NEW ORLEANS - Trinity University Track & Field notched a pair of All-Academic Team awards from the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) on Thursday, the seventh-consecutive year for the women's team with back-to-back seasons for the men's squad.

The USTFCCCA added individual All-Academic honors for senior hurdler/sprinter Rylie Edwards (Frisco, Texas / Frisco), junior jumper/sprinter Sean Majors (Fredericksburg, Texas / Fredericksburg) and first-years hurdler/jumper Justin Johnson (Houston, Texas / Manvel) and distance runner Ellie Catron (Spring, Texas / The Woodlands). Thursday's announcement marked the third All-Academic honor for Majors in as many tries, the first for Edwards, Johnson and Catron.

In order to earn the All-Academic Team distinction, a team must possess (USTFCCCA):

- Cumulative team GPA of all student-athletes who used a season of eligibility be at least a 3.1 on a 4.0 scale through the most recent semester/quarter, computed by the following method:

Total the cumulative number of semester hours or quarter hours earned for all student-athletes who used a season of eligibility, including the most recent grading period;
Total the cumulative number of quality points (GPA multiplied by the number of credit hours) earned by all student-athletes who used a season of eligibility, including the most recent grading period;
Divide the cumulative number of quality points earned by the cumulative number of semester or quarter hours earned.

In order to earn the All-Academic Athlete distinction, a competitor must possess (USTFCCCA):

Minimum CUMULATIVE grade point average of 3.30 on a 4.0 scale through the most recently completed grading period. Graduate students must take all undergraduate plus graduate coursework into account.
Meet one of the following athletic criteria:

1.) Must have finished the indoor season among the top 50 individuals as listed on the descending order lists on TFRRS. In addition, any athletes not among the top 50, but who participated at the Indoor or Outdoor National Championships
2.) Must have competed as a member of one of the top 35 relay teams as listed on the indoor descending order list on TFRRS. In addition, any athletes not among the top 35 relay teams, but who particpated in the relay at the Indoor or Outdoor National Championships, are eligible. Finally, any competing relay team member on an expanded descending order list to include 35 institutions (1 relay team per institution) is eligible.