NEW ORLEANS, La. – Both the University of Notre Dame men’s and women’s track and field programs, along with 22 student-athletes from the two squads combined, earned academic honors from the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association for the 2026 collegiate track & field season.
Both the men’s and women’s teams earned All-Academic Team honors. The men’s team finished the season with a 3.45 GPA while the women’s team finished with a 3.52 GPA. A team must have at least a 3.0 cumulative grade point average on a 4.0 scale, and all student-athletes on the team’s indoor and/or outdoor track and field roster must be included in the calculation of the team GPA.
2026 NCAA Division I Men’s Track & Field All-Academic Teams
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MEN |
University of Notre Dame |
3.45 |
2026 NCAA Division I Women’s Track & Field All-Academic Teams
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WOMEN |
University of Notre Dame |
3.52 |
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2026 NCAA Division I Men’s Track & Field All-Academic Athletes
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Jack Ahart |
Mechanical Engineering |
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Benjamin Anderson |
Finance |
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Mika Brouwer |
MS Business Analytics |
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Reed Cherry |
MS Digital Marketing |
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Jack Henzke |
Finance |
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Jackson McDowell |
MS Business Analytics |
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Obiora Okeke |
MS Computer Science |
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Benjamin Pable |
MS Computer Science |
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Zach Petko |
Business Analytics / Economics |
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Matthew Smith |
MS Business Analytics |
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Cameron Todd |
Accountancy |
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Chris White |
MS Global Health |
2026 NCAA Division I Women’s Track & Field All-Academic Athletes
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Isabel Allori |
Applied and Computational Math and Statistics |
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Rudecia Bernard |
MS Applied and Computational Math and Statistics |
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Siona Chisholm |
MS Business Analytics |
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Mary Bonner Dalton |
Neuroscience and Behavior |
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Isabelle Esler |
MS Business Analytics |
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Gretchen Farley |
Neuroscience and Behavior |
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Lauren Huber |
MS Non-degree |
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Sophie Novak |
MS Digital Marketing |
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Reagan Riley |
Economics / Psychology |
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Reese Sanders |
Film, TV, and Theater / Psychology |
The honor is awarded to student-athletes who have at least a 3.25 cumulative GPA and have completed at least two semesters at their school. Additionally, a student-athlete must meet athletically related qualifications or either finishing in the top 96 individually/top 48 in a relay in indoor track and/or participating in any round of the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, or being ranked in the top 48 in the East Region.