NEW ORLEANS – Twelve athletes from the Haverford College men's track & field team have earned their way onto the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association's (USTFCCCA) men's 2012 Division III All-Academic Track & Field team. It is the second consecutive year in which the Fords placed the highest number of athletes on the national all-academic squad.

The 12 Fords were part of 226 student-athletes from 84 institutions to be named to the team. Eligible athletes must have a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.30 and either competed in an NCAA indoor or outdoor championship meet or finished the regular season with a performance ranked in the national top 35 or 25 in an individual or relay event, respectively, on the NCAA's proof of performance list.

Haverford All-American's Tim Schoch '12 and Andrew Sturner '12 led the group of Fords onto the 2012 USTFCCCA list. Both Schoch and Sturner were voted onto the Philadelphia Inquirer 2012 Academic All-Area Men's Track & Field Team earlier in the summer. Schoch raced to D-III all-American honors at both the 2012 indoor and outdoor NCAA meets while Sturner earned his all-American honor at the 2012 outdoor championship.

Joining the all-American duo on the national all-academic team are Eric Arnold '12, Avi Bregman '14, Andrew Golato '12, Gebby Keny '14, Peter Kissin '13, Ivo Milic-Strkalj '13, Jacob Olshansky '12, Michael Riccio '13, Faraz Sohail '12 and Christopher Stadler '14.

In March, Olshansky was awarded the Haverford athletic department's William W. Ambler Award which is presented to the senior athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average.

Haverford's men's team also earned a spot on the USTFCCCA D-III 2012 track & field all-academic team along with 73 other institutions. The Fords were joined on the USTFCCCA team list by Centennial compatriots Dickinson, Johns Hopkins, Muhlenberg and Ursinus.