JCSU won five CIAA Highest Team Grade Point Average (GPA) Awards (women's cross country, men's indoor and outdoor track and field, and women's indoor and outdoor track and field
Hampton, VA – The Johnson C. Smith University department of athletics earned the CIAA Team Highest Grade Point Average Award in women's cross country, men's and women's indoor track and field, as well as men's and women's outdoor track and field. The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association announced the winners of the team GPA awards for the 2013-2014 academic year on Monday, May 19th.
JCSU won five Team Highest GPA honors; the most of any CIAA institution this season. The women's cross country team boasted an average of 3.41, while the men's indoor track and field and women's indoor track and field teams won with averages of 3.06 and 3.32, respectively. The men's outdoor track and field team recorded a 3.06 average and the women's outdoor track and field team achieved a 3.32 average.
"The focus at the CIAA is on our student-athletes from both an athletic and academic perspective. We are proud to see a strong showing from the member institutions in our conference. Congratulations to all the teams who work hard year-round on and off-the field," said Commissioner Jacqie McWilliams.
Head coach
Lennox Graham leads all five programs that garnered academic honors as well as men's cross country. Graham, in his seventh year at JCSU, led the women's outdoor track and field team to a second consecutive CIAA outdoor conference title this season. He was named U. S. Track and Field Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Atlantic Region Women's Outdoor Track Coach of the Year for the second consecutive season. Graham was also named the Atlantic Region Women's Coach of the Year of the indoor season.
The award is based on the overall GPAs of the returning players from the previous season throughout the conference. Both outdoor track and field teams received their second consecutive awards.
Here is a complete list of this year's winners:
Sport - CIAA Institution (GPA)Baseball – Saint Augustine's University (3.09)
Basketball (M) – Livingstone College (3.02)
Basketball (W) – Saint Augustine's University (3.24)
Bowling – Virginia State University (3.17)
Cross Country (M) – Fayetteville State University (3.13)
Cross Country (W) – Johnson C. Smith University (3.41)Football – Saint Augustine's University (2.75)
Golf (M) – Livingstone College (3.28)
Indoor Track & Field (M) – Johnson C. Smith University (3.06)
Indoor Track & Field (W) – Johnson C. Smith University (3.32)
Outdoor Track & Field (M) – Johnson C. Smith University (3.32)
Outdoor Track & Field (W) – Johnson C. Smith University (3.32)Softball – Chowan University (3.22)
Tennis (M) – Chowan University (3.28)
Tennis (W) – Livingstone College (3.57)
Volleyball – Saint Augustine's University (3.36)
