Cross Country Earns Fifth Straight AAC Team Academic Excellence Award
Jul 17 | Cross Country
IRVING, Texas (SMU) – While SMU joined the ACC on July 1, SMU cross country earned its fifth straight American Athletic Conference Team Excellence Award, the conference office announced Friday.Â
Twelve members of the SMU cross country team garnered Academic All-AAC Honors leading to their conference-leading GPA: Kaitlyn Gearin, Faustine Chaboche, Alanis Robineau Fauvey, Macey Hilton, Leoni Mierswa, Nikoleta Rafailaki, Kendall Saeger, Megan Aaron, Ellie Grammas, Jessie Crowley, Flora Tissier, and Mackenzie Montandon. The team also earned its sixth straight Pony Award for the Highest Women's Team GPA. Â
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On the course in 2023, the team finished third in the American Athletic Conference, won the Gerald Richey Invite and placed sixth at the NCAA South Central Regional. Gearin, Maddie Hulcy, and Tissier earned All-AAC and Gearin earned All-Region honors.Â
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The AAC Team Academic Excellence Award selections are made by the conference's faculty athletics representatives. The winning teams were chosen based on the 2023-24 grade-point average of each student-athlete who appeared on an institution's roster at the end of the academic year, weighing each student's GPA by credit-hour completed.
