IRVING, Texas - The 2017 Conference USA Track & Field All-Academic Teams consist of 25 total athletes. The honorees were voted upon by the league's track & field media relations directors. Student-athletes must hold a minimum 3.2 grade point average and have used a year of eligibility.
Twelve male and 13 female student-athletes make up the squads with Rice having the most honorees with six.
Middle Tennessee was second with four selectees, while a total of 16 programs had at least one athlete named to the annual squads.
NCAA Track & Field East and West preliminaries will take place on May 25-27 with the west preliminaries in Austin, Texas and the east prelims at Lexington, Kentucky.
2017 InTouch Credit Union Conference USA Women's Track & Field All-Academic Team
Kristen Williams, Jr. - Charlotte | 3.84 - Exercise Science
Clarissa Cutliff, So. - FIU | 3.65 - Psychology
Tiffanni Hernandez, Gr. - FIU | 3.95 – Marketing (Master’s)
Kacie Kaufman, So. – Louisiana Tech | 4.00 - Communication
Morgan Keesee, Jr. - Louisiana Tech | 4.00 - Kinesiology and Health Promotion
Agnes Abu, Sr. - Middle Tennessee | 3.720 – Community and Public Health
Janet Amponsah, Jr. - Middle Tennessee | 3.794 - Community and Public Health
Susannah Lynch, So. – North Texas | 4.00 - Psychology
Katie Jensen, Sr. - Rice | 3.73 – Chemical Engineering
Elsa Racasan, Jr. - Rice | 4.12 - Kinesiology
Ayane Rossano, Jr. - Rice | 3.95 – Kinesiology, Biochemistry and Cell Biology Minor
Dana Dillistone, Sr. – Southern Miss | 3.93 - Biochemistry
Gabriyella Torres, So. - UTSA | 4.00 – Pre-Business
2017 InTouch Credit Union Conference USA Men's Track & Field All-Academic Team
Tom Nobles, R-So. - Charlotte | 3.30 - Mechanical Engineering
Drake Heinz, R-So. – Louisiana Tech | 3.62 - Biology
Sampson Laari, Sr. – Middle Tennessee | 3.676 – Leisure, Sport and Tourism Studies
Phillip Smith, Sr. – Middle Tennessee | 3.468 - Finance
James Coleman, Sr. – North Texas | 3.734 - Psychology
Javier Lopez-Ibarra, So. - North Texas | 3.66 - Business
Charlie Card-Childers, Jr. - Rice | 3.71 – Cognitive Sciences & Psychology
Scott Filip, R-Jr. - Rice | 3.57 – Sport Management
Griffin Lee, Sr. - Rice | 3.63 – Kinesiology & Sport Management
Barrett Brock, Sr. - UTSA | 3.57 - Business
Victor Perez, Sr. - UTSA | 3.55 – Electrical Engineering
Maor Seged, So. - WKU | 3.51 – Electrical Engineering