Men's Track & Field Team named USTFCCCA All-Academic Team

NEW ORLEANS, La. – All-Academic Teams for the 2024 NAIA Men's Track & Field seasons were announced on Monday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). The Point Park University Men's Track & Field Team was named as a USTFCCCA All-Academic Team as the Pioneers posted a cumulative 3.07 team GPA. 

Criteria for a team to be named an NAIA All-Academic Team:

• The cumulative GPA (not 2023-24 academic year, not semester) for all student-athletes on the institution's eligibility certificate for Indoor and/or Outdoor Track & Field must be 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale, including the most recent grading period, certifiable by either Faculty Rep or Compliance Coordinator or Registrar's Office.
• The cumulative GPA of all student-athletes on the institution's eligibility certificate for Indoor and/or Outdoor Track & Field must be computed by the following method:
• Total the cumulative number of semester hours or quarter hours earned for all student-athletes on the eligibility certificate including the most recent grading period;
• Total the cumulative number of quality points earned by all student-athletes, 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].

Three members of the team were also named an NAIA All-Academic Athlete. Jakob Blatnik (Business Management), Ramiro Ulunque (Mechanical Engineering), and Jannik Windelband (Electrical Engineering) were named as NAIA All-Academic Athletes for Point Park.

Here is the criteria to be named an NAIA All-Academic Athlete: 

• Minimum cumulative grade point average of a 3.25 on a 4.0 scale through the end of the semester of competition. 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.
• Must have completed at least 24 semester hours/36 quarter hours through the end of the semester of competition at the institution.
• Transfer students and/or graduate students are to include only grades earned at the current nominating institution.
• The student-athlete must have achieved an automatic or provisional qualifying mark (individual or relay event) for either the indoor season or outdoor season.