New Orleans, LA — The WPI men’s and women’s track & field programs collected U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic Team honors in addition to eight student-athletes that earned individual All-Academic honors as announced by the USTFCCCA on Monday.

To be recognized as a team, programs must have a cumulative team GPA of all student-athletes who used a season of eligibility must be at least a 3.10 on a 4.0 scale through the most recent semester/quarter.  

Under the direction of Head Track & Field Coach Emily Dippel and Director of Track & Field and Cross Country Brian Chabot, the Crimson and Gray women’s program checked in at a 3.73 team GPA which tied for 13th overall among USTFCCCA NCAA Division III teams that were honored as the men’s program finished with a 3.64 team GPA for 15th overall.

Individually, junior Gavin Fleck (Bend, OR) returns to the USTFCCCA All-Academic list for his third career honor in 2025 as senior Tristan Andrew (Newtown, CT) collected his second career academic accolade. WPI welcomes six first-time honorees Lucas Anthony (Lincoln, MA), Avinash Bissoondial (Millbury, MA), Sam Manteria (Wilbraham, MA), Everett Mosher (Chester, VT), Matt Richards (Peabody, MA) and Ethan Schnyer (Nashua, NH).

To qualify for individual honors, student-athletes must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.30 on a 4.0 scale through the most recently completed grading period or must have finished the season among the top 50 individuals as listed on the descending order lists on TFRRS. In addition, any athletes not among the top 50, but who participated at the Indoor OR Outdoor National Championships, are eligible. Graduate students must take all undergraduate plus graduate coursework into account.

WPI Men’s Track & Field wrapped up a 2025 campaign for the record books with a copious amount of broken and rewritten records, clinched the program’s second NEWMAC Championship title in addition to earning NEWMAC Coaching Staff of the Year and Men’s Field Athlete of the Meet honors. The Engineers marked their second-best men’s team finish (1988) at the New England Division III Championship.

The men’s 4×100 squad re-established their own record to earn a spot in the 2025 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships where they earned Second Team All-America honors as Bissoondial, the USTFCCCA NCAA DIII East Region Male Track Athlete of the Year, collected First Team All-America honors. The women’s squad placed fifth at the NEWMAC Championships with a duo of All-NEWMAC honorees followed by trio of All-New England D3 citations.

USTFCCCA Men’s Track & Field All-Academic Teams

USTFCCCA Women’s Track & Field All-Academic Teams

USTFCCCA Men’s Track & Field All-Academic Athletes

As usual, the U.S. women’s volleyball teams have a heavy Texas Longhorns presence in the summer tournaments.

Tulane is scheduled to play UAB, Charlotte, East Carolina, Memphis, North Texas, South Florida, Temple, Tulsa and Wichita State at Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse of the upcoming season

The team is lined up to have road games against Florida Atlantic, Rice, UTSA, Memphis, North Texas, South Florida, Temple, Tulsa and Wichita State.

The 2026 American Conference Women’s Basketball Championship will be held in Birmingham, Alabama at Legacy Arena at the BJCC for the first time in league history this season.

The league had a pair of post season participants in South Florida (NCAA) and UTSA (WBIT).

The official complete Tulane women’s basketball schedule will be released during the fall of 2025.

Tulane’s women’s basketball team finished the 2024-25 season with a 17-13 record and a mark of 9-8 in league play Ashley Langford‘s first season as the leader of the program. The team returns American Conference Freshman of the Year Kendall Sneed and senior Amira Mabry to lead the squad this season. Sneed and Mabry both averaged 10.9 points per game a year ago. The two are joined by transfers Jayda Brown, CC Mays, Tamiah Robinson and Jordyn Weaver.

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.— This spring, 106 San José State University student-athletes from 11 Spartan sports teams earned Academic All-Mountain West honors, as announced by the conference office.

The women’s swimming and diving team and men’s track and field teams led the sports with the most award winners, with 16 student-athletes each, followed closely by women’s track and field with 14. Three other sports notched double-digit winners – baseball at 12 and women’s gymnastics and softball with 11 apiece.

Eight Spartans earned Academic All-MW honors for the fourth time in their career at San José State.

Baseball – Joey Cammarata

Men’s Golf – Zubair Firdaus

Women’s Golf – Lucia Lopez Ortega

Softball – Lacie Ham, Aubrie Thomas

Women’s Swimming & Diving – Andreea Dragoi, Ellie Shorten

Women’s Track & Field – Lina Schubert

For the 2024-25 academic year, 185 Spartans earned academic all-conference recognition from the Mountain West (16 sports – 162) Western Athletic Conference (men’s soccer – 5), Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (women’s water polo – 8) and West Coast Conference (men’s water polo – 10).

