UDC Track & Field Named 2024 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team; Zoe Shaw Named All-Academic Athlete
WASHINGTON, DC- the University of the District of Columbia's women's Track & Field team earned the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA), All-Academic team honor as was announced by the organization on Monday.
The Firebirds posted a team gpa of 3.4 to earn the All-Academic status for the second consecutive year.
Sophomore, Zoe Shaw was also named an All-Academic Athlete. Shaw hit the NCAA provisional qualifying mark of 1.67m to win the high jump at the Norfolk State University Invitational early in the Outdoor season.
Here is the criteria to be named an NCAA Division II All-Academic Athlete:
- Minimum cumulative grade point average of a 3.25 on a 4.0 scale through the end of the semester of competition. Institutions utilizing a different GPA scale must convert the GPA to a 4.0 scale using the standard conversion method [GPA/Scale x 4.0]. Data must be certifiable by the institution's registrar.
- Must have completed at least 24 semester hours/36 quarter hours through the end of the semester of competition at the institution.
- Transfer students and/or graduate students are to include only grades earned at the current nominating institution.
- The student-athlete must have achieved an automatic or provisional qualifying mark (individual or relay event) for either the indoor season or outdoor season.
Here is the criteria for a team be named an NCAA Division II All-Academic Team:
- The cumulative GPA (not 2023-24 academic year, not semester) for all student-athletes on the institution's NCAA Squad List for Indoor and/or Outdoor Track and Field must be 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale, certifiable by the institution's registrar. Institutions utilizing a different GPA scale must convert the GPA to a 4.0 scale using the standard conversion method [GPA/Scale x 4.0].
- Transfer students and/or graduate students are to include only grades earned at the current nominating institution.
- The cumulative GPA of all student-athletes on the institution's NCAA Squad List for Indoor and/or Outdoor Track and Field must be computed by the following method:
- Total the cumulative number of semester hours or quarter hours earned for all student-athletes on the NCAA Squad List including the most recent grading period;
- Total the cumulative number of quality points (GPA multiplied by the number of credit hours) earned by all student-athletes including the most recent grading period;
- Divide the cumulative number of quality points earned by the cumulative number of semester or quarter hours earned.
Click Here for the full list of the USTFCCCA All-Academic teams.