Kentucky was
next at 3.61.
Five Johnson C. Smith University female track and field
student-athletes were amongst a record total of 276 announced on
the women’s 2010 Division II All-Academic Track & Field
team by the USTFCCCA.
Those JCSU student-athletes that earned All-Academic status are: graduate Nikki Boston (Vidalia, GA), junior Rosemarie Carty (St. Andrew, Jamaica), junior Monique Kelly (St. Andrew, Jamaica), sophomore Xahnn-Georgia Reid (Clarendon, Jamaica), and senior Shermaine Williams (St. Andrew, Jamaica).
