Track & Field Trio Named CoSIDA Academic All-Americans

6.25.20

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INDIANAPOLIS – A talented group of three student-athletes from the Great Midwest Athletic Conference were named CoSIDA Academic All-Americans for Division II Cross Country/Track & Field earlier this week. 
 
Tiffin’s Cameron Burrows and Nikolas Curtiss along with Walsh’s Andra Lehotay all received the highest level of recognition from the organization with their respective selections. 

Burrows, Curtiss, and Lehotay were all named All-Americans by the United States Track & Field Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) for the indoor season.

Burrows was one of only three auto qualifiers in DII in the high jump and also auto qualified in the heptathlon and long jump. He was named Field Athlete of the Year for the Great Midwest Indoor Track & Field Championship after dominating the high jump and long jump, earning gold medal placement in both events. 

Burrows finished with a 3.72 GPA as a Management major and carries a 3.84 GPA while earning his MBA. He was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-American Second Team in both 2018-19 and 2017-18.

Curtiss was making his mark in the throw cages this season, earning second place in the shot put in the Great Midwest Indoor Track and Field Championship and qualifying for nationals. He holds a 3.66 GPA in Sports Management. 

Lehotay graduated from Walsh with a GPA of 3.99 in Pre-Law (Government & Foreign Affairs) while excelling in both cross country and track and field. 

Lehotay was named Track Athlete of the Meet for the Great Midwest Indoor Track & Field Championship, after winning the 800 meter run, the mile, and was on the first-place distance medley relay. She qualified for nationals in the 800m and distance medley relay. 
 
The Division II Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division II national governance structure to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2019-20 Division II Academic All-America® teams program. Despite the cancellation of spring competition during COVID-19, CoSIDA continued its sponsorship of the Academic All-America awards program. Student-athletes were selected based on career statistics.