13 Wolverine Women Earn USTFCCCA All-Academic Honors

13 Wolverine Women Earn USTFCCCA All-Academic Honors

NEW ORLEANS, La. — The University of Michigan women’s track and field team was recognized on Wednesday (July 13) for its combined athletic and academic excellence throughout the 2022 season as the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced its All-Academic honors.

Among the All-Academic Individual honorees around the nation were 13 Michigan women — the second-highest total in program history — who led the team to its 11th straight season earning the All-Academic Team distinction.

All-Americans Aasia Laurencin, Aurora Rynda and Kayla Windemuller, as well as Big Ten champion Ziyah Holman, all earned the honor to go along with their significant athletic accomplishments.

This was the fourth time both Rynda and Alice Hill earned the award in their respective track careers.

Ericka VanderLende earned the honor for the third time on the track, while Lauren Fulcher, Mia Manson, Sam Tran, Holman and Windemuller are two-time honorees.

First-time award winners include Riley Ammenhauser, BreeAna Bates, Amanda Schaare, Savannah Sutherland and Laurencin.

To qualify for the USTFCCCA All-Academic Track and Field Team, a student-athlete must have compiled a cumulative grade-point average of 3.25 or better and have met one of two athletic standards. For the indoor season, a student-athlete must have finished the 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. For the outdoor season, a student-athlete must have participated in any round of the NCAA Division I Championships (including preliminary rounds).

Rynda turned in one of the most impressive campaigns in school history, accumulating two All-America honors, three Big Ten titles, a Big Ten record, and two school records in 2022. She was a first-team All-American indoors at 800 meters and a second-team honoree outdoors. At the Big Ten level, she won indoor titles at 600 meters and in the distance medley relay, and won the outdoor 800-meter crown. Her 1:26.50 to win the 600-meter final was the fastest time in Big Ten history and ranks her No. 3 in collegiate…