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Three Track And Field Tigers Named Academic All-Americans

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The records keep coming for the University of Memphis track and field program in 2017-18.

First, it was 15 school marks set in competition during the indoor and outdoor campaigns.

Next, the Tigers sent a school-record 23 performers to the NCAA East Preliminaries in late May.

From the NCAA preliminaries, Memphis had a school-record nine qualify for the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Ore.

On May 31, the Tigers placed a school-record six student-athletes on the Google Cloud/College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District III Team.

Now, three Memphis student-athletes – Olushola Olojo, Ashley Pryke and Rafael Vallery – have been named to the Google Cloud/CoSIDA Academic All-America Team for another program record.