FRISCO, Texas – Three Southeastern Louisiana University track & field athletes were named to the Southland Conference 2012-13 All-Academic Cross Country and Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field teams announced Thursday by the league office.

Lady Lions Kierra Crews and Brittany Pfantz, as well as male pole vaulter Vance Law, represent Southeastern on the squad.

Crews, a sophomore from Warren, Mich. (Warren H.S.), carries a 4.00 GPA in Nursing. She established personal bests during the indoor season in both the 55-meter (7.78 seconds) and 60-meter dash (8.48), as well as the 60-meter hurdles (9.16), and the 100-meter hurdles (14.92) in the outdoor season.

Pfantz, a senior from DeRidder, La. (DeRidder H.S.), graduated from Southeastern this past May with a degree in Kinesiology. She carried a 3.95 GPA into her final semester. The Lady Lion's record-holder in the pole vault, Pfantz topped out at 12 feet, 11.5 inches during the outdoor season and 12-01.75 indoors. Pfantz won the pole vault back-to-back weeks at the MC Twilight Invitational and the McNeese SpringTime Classic.

Law, a sophomore from Walker, La. (Walker H.S.), owns a 3.89 GPA in Kinesiology. The pole vaulter topped out at 15-09.00 outdoors and 15-03.00 indoors. Four times during the year he was a member of Southeastern's 4x4 team and ran the 200-meter dash (23.32) at the Louisiana Classics. Law won the male pole vault competition at the McNeese Cowboy Relays.

Lamar graduate student Joe Wade and Nicholls State junior Jamee Springer were named the Southland Conference Outdoor Track & Field Student-Athletes of the Year.

Wade becomes the third male student-athlete in Southland history to claim both the Indoor & Outdoor student-athlete of the year award in same season and first since Chris Cralle of Sam Houston State (2011). The graduate student from Isle of Wight, England (St. Mary's University), claimed the individual title in the 1,500-meter run at the outdoor track & field championship while sporting the best times in the conference during the outdoor season in the 1,500-, 3,000-meter and steeplechase. Wade accumulated a spotless 4.00 grade-point while earning a master's in Kinesiology and Family and Consumer Sciences.

Springer is the first Nicholls student-athlete to earn the award in any sport. The junior from Lloydminster, Alberta (Lloydminster H.S.), became the second-ever Nicholls student-athlete to qualify for the NCAA Championships, capping her season with a 16th-place finish in the javelin at the national championships. Springer won the individual title at the conference championship, becoming the fourth Colonel to win the event in the last seven years. The general studies major with a 3.51 GPA won six individual javelin titles this the season and finished no lower than second in any regular season meet.

The women's all-academic team consists of 31 student-athletes including 15 automatic selections while the men's squad consists of 17 student-athletes including seven automatic selections. Sam Houston State led the conference with a combined 10 student-athletes on the all-academic team while Stephen F. Austin earned seven. Central Arkansas and McNeese collected six apiece while Lamar accumulated five. Oral Roberts, Southeastern Louisiana and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi each notched a trio while Nicholls claimed two spots and Northwestern State earned one.

Eleven student-athletes are making at least their second appearance on their respective teams including SFA's Adam Saloom, who has landed on the men's all-academic team for the fourth time in his career.

The Southland Conference awards committee, which consists of one administrator from each of the 10 member universities, votes for the student-athletes of the year. The student-athlete of the year award is presented to one student-athlete who achieves excellence in both academics and athletics. All nominees shall have earned at least a 3.2 GPA on a 4.0 scale, and demonstrated athletics achievement for a least two years at the nominating institution. All-academic members earned at least a 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale, completed at least one full academic year and participated in at least 50 percent of the school's events.