To qualify for Academic All-MW, a student-athlete must have completed at least one academic semester at the institution while maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better. The student-athlete must have competed in 50 percent of the team’s completed varsity contests.

In all, 1,351 student-athletes have been named to the spring 2025 Academic All-MW teams. Sports recognized include baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s golf, women’s gymnastics, softball, women’s swimming and diving, men’s and women’s tennis and men’s and women’s indoor and outdoor track and field.

San José State University Academic All-Mountain West Award winners – Spring 2025

Baseball (12)

Rocco Caballero                     Junior                         Philosophy

Kyle Calzadiaz                       Junior                         Philosophy

#^%Joey Cammarata            Graduate                    Master’s – Interdisciplinary Studies

Zach Chamizo                        Senior                         Philosophy

Alex Fernandes                      Senior                         Philosophy

Nolan George                         Senior                         Communication Studies

EJ McGrew                             Junior                         Communications

JC Osorio-Agard                     Sophomore                Economics BA

Timmy Reeve                         Junior                         Communication Studies

Luca Staiano                          Junior                         Business Administration/Marketing

Zach Tallerman                     Senior                         Philosophy

David Thomas Munoz           Junior                         Communication Studies

Men’s Basketball (2)

Chol Marial                            Graduate                    Adv. Comms & Research Methods  

Josh Uduje                              Senior                         Sociology

Women’s Basketball (8)

Mecca Alexander                   Freshman                   Art/Digital Art

Djessira Diawara                   Senior                         Philosophy

#^Sofia Kelemeni                  Junior                         Biological Science/Molecular Bio BS

Amiah Simmons                    Senior                         Communication Studies

Jasmine Singleton                  Junior                         Adv. Comms & Research Methods

Finau Tonga                           Junior                         Philosophy

Hennie Van Schaik                Senior                         Sociology

Rylei Waugh                          Sophomore                Communication Studies

Men’s Golf (5)

Ivan Barahona                       Junior                         Business Administration/Management

Jed Dy                                     Junior                         Communication Studies

#^%Zubair Firdaus               Senior                         Business Administration/Business

Avinash Iyer                          Junior                         Business Administration/Finance

Keshav “KC” Mungali            Sophomore                Business Administration/Management

Women’s Golf (6)

#Moa Andersson                   Sophomore                Business Administration/International Business

Isabella Cioe                          Freshman                   Economics

#^Rebecca Gyllner                Junior                         Business Administration/Management

Nicola Kaminski                    Senior                         Kinesiology

#Tessa Kremser                    Sophomore                Business Administration/Human Resources

#^%Lucia Lopez Ortega       Senior                         Biological Sciences/Systems Physiology BS

Women’s Gymnastics (11)

#Marissa Ashton                   Sophomore                Business Administration/Management

Ava East                                 Freshman                   Business Administration/Management

Madison Gustitus                  Freshman                   Business Administration/Management

Ava Johnson                           Freshman                   Business Administration/Marketing

#Madison Kirsch                   Graduate                    Adv. Comms & Research Methods

#Sophia Konieczny               Senior                         Forensic Science/Biology

#Jaudai Lopes                        Graduate                    Adv. Comms & Research Methods

Samantha Macasu                 Freshman                   Biological Sciences BA

#Olivia Reardon                    Sophomore                Kinesiology

#Devyn Valuch                      Sophomore                Justice Studies/Criminology

#Katherine Weyhmiller        Graduate                    Adv. Comms & Research Methods

Softball (11)

Taylor Chillingworth            Freshman                   Kinesiology

#Carly Cummings                 Sophomore                Child & Adolescent Development – Prep for Teaching

Sarah Deplitch                       Freshman                   Business Administration/Marketing

#^%Lacie Ham                      Senior                         Psychology BA

#Shay McDowell                   Junior                         Kinesiology

Gigi Ortega                             Freshman                   Advertising

Taylor Peacock                      Freshman                   Undeclared

#Haley Reeve                         Sophomore                Liberal Studies – Integrated Teacher Education Program

#Mia Reynolds                      Senior                         Art/Studio Practice

#Taylor Squires                     Senior                         Mathematics (Integrated Teaching Prep)

#^%Aubrie Thomas              Senior                         Psychology BA

Women’s Swimming & Diving (16)

