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Published 3:09 pm Tuesday, June 17, 2025

SEATTLE – Coming off the two best NCAA Track & Field Championship finishes in program history, added to another strong fall cross country campaign, the Washington women’s track & field and cross country program finished second overall in the USTFCCCA Terry Crawford Program of the Year rankings. This is the highest finish ever for the Huskies in the Program of the Year rankings, which began in 2008-09.
 
The UW men also had a top-10 finish, their third in the past four years, as they placed ninth in the John McDonnell Men’s Program of the Year final standings.
 

The Program of the Year rankings require teams to qualify and score at all three of the NCAA Championships in an academic year, starting with cross country in the fall, then indoor track & field in the winter, and outdoor track & field in the spring. Missing out on one of those three eliminates a program from contention.
 
The UW women finished No. 2 nationally this year, trailing only Oregon. The Huskies finished fourth at NCAA Outdoors and at NCAA Indoors, both easily the highest finishes in program history. In the fall, the women were 13th in cross country. Behind Oregon and Washington was Stanford at No. 3, then No. 4 BYU, and No. 5 Arkansas.
 
The women previously had a high of No. 3 in the 2011-12 season.
 
Arkansas won the men’s Program of the Year award, followed by Oklahoma State and BYU. Washington finished ninth. The men missed out in 2023-24, but were No. 3 in 2022-23 and No. 7 in 2021-22.
 
The men’s cross country team was 16th at nationals in the fall, then the Dawgs were 19th at the NCAA Indoor Championships, and 30th at NCAA Outdoors last week.
 

LONG BEACH, Calif. – Georgi Binev, Kellen Larson and Skyler Varga received Academic All-District honors as winners from the At-Large teams were announced Tuesday by College Sports Communicators (CSC).
 
The At-Large program is designed to recognize student-athletes who compete across 22 various NCAA sports that continue to compete at a high level while achieving in the classroom. Nominees for the honor have to maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or higher, be at least a sophomore academically and meet performance minimums in their respective sports.
 
All three played a major part in Long Beach State’s National Championship run in 2025. Georgi Binev was the Elite 90 award winner, recognizing the highest GPA among NCAA Championship participants, while both Kellen Larson and Skyler Varga have the rare opportunity of becoming both an Athletic and Academic All-American, an honor achieved by only three other student-athletes in Long Beach State history.
 
The Academic All-District honorees advance to the CSC Academic All-America ballot. Women’s All-Americans from the At-Large program will be announced July 8, while Men’s All-Americans will be announced on July 9.
 

NORTHFIELD, Minn. – Cynthia Lu, Carter Sichol, Natalie Tatar, and Sarah Zheng of the Carleton College women’s golf team were chosen for the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Women’s At-Large Team for 2024-25. This is the first Academic All-District Award for Tatar while Lu, Sichol, and Zheng were repeat selections.
 
CSC’s Academic All-District and Academic All-America program annually honors student-athletes who have succeeded at the highest level in competition and in the classroom. The 10 eligible sports for women’s at-large consideration include: beach volleyball, bowling, crew/rowing, fencing, field hockey, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, and water polo.
 
To be nominated for the Academic All-District Team, a student-athlete must have a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.50 on a scale of 4.00; must be at least a sophomore in academic and athletic standing; and must meet sport-specific benchmarks regarding athletic participation. For golf, student-athletes must have competed in at least 70 percent of the team’s total varsity events that were team scoring events or be in the lineup at the conference championship.
 
Lu, a computer science and studio art double major, played in all 10 events for the, carding a 78.4 scoring average to rank third on the roster. She posted runner-up results at the Gustie D3 Classic and the BU Rumble at the Ridge. She earned All-MIAC status for the third straight season.
 
Sichol, a psychology major, captured All-Region recognition for the third time and was 1 of 6 individual qualifiers for the 2025 NCAA Division III Women’s Golf Championships, her third consecutive trip to Nationals. She finished third among MIAC players with a 76.0 scoring average this season and earned medalist honors at the St. Kate’s/Carleton Final Fling, her fifth top-5 finish of the campaign. Less than two weeks later, Sichol capped the year by placing 59th in the 176-player field at the NCAA Championships.
 