2013 Women's Cross Country and Track and Field All-Academic Team

Name	School	Class	Hometown	GPA	Major
Jordan Chadwick	Central Arkansas	Jr.	Bryant, Ark.	4.00	Physical Therapy
April Martin	Central Arkansas	Sr.	Yellville, Ark.	3.72	Math Education
Kayla Nehus	Central Arkansas	Jr.	Little Rock, Ark.	3.78	Speech Language Pathology
Megan Snow	Central Arkansas	Sr.	Mt. View, Ark.	3.41	Kinesiology/Physical Ed.
Becky Gough1	Lamar	Gr.	Hill Head, England	4.00	Kinesiology (Master's)
Claire Miles1	Lamar	Gr.	London, England	3.66	Special Education (Master's)
Jasmine Cornelius1	McNeese State	Jr.	Elgin, Texas	3.44	Biological Sciences
Paige Lynch	McNeese State	Sr.	Rosenburg, Texas	3.75	Exercise Science
Jasmine Webb1	McNeese State	Jr.	Dallas, Texas	3.53	General Studies
Tessni Carruthers1	Nicholls State	So.	British Columbia, Canada	3.37	Communicative Disorders
Jaimee Springer^,2	Nicholls State	Jr.	Lloydminster, Alberta	3.51	General Studies
Quiana Griffin	Northwestern State	Jr.	Lake Charles, La.	3.17	Health and Exercise Science
Casady Ashcraft	Oral Roberts	Sr.	Seminole, Okla.	3.76	Government
Samantha Watson1	Oral Roberts	So.	Schuylerville, N.Y.	3.92	Marketing
Nicole Aponte1	Sam Houston State	So.	Kingwood, Texas	3.82	Animal Science
Haleigh Ceballos	Sam Houston State	So.	Sanger, Texas	4.00	Family & Consumer Services
Morgan Davis3	Sam Houston State	Gr.	Waller, Texas	4.00	Biology
Alyssa Dooley1,3	Sam Houston State	Sr.	Flower Mound, Texas	3.33	Kinesiology
Lygia Foreman1	Sam Houston State	Jr.	Missouri City, Texas	3.28	Kinesiology
Adrienne Quillin1	Sam Houston State	Jr.	Houston, Texas	3.21	Accounting
Tonicia Wimberley1	Sam Houston State	Sr.	Houston, Texas	3.28	Kinesiology
Jenny Zoch2	Sam Houston State	Sr.	Huntsville, Texas	3.92	Biology
Kierra Crews	Southeastern La.	So.	Warren, Mich.	4.00	Nursing
Brittany Pfantz3	Southeastern La.	Sr.	DeRidder, La.	3.95	Kinesiology
Rebecca Blubaugh	Stephen F. Austin	Jr.	Bossier City, La.	3.89	Food & Nutrition Dietetics
Jessica Cunningham	Stephen F. Austin	So.	Canyon Lake, Texas	3.94	Social Work
Kelli Hermes1,2	Stephen F. Austin	Sr.	Victoria, Texas	3.88	Business Economics
Heather McPherson2	Stephen F. Austin	Jr.	Whitney, Texas	4.00	Political Science
Jasmine Boutte	A&M-Corpus Christi	So.	Long Branch, N.J.	3.80	Environmental Science
BreAnna Briggs1	A&M-Corpus Christi	Sr.	Wasmego, Kan.	3.00	Kinesiology

^2013 Outdoor Track & Field Student-Athlete of the Year
¹Automatic Selection
²Two-time all-academic selection
³Three-time all-academic selection




2013 Men's Cross Country and Track and Field All-Academic Team

Name	School	Class	Hometown	GPA	Major
Trey Carter	Central Arkansas	So.	Conway, Ark.	3.68	Marketing
Daniel Reese	Central Arkansas	Sr.	Texarkana, Ark.	3.46	Finance
Matt Johnsen1,3	Lamar	Jr.	Broulee, Australia	3.28	Kinesiology
Sam Stabler	Lamar	So.	Queniborough, England	3.77	Chemical Engineering
Joe Wade^,1,2	Lamar	Gr.	Isle of Wight, England	4.00	Kinesiology (Master's)
Alex Bruce-Littlewood1	McNeese State	Gr.	London, England	3.44	Environmental Science
Stephen Eccles	McNeese State	So.	Lake Charles, La.	3.41	Chemical Engineering
Jarrett LeBlanc1,2	McNeese State	Gr.	Hathaway, La.	4.00	Exercise Science
Ryan Masey	Oral Roberts	So.	Crystal Lake, Ill.	4.00	Accounting
Jack Whitt1	Oral Roberts	Sr.	Norman, Okla.	3.34	Health and Exercise Science
Brek Christiansen	Sam Houston State	Sr.	Cypress, Texas	3.51	Kinesiology
Karl Schreiber	Sam Houston State	Jr.	Rostock, Germany	3.81	Mass Communication
Vance Law	Southeastern La.	So.	Walker, La.	3.89	Kinesiology
Cameron Meyer	Stephen F. Austin	So.	Lake Charles, La.	3.07	Management
Adam Saloom1,3	Stephen F. Austin	Sr.	Lafayette, La.	3.71	Kinesiology
Josh Taylor1	Stephen F. Austin	So.	Pearland, Texas	3.34	Finance
Philipp Baar	A&M-Corpus Christi	So.	Schwerin, Germany	3.50	Management

^2013 Outdoor Track & Field Student-Athlete of the Year
¹Automatic Selection
²Two-time all-academic selection
³Three-time all-academic selection