Haverford Tapped as Scholar Team of the Year for Second-Straight Year In addition, 131 teams receive All-Academic status

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1 Contact: Tom Lewis USTFCCCA Phone: (504) Fax: (504) Poydras St., Suite 1750 New Orleans, LA Haverford Tapped as Scholar Team of the Year for Second-Straight Year In addition, 131 teams receive All-Academic status February 16, 2012 NEW ORLEANS The Fords of Haverford are the USTFCCCA NCAA Division III Men s Scholar Team of the Year for the 2011 cross country season as announced Thursday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). Haverford was the national runner up in the sport this past fall. Scholar Teams of the year are determined from among those who earned All Academic status and placed highest as a team at the most recent NCAA Championships. USTFCCCA NCAA Division III Cross Country Men s Scholar Team of the Year Haverford Haverford has tallied a cumulative team GPA of 3.48 through the fall 2011 semester. The team finished second at the NCAA Cross Country Championships this fall. Squad members Eric Arnold, Peter Kissin, Ivo Milic Strkalj, Tim Schoch, and Andrew Sturner earned individual All Academic honors last week. The Fords this past fall also won the Mideast region by 77 points over Dickinson, Haverford also won the Centennial title for the second straight year. Past Winners 2011: Haverford 2010: Haverford 2009: Williams 2008: Williams 2007: Haverford 2006: Calvin 131 Teams Earn All Academic Status In addition to the Scholar Team of the Year, the USTFCCCA also announced those men s teams who earned 2011 Division III All Academic Cross Country status. A total of 131 institutions represent 34 conferences that compose the group. The NESCAC led all conferences with ten institutions on the All Academic list. The MIAC followed with nine. Centre College leads the nation with a 3.71 cumulative team GPA through the 2011 fall semester. Cal Tech follows at 3.65.

2 PAGE 2 Seven of the top ten finishing teams at the 2011 NCAA Cross Country Championships earned All Academic status. Of the 32 teams that participated in the national final, 21 of those earned All Academic status. To qualify as a USTFCCCA All Academic Cross Country Team, the team must have had a cumulative team GPA of 3.10 or better. USTFCCCA 2011 Division III Cross Country All Academic Teams, MEN INSTITUTION CONFERENCE GPA Adrian College Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association 3.40 Albion College Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association 3.29 Amherst College New England Small College Athletic 3.50 Augsburg College Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic 3.28 Babson College New England Women's & Men's Athletic 3.31 Bates College New England Small College Athletic 3.37 Benedictine University (Illinois) Northern Athletics 3.26 Bluffton University Heartland Collegiate Athletic 3.22 Bridgewater College (Virginia) Old Dominion Athletic 3.20 California Institute of Technology 3.65 Calvin College Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association 3.45 Carleton College Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic 3.49 Carnegie Mellon University University Athletic Association 3.42 Carroll University (Wisconsin) Midwest 3.15 Centre College Southern Collegiate Athletic 3.71 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges 3.40 Coe College Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic 3.26 Colby College New England Small College Athletic 3.37 Colby College New England Small College Athletic 3.34 College of Wooster North Coast Athletic 3.33 Colorado College Southern Collegiate Athletic 3.41 Concordia College, Moorhead Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic 3.27 Concordia University Chicago Northern Athletics 3.31 Connecticut College New England Small College Athletic 3.48 Cornell College Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic 3.13 DePauw University North Coast Athletic 3.16 Dickinson College Centennial 3.28 Earlham College Heartland Collegiate Athletic 3.48 Eastern Mennonite University Old Dominion Athletic 3.55 Elizabethtown College Middle Atlantic 3.26 Emory University University Athletic Association 3.45 Franciscan University of Steubenville Allegheny Mountain Collegiate 3.34 Franklin & Marshall College Centennial 3.26 Geneva College Presidents' Athletic 3.28 Gettysburg College Centennial 3.11

