WICHITA – Jackson Caldwell was named the American Athletic Conference Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year and the Men's Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year, the conference announced Wednesday afternoon.
 
Caldwell is the second-straight Shocker to be named the AAC Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year, after Brock Rodden (baseball) claimed the honor last year, and is the Shockers' first Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year since Wichita State joined The American in 2017.
 
The Faculty Athletic Representatives annually select 22 student-athletes (10 males, 12 females), one from each AAC sponsored sport, who receive a post-graduate, post-eligibility financial scholarship of $2,000 and a trophy. Caldwell will receive an additional $2,000 as the overall male scholar-athlete.
 
Caldwell, an Overland Park, Kan. native, graduated in December after breaking Wichita State's 8,000-meter cross country record at the AAC Championships in Greenville, N.C. to finish 15^th and be named all-conference with a time of 23:31.7.
 
He was named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll every semester, earning a 4.0 GPA in five of six semesters. Caldwell finished his career with a 52^nd-place finish at the NCAA Midwest Regional.