BYU track: 41 Cougars receive USTFCCCA All-Academic honors

Nate Edwards, BYU Photo

Forty-one BYU track and field athletes received All-Academic honors when the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Association released its 2018 track and field academic awards Thursday morning.

The men’s team had 21 athletes receive individual honors with the women’s team adding 20 more recipients. Both the women’s and men’s teams were named USTFCCCA All-Academic teams after each finished the outdoor season with cumulative GPAs of 3.27 and 3.20, respectively.

To be nominated for USTFCCCA All-Academic individual honors, student-athletes must have a cumulative GPA of 3.25 and meet specific performance-based criteria for either the indoor or outdoor season. For indoor,…