Press Release

February 5, 2007

Spader Earns Cross Country All-Academic Honors

METLAIRE, La. - Junior Karah Spader earned Division II Cross Country All-Academic honors, announced today by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. All-Academic accolades were earned by student-athletes who maintained a 3.25 cumulative grade point average and finished in the top 30 of the NCAA regional meet. The USTFCCCA honored 170 student-athletes with the honors for the 2006 season.

Each of the eight Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association schools with cross country had athletes mentioned. The University of Central Missouri placed six on the list, the most in the MIAA.

A full list of All-Academic cross country athletes can be found at www.ustfccca.org.