NEW ORLEANS, LA. – Following the program's first outdoor conference championship since 2004, the hardware continues to roll in for the Aggies. Four student-athletes were named USTFCCCA All-Academic Athletes, while the program earned the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team award. Terice Steen received this honor for the second time in her collegiate career, with Bailey Beene, Emily Birch and Rebecca Green achieving the feat for the first time.
 
This marks the first All-Academic Team award for the Aggies since 2021, and their 11^th overall selection since 2011. They accomplished this with a team GPA of 3.392, the highest ever among NM State honorees.  
 
Along with NM State, six other CUSA institutions made the list of All-Academic Team honorees – Jax State (3.49 GPA), Liberty (3.49), FIU (3.45), WKU (3.41), UTEP (3.27) and Sam Houston (3.05).
 
Criterion for the award are as follows…

• Minimum CUMULATIVE grade point average of 3.25 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].
• Must have completed at least two (2) semesters or three (3) quarters at the nominating institution.
• Athletic criteria for the award:
  • For the indoor season: must have finished the season ranked in the top 96 in any championship individual event, or in the top 48 in any championship relay event, for the most recent indoor season, certifiable by their place on final season performance lists on TFRRS for Indoor Track and Field (including performances achieved outside the qualifying window during the indoor season).
  • For the outdoor season: must have participated in any round of the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships (the Preliminary Championship Competition and/or the Final Championship Competition) or for the multi-events, must have finished the season ranked in the top 48 in the East or top 48 in the West for the most recent outdoor season, certifiable by their place on the NCAA Division I

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