Arkansas Honored For Academic Excellence

NEW ORLEANS – The 2017 John McDonnell Program of the Year, the Arkansas men’s track and field team recently received additional acknowledgement from the USTFCCCA for its accomplishments in the classroom.

Arkansas was one of six Southeastern Conference teams recognized for academic excellence, including Kentucky, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas A&M. The Razorbacks were the only team to post a top-five national finish at the NCAA cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field championships, all while maintaining a team cumulative grade-point average of 3.10.

Razorback Scholars

Sixteen Razorbacks were selected to the USTFCCCA Individual All-Academic Team including All-Americans Kenzo Cotton, Roy Ejiakuekwu, Alex George, Eric Janise, Ken LeGassey, Ethan Moehn, Gabe Moore, Carlton Orange, Jamarco Stephen and Cale Wallace. Arkansas had the second-most selections in the country, edged out for first by BYU with 18.

Two-time, combined events All-American, Moore boasted the top GPA of the group, capping the year with a 3.81 in biomedical engineering. The No. 3 best decathlete in Razorback history will represent Team USA this weekend in Dusseldorf, Germany at the Thorpe Cup.

2017 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team

Kenzo Cotton – Kinesiology

Austen Dalquist – Business Marketing

Roy Ejiakuekwu – Economics

Alex George – Sociology/Criminology

Cameron Griffith – Kinesiology

Derek Jacobus – Sport Management

Eric Janise – Economics

Sam Kempka – Chemical Engineering

Ken LeGassey – Business Marketing

Ethan Moehn – Public Health

Gabe Moore – Biomedical Engineering

Carlton Orange – Business Finance

Jamarco Stephen – Information Systems

Aidan Swain – Kinesiology/Biology

Cale Wallace – Grad – Sport Management

Brandon Workman – Chemical Engineering

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