3 PAGE 3 Goucher College Landmark 3.10 Greenville College St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic 3.15 Grinnell College Midwest 3.42 Grove City College Presidents' Athletic 3.14 Gustavus Adolphus College Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic 3.26 Hamilton College New England Small College Athletic 3.32 Hanover College Heartland Collegiate Athletic 3.14 Haverford College Centennial 3.48 Hope College Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association 3.34 Illinois Wesleyan University College of Illinois & Wisconsin 3.39 Ithaca College Empire John Carroll University Ohio Athletic 3.16 Kenyon College North Coast Athletic 3.47 King's College Middle Atlantic 3.12 Lawrence University Midwest 3.38 Lewis & Clark College Northwest 3.20 Linfield College Northwest 3.28 Luther College Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic 3.25 Lyndon State College North Atlantic 3.18 Macalester College Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic 3.42 Manhattanville College Middle Atlantic 3.56 Massachusetts Institute of Technology New England Women's & Men's Athletic 3.47 McDaniel College Centennial 3.33 Messiah College Middle Atlantic 3.28 Middlebury College New England Small College Athletic 3.28 Milwaukee School of Engineering Northern Athletics 3.17 Misericordia University Middle Atlantic 3.18 Moravian College Landmark 3.14 Muhlenberg College Centennial 3.42 Nebraska Wesleyan University Independent 3.40 New York University University Athletic Association 3.37 Northwestern College (Minnesota) Upper Midwest Athletic 3.39 Oberlin College North Coast Athletic 3.23 Occidental College 3.26 Ohio Northern University Ohio Athletic 3.19 Ohio Wesleyan University North Coast Athletic 3.34 Pacific University (Oregon) Northwest 3.20 Pomona-Pitzer Colleges 3.56 Principia College St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic 3.44 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Liberty League 3.54 Rhodes College Southern Collegiate Athletic 3.34 Richard Stockton College of New Jersey New Jersey Athletic 3.20 Rochester Institute of Technology Liberty League 3.22 Roger Williams University Commonwealth Coast 3.19

4 PAGE 4 Rowan University New Jersey Athletic 3.14 Saint John's University (Minnesota) Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic 3.32 Saint Mary's University of Minnesota Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic 3.59 Saint Vincent College Presidents' Athletic 3.34 Salisbury University Capital Athletic Inc Southwestern University (Texas) Southern Collegiate Athletic 3.11 St. Lawrence University Liberty League 3.32 St. Mary's College of Maryland Capital Athletic Inc St. Norbert College Midwest 3.37 St. Olaf College Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic 3.38 State University College at Oneonta State University of New York Athletic 3.16 Stevens Institute of Technology Empire Susquehanna University Landmark 3.20 Swarthmore College Centennial 3.35 The College of New Jersey New Jersey Athletic 3.34 The College of St. Scholastica Upper Midwest Athletic 3.31 Trinity University (Texas) Southern Collegiate Athletic 3.16 Tufts University New England Small College Athletic 3.30 University of Chicago University Athletic Association 3.47 University of La Verne 3.20 University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth Little East 3.28 University of Minnesota, Morris Upper Midwest Athletic 3.25 University of Mount Union Ohio Athletic 3.13 University of Puget Sound Northwest 3.24 University of Redlands 3.16 University of Rochester University Athletic Association 3.48 University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic 3.31 University of the Ozarks (Arkansas) American Southwest 3.36 University of the South Southern Collegiate Athletic 3.44 University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic 3.11 University of Wisconsin, La Crosse Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic 3.26 University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic 3.28 University of Wisconsin, Stout Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic 3.16 Ursinus College Centennial 3.34 Vassar College Liberty League 3.36 Wabash College North Coast Athletic 3.35 Wartburg College Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic 3.25 Washington and Jefferson College Presidents' Athletic 3.35 Washington and Lee University Old Dominion Athletic 3.18 Washington University (Missouri) University Athletic Association 3.52 Waynesburg University Presidents' Athletic 3.24 Wesleyan University (Connecticut) New England Small College Athletic 3.35 Westminster College (Pennsylvania) Presidents' Athletic 3.18 Wheaton College (Illinois) College of Illinois & Wisconsin 3.45

5 PAGE 5 Whitman College Northwest 3.26 Whitworth University Northwest 3.37 Wilkes University Middle Atlantic 3.17 Willamette University Northwest 3.22 Williams College New England Small College Athletic 3.48 Wittenberg University North Coast Athletic 3.17 Worcester Polytechnic Institute New England Women's & Men's Athletic 3.40 York College (Pennsylvania) Capital Athletic Inc. 3.36