Three are Academic All-Americans – Stanford Cardinal

STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford’s placed three onto the men’s track and field/cross country Academic All-America team as selected by College Sports Communicators — senior pole vaulter Garrett Brown and sophomore twin distance runners Leo and Lex Young.

Brown was named to the second team and the Youngs received third-team recognition. This was the second Academic All-America honor for Brown and the first for Leo and Lex.

The selections were based on academic performance combined with athletic performance in either cross country, or indoor or outdoor track and field.

Brown, from Carlsbad, California, co-termed in aeronautics and astronautics. Brown is a two-time All-American is a repeat second-team Academic All-American. Brown earned All-Atlantic Coast Conference second-team indoors and was an NCAA West Prelims qualifier outdoors.

Leo Young, a management science and engineering major, earned his first All-America honor by placing 13th in the 1,500 meters at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. He was first-team All-ACC outdoors, placing third at the conference championships.

Lex Young, a sustainable architecture and engineering major, was a two-time All-ACC selection, earning second-team honors outdoors in the 10,000 and second-team indoors in the 5,000. He was an NCAA West Prelims qualifier at both distances outdoors and was the top American underclassman in each race.

Stanford’s men’s cross country and track and field program has earned 32 Academic All-America honors all-time by 25 individuals.

CoSIDA Academic All-America team
Division I Track and Field/Cross Country

Men
Second team
Garrett Brown, Sr., Carlsbad, Calif., 3.72 (undergrad)/3.69 (grad), Aeronautics & Astronautics (U and G)

Third team
Leo Young, So., Camarillo, Calif., 3.70, Management Science and Engineering.
Lex Young, So., Camarillo, Calif., 3.63, Sustainable Architecture and Engineering.

Brown and Leo and Lex Young were selected from those who were named to the CSC Academic All-District teams.

Here is the list of Stanford’s All-District honorees:

Thomas Boyden, Grad.
Garrett Brown, Sr.
Leo Young, So. 
Lex Young, So.
Nolan Topper, Sr.

Here is an all-time list of Stanford’s men’s cross country and track and field Academic All-Americans:

Men
Year, Name, Category, Team
1999: Adam Connolly, At Large, first team
2002: Donald Sage, XC/TF, third team
2004: Adam Tenforde, XC/TF, first team
2007: Russell Brown, XC/TF, third team
2009: Garrett Heath, XC/TF, first team
2011: Chris Derrick, XC/TF,…