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NEW ORLEANS – The Cowboys of Oklahoma State University are the USTFCCCA NCAA Division I Men’s Scholar Team of the Year for the 2012 cross country season as announced by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). Oklahoma State won the NCAA Cross Country Championship title this fall – its third in four years.

Scholar Teams of the year are determined from among those who earned All-Academic status and placed highest as a team at the most recent NCAA Championships.

USTFCCCA NCAA Division I
Cross Country Men’s Scholar Team of the Year – Oklahoma State University

The Cowboys, coached by Bill Dellinger National DI Men’s Coach of the Year Dave Smith, have earned a 3.203 cumulative grade point average through the 2012 fall semester.

After sharing the Midwest Regional crown with in-state Rival Oklahoma, the Cowboys stormed back for one of the more dominant NCAA Championship performances in recent memory, taking their third NCAA title in four years with a trim 72 points – the fewest since Wisconsin’s 37 in 2005 – in a 63-point victory over runner-up and defending champion Wisconsin.

Senior Girma Mecheso led the Cowboys with a fifth-place individual finish as one of Oklahoma State’s national-best four All-Americans. Junior Tom Farrell (ninth), junior Shadrack Kipchirchir (18th) and junior Joseph Manilafasha (24th) also earned All-America honors from the USTFCCCA.

Past Winners

2012: Oklahoma State
2011: Wisconsin
2010: Florida State
2009: Oklahoma State
2008: Iona
2007: Iona
2006: Iona

145 Teams Earn All-Academic Status

In addition to the Scholar Team of the Year, the USTFCCCA also announced those Men’s teams who earned 2012 Division I All-Academic Cross Country status.

A total of 145 institutions represent 30 conferences that compose the group. The Big East Conference had the most squads make the list with nine. The Big Ten followed with eight.

Memphis reported the highest cumulative team GPA in the country through the fall 2012 semester at 3.65. Chattanooga followed at 3.64.

Seven of the top ten finishing teams at the 2012 NCAA Cross Country Championships earned All-Academic status. Of the 31 teams that participated in the national meet, 23 of those earned All-Academic status.

To qualify as a USTFCCCA All-Academic Cross Country Team, the team must have had a cumulative team GPA of 3.00 or better and have started at least five runners at their respective NCAA regional championship.

