20 Hokies earn USTFCCCA All-Academic honors20 Hokies earn USTFCCCA All-Academic honors
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Track & Field

20 Hokies earn USTFCCCA All-Academic honors

Virginia Tech’s men’s and women’s programs recognized for academic and athletic excellence.

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BLACKSBURG, Va. – The Virginia Tech men's and women's track and field programs earned a combined 20 individual honors on the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic Team for the 2025-26 indoor and outdoor seasons. Both the Hokies' men's and women's teams also received USTFCCCA All-Academic Team recognition, the organization announced Monday.

To qualify for USTFCCCA All-Academic honors, student-athletes must maintain a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 3.25 on a 4.0 scale, including the most recent grading period. Nominees also must have completed at least two semesters or three quarters at their institution.

Student-athletes must also meet performance standards during either the indoor or outdoor season. For the indoor season, individuals must finish the year ranked among the top 96 nationally in a championship individual event. For the outdoor season, student-athletes must have competed in any round of the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships. 

Virginia Tech's USTFCCCA All-Academic Selections

MEN

Lukas Baroke Systems Biology
Yekini Bowen Human Development
Ryan Chevalier Financial Planning and Wealth Management
Ben Conacher Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology- PHD program
Dylan DeCambre Civil Engineering
Maddox Hamm Criminology
Viktor Idhammar Mechanical Engineering
Sam Idiens Public Relations
Nate Paris Biological Sciences
Nick Plant Management
Ben Reynolds Business Administration

WOMEN

Katie Bohlke Exercise and Health Sciences
Katrin Brzyszkowska Communications
Sophia Holgado Exercise and Health Sciences
Erin Kelleher Business Administration
Emma Lindner Exercise and Health Sciences
Jule Lindner Management
Mariana Pestana Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise
Chiara Sistermann Biology
Lila Waters Marketing Management