19 Owls Earn USTFCCCA All-Academic Honors

7/21/2026 10:05:00 AM | Men's Track & Field, Women's Track & Field

By: Anthony Roberts (ar186@rice.edu)

HOUSTON – The Rice men's and women's track and field teams had a combined 19 student-athletes named to the US Track & Field Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic Team, an award that honors those who excel both in meets and in the classroom, the organization announced.

The men's and women's track and field programs were both recipients of the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team awards. The women's team under head coach Jim Bevan posted a 3.72 GPA, which ranks sixth amongst all qualified teams, while the men's team under head coach Jon Warren posted a 3.6 GPA, which ranks eighth.

In order to qualify for an individual athlete recognition, the athlete must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.25 (4.0 scale) and be within the top 96 (indoors) or regional top 48 (outdoors) in their respective events. In order to qualify for team recognition, a program must finish with at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA (4.0 scale).

This year's Rice honorees on the women's team are Sydney Freeman (undeclared), Saniya Friendly (sports medicine and exercise physiology), Riana Green (sport management), Emily Harbach (undeclared), Julia Johannesdottir (environmental engineering), Barbora Malíková (architecture and building science), Arayna Mickles (business administration), Elena Schwegman (accounting), Savannah Simms (global affairs), Alice Taylor (sports medicine and exercise physiology), Josie Taylor (earth, environmental & planetary sciences), Petra Taylor (sport management) and Mckyla Van der Westhuizen (sports medicine and exercise physiology).

The Rice men receiving recognition are Cal Abdulky (business administration), Edward Bocock (undeclared), Christian Edgar (business), Jack Greaves (mechanical engineering), Ty Hampton (energy economics) and Andrew Murray (business administration).