NEW ORLEANS - Two WAC women's teams - CSU Bakersfield and NM State - and two individuals - NM State's
Crissey Amberg and
Kayli Farmer - were honored by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) with academic awards.
The Roadrunners and Aggies were among 218 women's team honored by the USTFCCA as All-Academic Teams, while Amberg and Farmer earned USTFCCCA All-Academic individual honors for their accomplishments during the season.
To qualify for the team award, teams must maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.00. The Aggies posted a 3.214 team GPA during the indoor and outdoor seasons, while the Roadrunners had a 3.09.
Amberg ran a personal best 4:25.37 in the 1,500 meters during the outdoor season and broke the previous school record. The junior qualified for the preliminaries, where she finished 38th overall.
Farmer shattered the school record in the javelin throw on multiple occasions throughout outdoor season. The junior threw a personal best at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships West Preliminary and qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships by finishing ninth at the meet. The Aztec, N.M., native threw a program record 52.70m (172-11) to take ninth in the event, earning second team All-America honors.
To qualify for USTFCCCA individual All-Academic honors, a student-athlete must record a cumulative grade point average of 3.25. Additionally, student-athletes must finish the indoor regular season ranked in the national top 96 in an individual event or ranked in the national top 48 (collective listing) in a relay event on the official NCAA POP list provided by TFRRS.org. A student-athlete can also qualify for the award if they have participated in any round of the NCAA Division I Championships (including preliminary rounds) during the outdoor season.
In total, 752 women received USTFCCCA All-Academic honors during the 2016-17 track & field seasons.
To view the complete list of USTFCCA All-Academic Teams click
here. To view the list of individual honorees, click
here.