ITHACA, N.Y. – The United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association released its academic awards for the indoor and outdoor season on July 22, and both Ithaca College men's and women's programs, along with 10 student-athletes earned the distinction.

The IC women's team posted a cumulative grade-point average of 3.58, while the men earned a team GPA of 3.21.

Individually, Logan Bruce, Katelyn Hutchison, Catherine Larkin, Meghan Matheny, Julia Nomberg, Sarah Rudge and Amanda Wetmore represented the women. For the men, John Blake, Daniel Hart and Chris Singer earned recognition for their work in the classroom.

Including the Scholar Athletes of the Year, a total of 631 women and 462 men earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors during the 2018-19 track & field seasons.

To qualify for USTFCCCA All-Academic honors, the student-athlete must have compiled a cumulative GPA of 3.30 and must have met at least one of the following athletic standards:
 

• Competed in an NCAA Indoor or Outdoor Championship
• Finished the regular season ranked in the national top-50 in an individual event or ranked in the national top-35 in a relay event on the official NCAA Descending Order List.

 
In order to be in contention for Scholar Team of the Year, a program must finish highly at the respective national championship meet and have at least a 3.00 cumulative team GPA. All told, 297 teams were honored by the USTFCCCA for their academics. Breaking it down further, 184 of those were women's teams compared to 113 men's programs. Saint Vincent College's women had the best cumulative GPA out of any program at the NCAA DIII level at 3.79. The men's team with the highest cumulative GPA was Caltech with a 3.69, which edged runner-up Middlebury by .009 (3.681).

UW-La Crosse earned its first honor as Men's Indoor Scholar Team of the Year since 2015. The Eagles, who finished runner-up to North Central (Ill.) in Boston, posted a cumulative team GPA of 3.17. This is the seventh time in program history that UW-La Crosse has been named Men's Indoor Scholar Team of the Year.

Williams is a back-to-back recipient of the Women's Indoor Scholar Team of the Year, the first time that has happened since UW-Oshkosh did so in 2013 and 2014. The Ephs, who had a cumulative team GPA of 3.57, won the national title indoors.

UW-Eau Claire took home honors as the Men's Outdoor Scholar Team of the Year for the first time since the 2012. The Blugolds, who put together a championship performance in Geneva, Ohio, back in May, had a cumulative team GPA of 3.18.

Loras capped a dream year with its first laurel as Women's Outdoor Scholar Team of the Year. The Duhawks, who won their first national title in program history with a sterling effort in the Buckeye State, had a cumulative team GPA of 3.37.