Trojan Team and Halterman Collect Prestigious Academic Honors from the USTFCCCA

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NEW ORLEANS – The USTFCCCA released its Scholar Awards for the Cross Country season in the fall with the Taylor women named the 2025 NAIA Women's Cross Country National Scholar Team of the Year.

The team honor comes on the heels of a cumulative 3.67 GPA as a team and winning the NAIA National Championships in November. Taylor has captured the award once before, in 2022.

In addition to the prestigious team award Jaynie Halterman repeated as the NAIA Women's Cross Country National Scholar Athlete of the Year. The sophomore sensation collected her second NAIA Individual National Championship during the fall and set the new program record with an outstanding time of 20:04.7 earlier in the season. Halterman has excelled in the classroom with a 4.0 GPA throughout her philosophy and intercultural studies courseload.

Joining Halterman as USTFCCCA All-Academic Athletes were Noel Bass, Rebekah Firestone, Emersyn Funk, and Malarie Pinwar for an outstanding five total Trojans.

To be eligible for the individual all-academic distinction, student-athletes must have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.25 and have qualified for the most recent national championship meet. Meanwhile, all-academic teams were held to a standard of a combined 3.0 GPA or better.