RELEASE DATE: 2/7/05

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CHRIS CUMMINGS AND CHARITY LEARN EARNED NCAA DIVISION II CROSS COUNTRY COACHES ASSOCIATION ALL-ACADEMIC HONORS; MEN’S AND WOMEN’S TEAMS EARN NCAA DIVISION II CROSS COUNTRY COACHES ASSOCIATION ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM HONORS

MANSFIELD- Chris Cummings and Charity Learn earned NCAA Division II Cross Country Coaches Association All-Academic honors.  To be named to this prestigious honor, the student-athlete must have a minimum 3.25 cumulative grade point average, must have placed in the top 30% of the total number of athletes in the Regional Championships, and must have completed 24 credit hours. 

Chris Cummings is a sophomore physics major with a 3.489 grade point average.  He finished 22^nd out of 210 runners at the Regional Championships. 

Charity Learn is a junior environmental biology major with a 3.98 grade point average.  She finished 3^rd out of 220 runners at the Regional Championships. 

The men’s and women’s teams were both named to the NCAA Division II Cross Country Coaches Association All-Academic Team honors.  To be named to the team honors, the team must have a cumulative grade point average of at least a 3.0, and each team must have a minimum of five athletes.

The men’s team has a team cumulative grade point average of 3.119.

The women’s team has a team cumulative grade point average of 3.527.