By Journal Sports Staff

MARQUETTE – The Northern Michigan University women’s track and field team has earned All-Academic Team honors from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

Three Wildcats – sophomores Kameron Burmeister and Ine Mylle and freshman Michelle Juergen – received individual USTFCCCA All-Academic honors.

NMU was among 117 NCAA Division II women’s track and field teams to receive the team honor.

The same number of schools – 117 – had at least one of the 483 women who were individually recognized.

To be eligible for the team award, a school’s athletes needed a grade-point average of at least 3.00, and the Wildcats maintained a 3.25 GPA standard.

To earn the individual award, a student-athlete had to record a cumulative GPA of at least 3.25 and post a provisional qualifying standard for either the NCAA Indoor or Outdoor Championships.

The top three women’s teams for the number of individuals recognized were all from the GLIAC – Grand Valley State had 17 and Ashland and Hillsdale each had 12. And Tiffin wasn’t far behind them with 10.

Information compiled by Journal Sports Editor Steve Brownlee. His email address is sbrownlee@miningjournal.net.