#^Mya Azzopardi                  Sophomore                Psychology BA

#^Luna Balbuena                  Junior                         Business Administration/Business Analytics

#^%Andreea Dragoi             Senior                         Psychology BA

#Hannah Ernst                      Sophomore                Biological Sciences BA

#^Laís Gasparini e Silva       Junior                         Kinesiology

Veronica Gourley                  Freshman                   Business Administration/Marketing

Hailey Grotte                         Graduate                    Kinesiology MS

#Ashley Jackson                    Sophomore                Biological Sciences/Systems Physiology BS

#Jenna Jagielski                     Junior                         Forensics BS

Shyann Kissinger                  Sophomore                Biological Sciences BA

Melia Lee                                Freshman                   Aviation

#Vilma Lindberg                   Sophomore                Business Administration/International Business

Katerina Marghieri                Freshman                   Physics BS

#^%Ellie Shorten                  Senior                         Business Administration/Management Info. Systems

#Dalton Sickon                      Sophomore                Kinesiology

Keira Vail                               Freshman                   Journalism

Women’s Tennis (5)

Olaya Bances Iglesias            Senior                         Business Administration/Marketing

#Duru Durgun                       Sophomore                Psychology BA

Soledad Fayos Capilla           Freshman                   Business Administration/International Business

#Cheuk Ying Shek                 Sophomore                Design Studies BA

Carla Urchoeguia                   Senior                         Creative Arts

Men’s Track & Field (16)

Will Bujake                            Sophomore                History

Asante Carter                         Freshman                   Public Health

#^Michael Chadwick            Senior                         Kinesiology

Trey Ciccio                             Sophomore                Business Administration/Finance

Diego Cortes                          Freshman                   Kinesiology

Isaiah Gilmore                       Senior                         Kinesiology

Rowan Henige                       Freshman                   Kinesiology

#Jared Jones                          Senior                         Kinesiology

Preston King                          Freshman                   Engineering Tech

Otto Laing                              Sophomore                Kinesiology

#Nathan Lau                          Sophomore                Electrical Engineering

Noah Lawson                         Junior                         Social Sciences

Lexington Leffall                   Freshman                   Geography

#Aiden Stalnecker                 Sophomore                Biological Sciences BA

#^Cameron Tarver               Junior                         Business Administration/Human Resources

#Alexander Walker               Sophomore                Chemical Engineering

Women’s Track & Field (14)

#Nereyda Alvarez-Gonzalez Junior                         Kinesiology

Isabela Arreola                      Freshman                   Business Administration/Marketing

#^Alyssa Bean                       Junior                         Psychology BA

#^Eve Divinity                       Junior                         Communication Disorders & Sciences

#^Savana Dutton                  Junior                         Undeclared – Pre-Nursing

Katharina Graman                 Sophomore                Economics BS

#Sky Hagan                            Junior                         Communication Studies

#Gabriella Hernandez          Sophomore                Business Administration/Accounting

Favour Iyasere                      Junior                         Kinesiology

#Nakai Johnson                     Sophomore                Kinesiology

Isabella Santillan                   Freshman                   Kinesiology

#^%Lina Schubert                Senior                         Psychology BA

#^Emilia Sjostrand               Senior                         Sociology

Jodeci Weems                        Senior                         Environmental Studies

# – 2024 award winner

^ – 2023 award winner

% – 2022 award winner

#AllSpartans

COLLEGE PARK, MD – Eight Maryland track and field/cross country student-athletes were named U.S. Track & Field And Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic as announced by the organization. Additionally, both the men’s and women’s track & field teams earned USTFCCCA All-Academic Team distinction.
 
From the men’s team, Eric Albright and Jack Barchet earned the individual honors. The women’s team had six student-athletes earn the accolade: Tolu Akinduro, Rose Coats, Kami Joi Hickson, Chioma Njoku, Sam Payne, and Maya Valmon.
 

To earn the individual all-academic honor, student-athletes must hold a minimum cumulative grade-point-average of 3.25 and have completed at least two semesters at their current institution. Additionally, they must have finished in the top 96 in any championship individual event (or top 48 in a relay event) during the indoor season or participated in any round of the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships finishing among the top 48 in the East/West regionals during the outdoor season.
 
For the teams to be honored, a program must maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.0 for an institutions NCAA squad list.
 
This is the latest academic honor for Albright, Barchet, Coats, Njoku, and Valmon as they each earned College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Honors in June.