RUSTON, La. – Louisiana Tech's men's cross country team earned the Conference USA Sports Academic Award for 2018-19 as the Bulldogs combined for an annual grade point average (GPA) of 3.448.
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The Sport Academic Award is given to the team in each conference-sponsored sport with the highest GPA for the academic year. Louisiana Tech is a repeat winner of this award as the Bulldogs captured it for men's cross country last year as well.
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The Bulldogs team GPA was comprised of the academic work of
Austin Ballow,
John Barham,
Nathan Bolner,
Noah Elder,
Cameron Farris,
William Harrell,
Drake Heinz,
Conner Killian,
Tommy Knippers,
Cooper Krenkels,
Josiah Perez and
Mason Youberg.
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The Institutional Excellence Award is given to the C-USA institution with the highest GPA during each academic year for all student-athletes in conference-sponsored sports. FIU captured that award for this past year.
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