Tatar, a mathematics and classics double major, competed at nine events, averaging 81.1 strokes per round. Her season included a top-10 finish at the St. Kate’s Fall Invite.
 
Zheng, a statistics major, picked up All-MIAC accolades for the second consecutive year as she owned a 79.5 scoring average. She tied for 10th at the MIAC Championships.
 
Lu, Sichol, and Zheng were selected to advance to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot. First-, second-, and third-team Academic All-America honorees will be announced in July.
 

VILLANOVA, Pa. — Ten Wildcat student-athletes were named CSC Academic All-District on Tuesday afternoon with six men’s and four women’s athletes selected to the Division I at-large teams.

Five different sports were represented with five selections from the men’s lacrosse team, two from women’s lacrosse and one each for golf, rowing and water polo. 

Golf’s Ryan Pamer was selected to move on to the Academic All-America ballot after earning Second Team All-BIG EAST and PING All-Region in his junior campaign.

Five men’s lacrosse athletes earned a spot, including senior midfielders Tyler Boes and Luke Raymond as well as graduate student Matt Licata and a pair of transfers in Brett Mallee and Tyler Sandoval.

Rowing’s Maggie Coyne earned her first CSC honor, moving on to the Academic All-America voting following her second career All-CAA season and back-to-back years as a CRCA scholar-athlete.

MAAC Defensive Player of the Year and winner of the Sister Mary Margaret Cribben award, Adrienne Grimes of Villanova water polo also picked up her first career nationwide academic laurel and will go on to the All-America voting.

Women’s lacrosse saw two students on the list and each moved on to the Academic All-America ballot. Sophomore Emma Verhoest earned her first career honor after a Second Team All-Region and unanimous All-BIG EAST First Team campaign while senior attacker Sami Carey warranted selection after her third career All-BIG EAST nod.

Academic All-America voting will commence in the following weeks with the at-large teams announced on July 8 and 9.

CAA Athletes Earn All-American Nods After Performance at 2025 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

6/17/2025 5:00:00 PM

Ben Kane

EUGENE, Ore. (June, 17, 2025) – The outdoor track and field season is officially in the books, with several CAA athletes garnering All-American honors following their performances at the NCAA Track and Field Championship at Historic Hayward Field.

Three female athletes and four men, alongside two relay teams, were awarded for their accomplishments at the national championship, with all but two honors going to North Carolina A&T. 

Monmouth’s Yasmeen Tinsley earned a spot on the second team after her 15^th-place effort in the 400m hurdles with a time of 57.53. Tinsley became just the sixth woman ever from Monmouth to be named a Division I Track & Field All-American.

Two female athletes from A&T were recognized with Spirit Morgan ranking the highest as a second-team All-American in the high jump with a ninth-place 1.84m leap. Her teammate Olivia Dowd became an honorable mention selection with a 12.46m performance in the triple jump that placed 23^rd.

In the men’s 110m hurdles, both Northeastern’s Ethan Exilhomme (18th at 13.66) and A&T’s Isaiah Taylor (22nd at 14.30) collected honorable mention All-America status.

The Aggies’ quartet of Jaeden Gumbs, Xzaviah Taylor, Brandon Nya, and Correy McManus Jr. competed in the 4×100 and were listed as honorable mentions in the event thanks to a 40.43 performance that was 23^rd overall.

Elijah Taylor, Xzaviah Taylor, Gurnell, and Dyimond Walker also received honorable mention accolades in the 4x400m finishing 18th overall with a time of 3:05.77.

Xzaviah Taylor earned his second accolade in the 400m-hurdles finishing 55.63 to place 11th and garner second-team All-America status while his brother Isaiah Taylor was named an honorable mention for the event after a 24^th-place outing (55.63).

A&T’s Xavier Partee was named an honorable mention All-American in the triple jump for his 15.32m leap that ranked 17^th in his first career NCAA Championship appearance.

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