Women's Cross Country Team Honored For Classroom Work

OMAHA, Neb. -- The Creighton women's cross country team has been honored by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) as an All-Academic Team for the 2016 cross country season.

Coached by Matt Rogers, the Bluejay women owned a 3.74 GPA last fall. That figure tied for the eighth-best mark in the nation, and matched DePaul for the best mark in the BIG EAST.

All 12 women on the Bluejay roster own a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or better, with eight earning a 3.70 GPA or better last fall.

Creighton finished seventh in the 2016 BIG EAST Women's Cross Country Championships.

Teams needed a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) to be honored. Overall, there were 431 teams that earned distinction from the USTFCCCA for their efforts both athletically and academically. Of those 431 teams, 242 were women's and 189 were men's.

	Best Women's Cross Country GPA's, Fall 2016
	Institution	Head Coach	GPA
1.	Georgia State University	Christopher England	3.85
2.	University of Wisconsin-Green Bay	Mike Kline	3.82
3.	University of Northern Colorado	Amanda Schick	3.8
4.	Bowling Green State University	Lou Snelling	3.76
	University of Tennessee	Beth Alford-Sullivan	3.76
6.	University of Alabama	Dan Waters	3.75
	University of San Francisco	Helen Lehman-Winters	3.75
8.	Creighton University	Matt Rogers	3.74
	DePaul University	Dave Dopek	3.74
	University of South Dakota	Dan Fitzsimmons	3.74
11.	Lipscomb University	Bill Taylor	3.72
	University of Portland	Ian Solof	3.72
13.	Portland State University	Brent Ericksen	3.71
	University of Montana	Vicky Pounds	3.71
	University of New Mexico	Joe Franklin	3.71
15.	University of South Carolina, Columbia	Curtis Frye & Andrew Allden	3.7
16.	Eastern Kentucky University	Rick Erdmann	3.69
	Kansas State University	Ryun Godfrey	3.69
	Rice University	Jim Bevan	3.69
	South Dakota State University	Rod DeHaven	3.69
	Western Michigan University	Kelly Lycan	3.69

Women's Cross Country Team Honored For Classroom Work

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