Del Maestro, Gulls Claim USTFCCCA Academic Honors

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BEVERLY, Mass. — The Endicott women's track and field program has been named to the 2023 U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic Team list.

Endicott ranked first among its Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) peers with a 3.56 cumulative grade point average (GPA).

Along with receiving an All-Academic Team award, graduate student Bianca Del Maestro (Malden, Mass.) earned USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete honors for the Gulls.

Del Maestro is the first student-athlete in program history to garner this distinction.

She also was the only CCC representative on this year's list.

TEAM AWARD REQUIREMENTS

Here are the criteria for a team to be named an NCAA Division III All-Academic Team:

• Cumulative team GPA (not 2022-23 academic year, not semester) of all student-athletes who used a season of eligibility must be at least a 3.1 on a 4.0 scale through the most recent semester/quarter, computed by the following method:
• Total the cumulative number of semester hours or quarter hours earned for all student-athletes who used a season of eligibility, including the most recent grading period;
• Total the cumulative number of quality points (GPA multiplied by the number of credit hours) earned by all student-athletes who used a season of eligibility, including the most recent grading period;
• Divide the cumulative number of quality points earned by the cumulative number of semester or quarter hours earned.
• Institutions utilizing a different GPA scale than 4.0 then must convert the GPA to a 4.0 scale using the standard conversion method [GPA/Scale x 4.0]. Data must be certifiable by the institution's registrar.
• Graduate students must take all undergraduate plus graduate coursework into account.

ATHLETE AWARD REQUIREMENTS

Here are the criteria to be named an NCAA Division III All-Academic Athlete:

• Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.30 on a 4.0 scale through the most recently completed grading period. Institutions utilizing a different GPA scale must convert the GPA to a 4.0 scale using the standard conversion method [GPA/Scale x 4.0]. Data must be certifiable by the institution's registrar.
• Graduate students must take all undergraduate plus graduate coursework into account.
• Meet one of the following athletic criteria:
  • Must have finished the indoor season among the top 50 individuals as listed on the descending order lists on TFRRS. In addition, any athletes not among the top 50, but who participated at the Indoor or Outdoor National Championships, are eligible.
  • Must have competed as a member of one of the top 35 relay teams as listed on the indoor descending order list on TFRRS. In addition, any athletes not among the top 35 relay teams, but who particpated in the relay at the Indoor or Outdoor National Championships, are eligible. Finally, any competing relay team member on an expanded descending order list to include 35 institutions (1 relay team per institution) is eligible.

YEAR IN REVIEW

The Endicott women's track and field team captured its first CCC Championship in program history on April 29, 2023.

Endicott topped the field with 166 points, which ranks as the third-highest point total in meet history since the CCC granted the sport championship status in 2018 – the same year as the inaugural season for the sport at the College. 

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(Photo Credit - David Le '10)