Texas A&M
University-Corpus Christi's Shadrack Songok and Hickel Woolery have
both been named to the 2007 USTFCCCA Men's Division I All-Academic
Track and Field Team announced recently.
Songok, who won
the NCAA title in the 10,000-meter run, boasts a 3.33 grade-point
average in chemistry. He was also selected to the USTFCCCA
All-Academic Cross Country team this past fall and was the
Southland Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year in track and cross
country.
Woolery has a 3.28
grade-point average as a biomedical science major. Woolery, who
recently made the Jamaican Pan American team after finishing second
in the discus at the national meet, placed 11th in the discus at
the NCAA Championship.
McNeese State's Bradley Gebauer and Mississippi's Barnabas Kirui
were named the 2007 USTFCCCA Division I Indoor and Outdoor Scholar
Athletes of the Year.
To qualify for the
USTFCCCA All-Academic Track and Field Team, one must have a
cumulative grade-point average of 3.25 and obtain an NCAA automatic
or provisional qualifying mark for the most recent indoor
championships or an outdoor regional qualifying mark in their
respective event.
