Awarded for | the yearly outstanding track & field/cross country Academic All-America team member |
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Country | United States |
Presented by | College Sports Communicators |
History | |
First award | 2002 |
Most recent | Lamara Distin, Texas A&M, Zoe Baker, Colorado Mines, ContentsCollege of Idaho |
Next award announcement | 2025 |
The Women's Track & Field/Cross Country Academic All-America Team Member of the Year is the annual most outstanding singular athletics competitor of the set of female athletes selected for the Academic All-America Teams in a given year.
† | Indicates winners of the all-sports Academic All-America award. |
All winners are American unless indicated otherwise.
Year | University Division Winner | School | College Division Winner | School | ||
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2002 | Andriena Byrd [1] | Arkansas | Jill Theeler [1] | North Dakota State | ||
2003 | Shani Marks [2] | Minnesota | Kathy Darling [2] | Johns Hopkins | ||
2004 | Lindsey Gallo [3] | Michigan | Kristen Shields† [3] | Whitworth | ||
2005 | Lindsey Gallo [4] | Michigan | Kristin Anderson [4] | Central Missouri | ||
2006 | Annie Bersagel [5] | Wake Forest | Erin Powell [5] | Nebraska Wesleyan | ||
2007 | Arianna Lambie [6] | Stanford | Elaine Binkley [6] | Denison | ||
2008 | April Kubishta [7] | Arizona State | Rachel Anderson [7] | Illinois Wesleyan | ||
2009 | Lisa Koll [8] | Iowa State | Nora Kuiper [8] | Hope | ||
2010 | Phoebe Wright [9] | Tennessee | Jessica Pixler† [9] | Seattle Pacific | ||
2011 | Jordan Hasay [10] | Oregon | Shannon Gagne† [10] | New Haven |
Year | Div. I Winner | School | Div. II Winner | School | Div. III Winner | School | College/NAIA Winner [lower-alpha 1] | School | ||||
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2012 | Chanelle Price [11] | Tennessee | Betsy Graney [12] | Grand Valley State | Elizabeth Phillips [13] | Washington (MO) | Milika Tuivanuavou [14] | Fresno Pacific | ||||
2013 | Jordan Hasay [15] | Oregon | Kristen Hixson [16] | Grand Valley State | Mary Mahoney [17] | Mount Union | Breanna Mathes [18] | Morningside | ||||
2014 | Abbey D’Agostino [19] | Dartmouth | Kristen Hixson [20] | Grand Valley State | Christy Cazzola† [21] | Wisconsin–Oshkosh | Hannah Helker [22] | Oklahoma Baptist | ||||
2015 | Rebecca Esselstein [23] | Air Force | Ewa Zaborowska [24] | Harding | Lucy Cheadle [25] | Washington (MO) | Ellie Staker [26] | Embry–Riddle | ||||
2016 | Christina Hillman [27] | Iowa State | Emily Oren [28] | Hillsdale | Maryann Gong† [29] | MIT | Leah Esposito† [30] | Carroll | ||||
2017 | Erin Finn [31] | Michigan | Natalie O’Keefe [32] | Southwest Baptist | Maryann Gong† [33] | MIT | Leah Esposito† [34] | Carroll | ||||
2018 | Lynne Mooradian [35] | Army | Alicja Konieczek † [36] | Western Colorado | Taryn Cordani [37] | Ithaca | Samantha Liermann [38] | Concordia (NE) | ||||
2019 | Lexi Jacobus† [39] | Arkansas | Alicja Konieczek [40] | Western Colorado | Elizabeth Jones [41] | Nebraska Wesleyan | Samantha Liermann [42] | Concordia (NE) | ||||
2020 | Anna Cockrell [43] | USC | Haven Lander [44] | Pittsburg State | Katie Bacher [45] | MIT | Danielle De Castro [46] | Oregon Tech | ||||
2021 | Anna Cockrell [47] | USC | Ida Narbuvoll [48] | Mary | Katie Bacher [49] | MIT | Emily Kearney [50] | Midland | ||||
2022 | Jorinde van Klinken [51] | Arizona State | Zoe Baker [51] | Colorado Mines | Esther Seeland† [51] | Messiah | Josie Puelz [51] | Concordia (NE) | ||||
2023 | Talitha Diggs [52] | Florida | Zoe Baker [52] | Colorado Mines | Kenadee Wayt† [52] | Mount Union | Rachel Battershell [52] | Concordia (NE) | ||||
2024 | Lamara Distin [53] | Texas A&M | Zoe Baker [53] | Colorado Mines | Fiona Smith [53] | Saint Benedict | Ellyse Tingelstad [53] | College of Idaho |
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