USTFCCCA 2012 Division I Cross Country Men’s All-Academic Teams

Institution	Conference	GPA
American University	Patriot	3.24
Appalachian State University	Southern	3.172
Arizona State University	Pac-12	3.48
Auburn University	SEC	3.55
Baylor University	Big 12	3.45
Binghamton University	America East	3
Boston College	ACC	3.252
Bowling Green State University	Mid-American	3.533
Bradley University	Missouri Valley	3.16
Brigham Young University	West Coast	3.16
Bucknell University	Patriot	3.12
Central Connecticut State University	Northeast	3.06
Central Michigan University	Mid-American	3.25
Coastal Carolina University	Big South	3.342
Colgate University	Patriot	3.41
Colorado State University	Mountain West	3.301
Columbia University	Ivy	3.05
Cornell University	Ivy	3.2
Dartmouth College	Ivy	3.44
Davidson College	Southern	3.34
DePaul University	Big East	3.196
Drake University	Missouri Valley	3.386
Duke University	ACC	3.38
East Tennessee State University	Atlantic Sun	3.32
Eastern Illinois University	Ohio Valley	3.42
Eastern Kentucky University	Ohio Valley	3.24
Elon University	Southern	3.11
Fairfield University	Metro Atlantic	3.44
Florida Atlantic University	Sun Belt	3.285
Florida State University	ACC	3.207
Fordham University	Atlantic 10	3.353
Furman University	Southern	3.21
George Mason University	Colonial	3.285
George Washington University	Atlantic 10	3.1
Georgetown University	Big East	3.23
Georgia Institute of Technology	ACC	3.15
Harvard University	Ivy	3.491
Idaho State University	Big Sky	3.1
Indiana State University	Missouri Valley	3.2
Indiana University, Bloomington	Big Ten	3.05
Iona College	Metro Atlantic	3.18
IUPUI	Summit League	3.24
Kennesaw State University	Atlantic Sun	3.11
La Salle University	Atlantic 10	3.23
Lafayette College	Patriot	3.18
Lamar University	Southland	3.24
Lehigh University	Patriot	3.14
Lipscomb University	Atlantic Sun	3.42
Loyola Marymount University	West Coast	3.18
Loyola University Chicago	Horizon	3.386
Manhattan College	Metro Atlantic	3.14
Marist College	Metro Atlantic	3.26
Marquette University	Big East	3.265
Marshall University	Conference USA	3.3
Mercer University	Atlantic Sun	3.462
Miami University (Ohio)	Mid-American	3.37
Michigan State University	Big Ten	3.122
Mississippi State University	SEC	3.51
Monmouth University	Northeast	3.214
Montana State University-Bozeman	Big Sky	3.207
Morehead State University	Ohio Valley	3.17
New Jersey Institute of Technology	Great West	3.08
New Mexico State University	WAC	3.243
North Carolina State University	ACC	3.002
North Dakota State University	Summit League	3.45
Northeastern University	Colonial	3.316
Northern Arizona University	Big Sky	3.39
Oakland University	Summit League	3.13
Ohio University	Mid-American	3.207
Oklahoma State University	Big 12	3.203
Pennsylvania State University	Big Ten	3.28
Purdue University	Big Ten	3.06
Quinnipiac University	Northeast	3.35
Rice University	Conference USA	3.467
Richmond	Atlantic 10	3.29
Rider University	Metro Atlantic	3.28
Robert Morris University	Northeast	3.513
Rutgers University, New Brunswick	Big East	3.328
Sacred Heart University	Northeast	3.107
Saint Francis University (Pennsylvania)	Northeast	3.32
Sam Houston State University	Southland	3.18
Seattle University	WAC	3.46
South Dakota State University	Summit League	3.306
Southeast Missouri State University	Ohio Valley	3.48
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale	Missouri Valley	3.477
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville	Ohio Valley	3.41
Southern Utah University	Big Sky	3.41
Stony Brook University	America East	3.15
Syracuse University	Big East	3.218
Temple University	Atlantic 10	3.03
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi	Southland	3.127
Texas Tech University	Big 12	3.061
The University of Pennsylvania	Ivy	3.24
U.S. Military Academy	Patriot	3.19
U.S. Naval Academy	Patriot	3.05
UNCG	Southern	3.27
University at Albany	America East	3.14
University of Akron	Mid-American	3.342
University of Arkansas, Little Rock	Sun Belt	3.14
University of California, Davis	Big West	3.15
University of California, Riverside	Big West	3.013
University of Central Arkansas	Southland	3.235
University of Dayton	Atlantic 10	3.34
University of Detroit Mercy	Horizon	3.388
University of Evansville	Missouri Valley	3.181
University of Georgia	SEC	3.16
University of Hartford	America East	3.33
University of Idaho	WAC	3.19
University of Illinois, Champaign	Big Ten	3.298
University of Kansas	Big 12	3.19
University of Kentucky	SEC	3.324
University of Louisville	Big East	3.302
University of Memphis	Conference USA	3.65
University of Michigan	Big Ten	3.013
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	Big Ten	3.079
University of Mississippi	SEC	3.28
University of Missouri, Columbia	SEC	3.033
University of North Carolina, Charlotte	Atlantic 10	3.067
University of North Dakota	Big Sky	3.225
University of North Texas	Sun Belt	3.31
University of Notre Dame	Big East	3.298
University of Oklahoma	Big 12	3.15
University of Portland	West Coast	3.282
University of San Francisco	West Coast	3.19
University of South Alabama	Sun Belt	3.091
University of South Carolina Upstate	Atlantic Sun	3.076
University of South Dakota	Summit League	3.54
University of South Florida	Big East	3.14
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga	Southern	3.64
University of Texas at Arlington	WAC	3.4
University of Tulsa	Conference USA	3.53
University of Vermont	America East	3.14
University of Virginia	ACC	3.115
University of Wisconsin, Madison	Big Ten	3.07
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee	Horizon	3.021
University of Wyoming	Mountain West	3.385
Utah Valley University	Great West	3.25
Vanderbilt University	SEC	3.377
Villanova University	Big East	3.287
Virginia Tech	ACC	3.02
Washington State University	Pac-12	3.35
Weber State University	Big Sky	3.39
Western Carolina University	Southern	3.275
Western Kentucky University	Sun Belt	3.457
Wright State University	Horizon	3.36
Yale University	Ivy	3.56

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