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Alex Martin of College of Idaho Headlines CoSIDA Academic All-America® NAIA Men's Track & Field/Cross Country Team
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Alex Martin
AUSTIN, Texas – Senior
Alex Martin of College of Idaho headlines the 2019-20 CoSIDA Academic All-America® NAIA Division Cross Country/Track & Field teams as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
The NAIA Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NAIA national governance structure to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2019-20 NAIA Academic All-America® teams program. Despite the cancellation of spring competition during COVID-19, CoSIDA continued its sponsorship of the Academic All-America awards program. Student-athletes were selected based on career statistics.
On the men’s side, Alex Martin is a repeat first-team selection and finished off an illustrious career which featured five NAIA All-American accolades. Martin earned a 3.96 GPA in biology.
A native of Bend, Oregon, the senior was recently named the College of Idaho’s Senior Men's Scholar-Athlete of the Year and was recognized as the 2019 United States Track & Field Cross Country Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Martin is a five-time NAIA All-American, a five-time All-Cascade Collegiate Conference selection and a six-time CCC All-Academic Team pick.
Martin is the only repeat first-team selection from a year ago while
Luke Skinner (University of Saint Mary) earned second-team accolades this year after being on the top team a year ago.
Two members of the 2020 first-team boasted a 4.0 GPA and the average GPA of the 10 recipients was 3.86.
2019-20 Academic All-America® Men's Track & Field/Cross Country Teams – NAIA
| FIRST TEAM |
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| Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| Maxwell Cruse |
Dakota State University |
Sr. |
4 |
Computer Science |
| Nicholas Grandperrin |
University of the Cumberlands |
Sr. |
3.75 |
Information Technology |
| Oscar Kipkoros |
Oklahoma City University |
Gr. |
3.67/3.67 |
Criminology / Non-Profit Leadership Management |
| Dylan Kucera |
Midland University |
So. |
3.91 |
Secondary Education |
| Kyle Manuel |
Southeastern University |
Jr. |
4 |
Nursing |
| Alex Martin (1) |
College of Idaho |
Sr. |
3.96 |
Biology |
| Michael Oldach |
Westmont College |
Sr. |
3.77 |
Kinesiology |
| Cole Olsen |
Lewis-Clark State College |
Jr. |
3.95 |
Kinesiology |
| Carter Price |
York College (Neb.) |
Sr. |
3.81 |
Biology |
| Riley Sine |
Northwest University (Wash.) |
Gr. |
3.83 |
Bible & Theology |
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| SECOND TEAM |
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| Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| Johnathan Bowen |
University of Saint Mary |
Jr. |
3.76 |
Exercise Science |
| Jacob Cornelio |
Concordia University (Neb.) |
Sr. |
3.41 |
Psychology |
| Jordan Crawford |
Missouri Baptist University |
So. |
4 |
Exercise Science |
| Jack Dickinson |
Westmont College |
Sr. |
3.87 |
English |
| Zachary Kleppe |
Arizona Christian University |
Sr. |
3.8 |
Behavioral Health |
| Kristopher Kostelecky |
College of Idaho |
Sr. |
3.83 |
Health Sciences |
| Barthelemy Peter |
Indiana Institute of Technology |
Sr. |
3.69 |
Software Engineering |
| Michal Roguski |
Oklahoma City University |
Sr. |
3.97 |
Chemistry |
| Mark Shaw |
Oklahoma City University |
Gr. |
3.36/3.38 |
MBA |
| Luke Skinner (1) |
University of Saint Mary |
Jr. |
3.96 |
Biology |
| Matthew Van Eps |
Dordt University |
Jr. |
3.66 |
Engineering |
Academic All-America® of the Year: Alex Martin, College of Idaho
(1) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® NAIA first-team selection in 2018-19
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Michael MacEachern, Young Harris College | Academic All-America® Co-Chair for Publicity/Communications
mfmaceachern@yhc.edu | (706) 379-5106
Aaron Sagraves, Cornerstone University | Academic All-America® Coordinator of Publicity
aaron.sagraves@cornerstone.edu | (616) 977-5415