Grand Canyon University track and field student-athletes
Shavine Hodges,
Brianne Kee, and
Ramon Cooper were honored with Capital One Academic First Team All-District Track/Cross Country accolades for District 8, representing individuals from the California Collegiate, Great Northwest, and Pacific West Conferences.
As first team selections, these student-athletes will now advance to the Capital One Academic All-America Team ballot, to be decided this month.
The 2013 Capital One Academic All-District ® Men’s and Women’s Track / Cross Country Teams, selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America, have been released to recognize the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom. Capital One has been the entitlement rights holder to CoSIDA’s Academic All-America teams programs since 2011.
Hodges shared Pacific West Conference Women’s Track Athlete of the Year honors with Academy of Art’s Vashti Thomas. The Biology (pre-med) major was a four- time All-American at the outdoor championships, collecting top-eight finishes in the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes and 4x100-meter and 4x400-meter relays. She was also a four-time USTFCCCA All-Region selection in those same events and carried the second-fastest times in the country in both the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes into the national championships.
Hodges was named Female Track Athlete of the Meet at the PacWest Conference Championships with two individual victories in the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes and serving as a leg in both winning relays to add 25 points to the team total.
She was a two-time All-American for the 2013 indoor season and a three-time USTFCCCA All-Region honoree.
Kee picked up a total of five USTFCCCA All-Region honors, three for the indoor season and two for the outdoor season. The finance and economics major was an Indoor All-American in the long jump and garnered All-American status in the 4x100-meter relay at the outdoor championships.
At the inaugural PacWest Conference Championships, Kee won the women’s long jump and was a member of the winning 4x100-meter relay squad, and finished third in the 100-meter dash, fifth in the 200-meter dash, and seventh in the triple jump.
Cooper garnered All-American status in the long jump for both the indoor and outdoor seasons, finishing third at the outdoor championships and fifth at the indoor championships in the event. The business administration major was tabbed as a three-time USTFCCCA All-Region selection for the indoor and outdoor seasons as well.
At the PacWest Championships, he was a member of the winning 4x400-meter relay team, and finished third in the high jump and fourth in the 400-meter hurdles and long jump.
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