CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The University of Miami men’s and women’s track and field programs garnered numerous academic accolades Monday, following the announcement of the 2024 USTFCCCA Track & Field Academic Awards.
Senior Russell Robinson was named the 2024 NCAA Division I Men’s Indoor Track & Field National Scholar Athlete of the Year after maintaining a 3.871 cumulative grade point average. Robinson won the triple jump at the 2024 NCAA DI Indoor Track & Field Championship with a 16.76 meter showing.
Both the men’s team and the women’s team earned USTFCCCA All-Academic Team recognition after posting a 3.37 team GPA and 3.36 team GPA, respectively.
Eight men’s track and field student-athletes were named USTFCCCA men’s all-academic athletes for their performance on the track and in the classroom – Oskars Bambals, Edgar Campre, Jeremy Cody, Devoux Deysel, Milton Ingraham, Aaron Kim, Russell Robinson and Ashton Torns.
Seven women’s track and field student-athletes earned USTFCCCA Women’s All-Academic Athlete honors – Gabriella Grissom, Erikka Hill, Calea Jackson, Daphnee Lavassas, Makenzy Pierre-Webster, Alyssa Robinson and Christina Warren.
To be named an NCAA Division I All-Academic Athlete, student-athletes must hold a minimum 3.25 cumulative GPA and have completed at least two semesters.
Athletically, the student-athlete must have completed the following criteria:
- Indoor season: must have finished the season ranked in the top 96 in any championship individual event, or in the top 48 in any championship relay event, for the most recent indoor season, certifiable by their place on final season performance lists on TFRRS for Indoor Track and Field (including performances achieved outside the qualifying window during the indoor season).
- Outdoor season: must have participated in any round of the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships (the Preliminary Championship Competition and/or the Final Championship Competition) or for the multi-events, must have finished the season ranked in the top 48 in the East or top 48 in the West for the most recent outdoor season, certifiable by their place on the NCAA Division I
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