NEW ORLEANS, La. – The Wichita State women's cross country team was named a Division I Cross Country All-Academic Team, the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced on Friday. This is the women's cross country team's first USTFCCCA All-Academic honor. The Shockers earned the honor by having a 3.46 GPA during the 2013 season.

The Scholar Teams of the Year were among 217 women's teams and 160 men's teams that earned All-Academic Team honors for the 2013 season. Programs must have compiled a cumulative GPA or 3.00 or greater to qualify for the award.

In total, 231 unique programs were recognized, including 146 programs that had both their women's and men's teams earn the honor.

The Southern Miss women reported the highest team GPA at 3.79, while the Chattanooga men topped their gender with a 3.71.

The SEC led all women's conference with 13 teams earning All-Academic honors, followed by the ACC with 12 and Conference-USA and the Big Ten with 11 apiece.

Men's conferences were headlined by the Atlantic 10, the SEC and the ACC with nine teams each, followed by the MAC with eight.

-WICHITA STATE-