SAU Women's Track and Field Wins Top USTFCCCA National Academic Honor

The Lady Falcons Took Care Of Business On The Track, The Field And In The Classroom In 2017-18

RALEIGH, North Carolina – Saint Augustine's University was named the NCAA Division II Women's Scholar Team of the Year for the 2017-18 outdoor track and field season by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) on Thursday.

The academic award is given to the men's and women's teams who places high at the NCAA DII Indoor and Outdoor Championships and has at least a 3.0 cumulative grade point average (GPA). The Lady Falcons, who posted a 3.26 GPA, were national runner-ups at the 2018 DII Outdoor Championships in May. Their GPA is the best among the four DII schools – two men's and two women squads - who earned Scholar Team of the Year honors.

In addition to the team award, SAU collected seven USTFCCCA All-Academic individual honors. The award winners were Leah Barker (Sr./St. Michaels, Barbados), Amanda Crawford (So./Brooklyn, NY), Shakera Hall (Sr./Bridgetown, Barbados) and Magaly Tshipopo (Sr./Orleans, France) on the women's team and Najair Jackson (Fr./Spanish Town, Jamaica), Jamarc Steele (Fr./Charlotte, NC) and Justin Williams (Jr./Long Island, NY) on the men's squad.

To be eligible for the academic honor, an individual must have at least a 3.25 cumulative GPA and eitherqualified provisionally or automatically for the NCAA DII Indoor or Outdoor Championships. A total of 713 student-athletes – 308 men and 405 women – garnered All-Academic status.

To see the entire list of All-Academic honorees, go to ustfccca.org.

COURTESY: SAINT AUGUSTINE'S UNIVERSITY SPORTS INFORMATION