2023 NCAA Division III Men's Cross Country All-Academic Athletes

2023 NCAA Division III Men's Cross Country All-Academic Teams

NEW ORLEANS -  The Haverford College men's cross country team was named one of the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches' Association (USTFCCCA) 2023 Division III Men's All-Academic Teams, the organization announced in a release Thursday afternoon.

Haverford has quite an impressive academic award history as the program has won the overall Scholar Team of the Year three times (2007, 2010, 2011) and has earned the All-Academic Team designation in each year of the award's history dating back to 1996. 

To be considered an All-Academic Team, a program must have compiled a cumulative GPA of 3.10 or greater through its institution's last grading period.

In addition to the team award, four members of the Haverford men's cross country team were additionally named All-Academic athletes for the 2023 season. Matthew Denton (Cinnaminson, N.J.), Seamus Fraser (Port Townsend, Wash.), Peter LaRochelle (Great Barrington, Mass.), and Luca Ponticello (Bloomfield, N.J.). 

In order to qualify for All-Academic distinction, student athletes must have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.30 on a 4.0 scale and finish in the top-25 percent of their respective regional championship meet.