2019-20 Academic All-America® NCAA Division I Men's Track & Field/Cross Country Teams Announced

2019-20 Academic All-America® NCAA Division I Men's Track & Field/Cross Country Teams Announced

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Tyler Day of Northern Arizona Headlines 2019-20 CoSIDA Academic All-America® NCAA Division I Men's Track & Field/Cross Country Team

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AUSTIN, Texas – Senior Tyler Day of Northern Arizona University headline the 2020 Academic All-America® Division I Track & Field/Cross Country teams, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
 
Day, a journalism major with a 3.75 GPA, has been named the 2020 Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year for Division I men’s track & field/cross country.
 
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.
  
Day had an award-winning final indoor track & field season this spring, earning NCAA Men's Track Athlete of the Year honors after breaking the American collegiate record in the 5000m in January. The Gilbert, Arizona, native set a new American collegiate 5K record (13:16.95), which places him third all-time in the collegiate ranks. His lifetime-best performance in the 3K (7:45.70) also ranked him third nationally this season and ranks 12th all-time in the collegiate top 15.
  
Of the 46 members on the Academic All-America® Division I men’s track & field / cross country team, 11 boast a perfect 4.0 GPA. The 15 members of the first team have an average GPA of 3.84. Eleven others join Day as repeat selections on the Academic All-America® Division I men’s track & field / cross country team from previous years – Joshua Anadu (Oklahoma State University), Zach Anderson (University of South Dakota), Geordie Beamish (Northern Arizona University), Kevin Cahoy (University of Nebraska), Arinze Chance (University of South Carolina), Christopher Henry (University of Wyoming), T.J. Lawson (Kent State University), Nick Monkemeyer (Creighton University), Alec Nehring (Montana State University), Ben Petrella (United States Military Academy) and Elliott Stone (North Dakota State University).
 
 

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FIRST TEAM
Name School Yr. GPA Major
Geordie Beamish (2) Northern Arizona University Sr. 3.69 Civil Engineering
Tyler Brendel University of Arkansas Gr. 3.91/4.00 Statistics & Analytics / Business Analytics
Kevin Cahoy (3) University of Nebraska Sr. 3.99 Biological Sciences & Microbiology
Casey Comber Villanova University Gr. 3.84/3.92 Business Analytics (G)
Tyler Day (#) Northern Arizona University Sr. 3.75 Journalism
Olin Hacker University of Wisconsin Sr. 3.95 Biology
Christopher Henry (1) (@) University of Wyoming Sr. 4 Molecular Biology & Physiology
Vincent Kiprop University of Alabama Gr. 3.87/4.00 Public Health / Health Education & Promotion
Joe Klecker University of Colorado Sr. 3.66 Biochemistry
Alec Nehring (2) Montana State University Sr. 4 Mathematics
Yared Nuguse University of Notre Dame Jr. 3.8 Biochemistry
Mick Stanovsek University of Washington Sr. 3.85 Cinema and Media Studies
Elliott Stone (1) (%) North Dakota State University Gr. 4.00/4.00 Mechanical Engineering (U) / MBA (G)
Jonathan Wells  University of Illinois Gr. 3.45/3.76 Business Management (U) / Technology Management (G)
James West University of Oregon Gr. 3.64/3.64 Public Administration
SECOND TEAM
Name School Yr. GPA Major
Matthew Arnold Lamar University Gr. 4.00/3.68 English / Kinesiology
Jovaine Atkinson Liberty University Sr. 3.82 Aeronautics
Alex Bashqawi University of Illinois at Chicago Gr. 4.00/4.00 Electrical & Computer Engineering (G)
Jon Bishop Texas A&M University Sr. 3.94 Applied Mathematical Sciences
Michael Burke University of Minnesota Gr. 3.90/3.90 Sport Management (G)
Riley DeMeulenaere Loyola University Chicago Sr. 3.98 Biology
TJ Lawson (3) Kent State University Sr. 3.79 Sports Administration / Business Management
Austin Lin Northeastern University Sr. 4 Electrical Engineering / Physics
Conner Mantz Brigham Young University Jr. 3.8 Mechanical Engineering
Nick Monkemeyer (1) Creighton University Gr. 3.95/4.00 Pharmacy
Alex Ostberg Stanford University Sr. 3.67 Human Biology
Ben Petrella (1) (@) United States Military Academy Sr. 3.94 Physics
Luke Siedhoff University of Nebraska Sr. 3.91 Biological Sciences / Spanish
Jonathan Tharaldsen University of Minnesota Sr. 3.69 Kinesiology
Max Vollmer University of Oregon So. 3.83 Business Administration
THIRD TEAM
Name School Yr. GPA Major
Christian Alberico Iona College Gr. 4.00/4.00 Marketing (U) / MBA (G)
Joshua Anadu (3) Oklahoma State University Sr. 3.96 Environmental Science
Zack Anderson (3) University of South Dakota Sr. 3.52 Physical Education
Alec Basten University of Minnesota Sr. 3.9 Kinesiology
Arinze Chance (3) University of South Carolina Gr. 3.63 Global Studies
Johannes Erm University of Georgia Jr. 3.36 Mechanical Engineering
Jac Hopkins Iona College Gr. 4 Marketing
Jackson Lewis Arizona State University Jr. 4 Computer Science
Mitch Lipe U.S. Air Force Academy Jr. 3.67 Aeronautical Engineering
Adam Neelly University of Memphis Gr. 3.99/4.00 Business Economics (U) /MBA (G)
Thomas Pollard Iowa State University Gr. 3.97 Information Systems / Business Analytics
Jack Rogers Auburn University Sr. 4 Business Analytics
Matthew Scarpill Saint Joseph's University Jr. 4 Actuarial Science
William Stout Wofford College Sr. 3.98 Biology
Kieran Tuntivate Harvard University Sr. 3.52 Economics
Ben Veatch Indiana University Sr. 3.93 Exercise Science

Academic All-America® of the Year: Tyler Day, Northern Arizona University

(1) – 2019 1st team Academic All-America®
(2) – 2019 2nd team Academic All-America®
(3) – 2019 3rd team Academic All-America®
(%) – 2018 1st team Academic All-America®
(@) – 2018 3rd team Academic All-America®
(#) – 2017 2nd team Academic All-America®


FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Jeff Schwartz, North Dakota State University | Academic All-America® Co-Director for Publicity
jeff.schwartz@ndsu.edu | (701) 231-8332

Mex Carey, Michigan State University | Academic All-America® Coordinator of Publicity
carey@ath.msu.edu  | (917) 576-7445