"We're extremely proud of these athletes," said head coach Ryan Heberling. "They continue to display that you can be elite in all aspects here at FIU."
To qualify for USTFCCCA academic honors, student-athletes had to maintain a 3.25 GPA for the academic year and finish in the top 96 for any championship individual event for the indoor season. They must have participated in any round of the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships for the outdoor season.
The athletes recognized include -
Women
Fabiola Declet | Recreation and SPort Administratoin
Nicole Janse Van Rensburg | Natural and Applied Sciences
Hannah Jansen | Early Childhood Education
Valerie Lastra | Engineering
Michaelle Valentin | Recreation and Sport Administration
Men
Raynell Chambers | Physical Science
Alex Gabossy | International Business
Ethan Riley | Sport and Exercise Science
The FIU women were also named as an all-acedemic team, carrying a 3.31 team GPA. The criteria for being distinguished for this include -
- The cumulative GPA (not 2023-24 academic year, not semester) for all student-athletes on the institution's NCAA Squad List for Indoor and/or Outdoor Track and Field must be 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale, including the most recent grading period, certifiable by either NCAA Faculty Rep or NCAA Compliance Coordinator or Registrar's Office. Institutions utilizing a different GPA scale must convert the GPA to a 4.0 scale using the standard conversion method [GPA/Scale x 4.0].
- The cumulative GPA of all student-athletes on the institution's NCAA Squad List for Indoor and/or Outdoor Track and Field must be computed by the following method:
- Total the cumulative number of semester hours or quarter hours earned for all student-athletes on the NCAA Squad List, including the most recent grading period;
- Total the cumulative number of quality points (GPA multiplied by the number of credit hours) earned by all student-athletes on the NCAA Squad List, including the most recent grading period;
- Divide the cumulative number of quality points earned by the cumulative number of semester or quarter hours earned.
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