

He is the first Scholar Athlete from Westfield State. The Orange, Massachusetts, native claimed the national title in the javelin, heaving a first-attempt 221-5 (67.50m) for a career-best that would stand as the leader for the remainder of the competition. Godette, a junior English major with a cumulative 3.43 GPA, was named the outdoor field winner for his first career Scholar Athlete award. He is the second man from Wartburg to have earned track & field Scholar Athlete of the Year honors. The native of Delhi, Iowa, finished runner-up in the shot put with a heave of 60-6 (18.44m) and threw a career-best 60-11½ at the Wartburg Indoor Select earlier in the season. Olaf to win track & field Scholar Athlete of the Year honors.įeltes, a senior accounting major with a cumulative 3.506 grade point average, earned the indoor field award for his first career Scholar Athlete honor. Indoors he won the national mile title by nearly two seconds in a career-best 4:10.19, and he doubled back outdoors to take the 1500 meters crown in 3:49.64 to win by more than a second over Charlie Marquardt of Haverford. The La Crosse, Wisconsin, native is the first man since Tim Nelson of UW-Stout in 2012 to win both the indoor and outdoor track honors. Separate awards are given to track athletes and field athletes for the indoor and outdoor seasons, resulting in four categories.Įscher, a junior religion and biology double major with a cumulative GPA of 3.96, swept both the indoor and outdoor track honors for his first career Scholar Athlete awards. Those who earned multiple individual championship titles ranked higher in the tie-breaking process, and cumulative GPA is weighed as the final tiebreaker to establish a winner. Scholar Athletes of the Year were selected as the highest-finishing performers at the NCAA Indoor & Outdoor Championships who also achieved USTFCCCA All-Academic Individual status.

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The full breakdown of All-Academic selections can be found below. Taking into account their accomplishments both in the classroom and in competition during the recently completed academic year, these three men stood out among a class of 297 who earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors.
