NEW ORLEANS – The Texas A&M University-Commerce women's track and field team earned the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic Award and five individuals earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors for their work in the 2018-19 academic year.
 
In order to be considered for Scholar Team of the Year a program must finish highly at the national championship meet and have at least a 3.00 cumulative GPA as a team. The Lion women had their best-ever finish at the outdoor national meet with an 11^th place mark. The Lion women also had a cumulative team grade point average of 3.1.
 
To qualify for the USTFCCCA All-Academic award, student-athletes must have compiled a cumulative GPA of 3.25 and have reached a provisional or automatic qualifying standard for the NCAA Championships in either the indoor or outdoor season.
 
Four Lion women – Atiana Alexander (San Antonio – Northside Taft), Chelsea Cheek (Baytown – Lee), Mackenzie Clark (Garland – Naaman Forest), and Minna Svaerd (Karlstad, Sweden) - earned All-Academic individual honors. On the men's team, discus throw National Champion Joseph Brown (Mansfield) earned All-Academic status.
 
"In my opinion, the academic awards are some of the most important honors a student-athlete can receive," said Lion track and field head coach George Pincock. "Without a doubt, our student-athletes work hard at practice, but they work even harder in their academic endeavors. These awards are a great reminder that the long hours spent studying and in the Thrower Center are absolutely worth it."