NORFOLK, Va. – Norfolk State University landed 16 student-athletes on the 2020 MEAC Outdoor Track & Field All-Academic Team, the conference announced.
MEAC sophomore, junior and senior student-athletes with a 3.0 or better cumulative grade-point average (GPA), as well as transfer student-athletes who have been in residence at the institution for at least one year, are eligible for all-academic accolades.
"I want to congratulate our men's and women's outdoor track & field student-athletes, who maintained a 3.0 or better grade point average during the 2019-20 academic year," MEAC Commissioner Dennis E. Thomas said. "The ultimate goal is to develop and graduate our student-athletes to be productive citizens in our society."
Representing the NSU men on the all-academic team are:
Joseph Abiakam,
Trequan Barnes,
Festus Bett,
Evans Cheruiyot,
Anteneh Girma,
Kamil Jihad,
Meshack Kipchirchir,
Kevin Mayers,
Jacob Milton and
Lelei Too.
Spartan women who made the all-academic team are:
Daiysa Burrell,
Kayla Brown,
Kiara Grant,
Fridah Koech,
Caroline Samoei and
Akiera Sessoms.
