Magness Named to USTFCCA All-Academic Cross Country Team
2/26/2008 12:00:00 AM | Cross Country
Feb. 26, 2008
HOUSTON - Senior Steve Magness was named to the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Men's Cross Country All-Academic Team.
The Houston, Texas native holds a 3.86 cumulative GPA and is majoring in Kinesiology and Exercise Science. This is the first time Magness has been named to the All-Academic team.
"This is an outstanding honor for Steve and his family. Steve is a prime example of what we are trying to achieve as a program on both an academic and athletic level. Hopefully, this is a trend that continues within our program," head cross country coach Ryan Turner said.
During the 2007 cross country season, Magness paced the Cougars in three meets including a fourth place finish at the Texas A&M Invitational. After leading the team to an overall fourth place finish at the meet, Magness was named the Conference USA Cross Country Male Athlete of the Week. He finished in the top 10 at the C-USA Championships and was 11th at the NCAA South Central Regionals. Magness missed qualifying for the NCAA National Championships by just 0.06 seconds.
Magness was also named to the C-USA Academic All-Conference team with teammate Ahmed Harb.
Named to the USTFCCA All-Academic team are 56 male student athletes representing 38 Division I institutions. Galen Rupp of Oregon was named the 2007 NCAA Division I USTFCCA Men's All-Academic Cross Country Athlete of the Year to lead the group of runners.
To be named to the award, student-athletes must have a minimum 3.25 GPA and have completed a minimum of 24 semester hours through the Fall 2007 semester. They also had to finish in the top 15 or top ten percent of their respective NCAA regional meet or receive All-American honors.
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