Emporia State Track & Field Teams Earn USTFCCCA Academic Honors

Men's Track and Field | 7/21/2025 4:30:00 PM

July 21, 2025-Both Emporia State's men's and women's track and field teams earned United States Track & Field/Cross Country Coaches Association Team Academic honors, while a total of 22 Hornets were named USTFCCCA All-Academic honorees.
 
The Hornet men had a 3.35 team GPA to lead the MIAA and ranked 30th across NCAA Division II.  A total of 17 Hornets were named All-Academic including Ty Anderson, Israel Domeh, Emmanuel Dukpe, Braden Lipgens, Jonah Remsberg and Bryson Turner who also earned USTFCCCA All-American status at the 2025 Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships. The 17 individuals were the most by an MIAA men's team.
 
The Emporia State women posted a 3.63 team GPA to rank 16th in the nation and third in the MIAA. All-American and MIAA Champion Abigael Reid Harelson leads five Hornet women who were named USTFCCCA All-Academic.
 
To be named to the All-Academic team, an individual must have a minimum GPA of 3.25 at their current institution and finished the season ranked in the top 50 in an individual event or be on a top 35 relay on the national descending order lists on TFRRS.
 
Of the 22 Hornets that earned All-Academic honors, 20 are eligible to return for next season. Emporia State's Welch Stadium and Zola Witten Track will play host to the 2026 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships May 21-23.
 
Emporia State Men's Track & Field USTFCCCA All-Academic Honorees

Will Allen	Accounting
Ty Anderson	Business Administration
Kingsley Bennett	Business Administration
Mitch Budke	Social Sciences/Education
Trenden Collins	Computer Science
Israel Domeh	Health and Physical Education
Emmanuel Dukpe	Health and Human Performance
Luke Grace	Communications
Aidan Hicks	Health and Physical Education
Braden Lipgens	Health and Human Performance
Brooks Lowe	Health and Physical Education
Kole Manley	Accounting
Alden Mollerus	Accounting
Max Neeley	Health and Human Performance
Jonah Remsberg	Health and Human Performance
Isaac Tarango	Health and Human Performance
Bryson Turner	Health and Physical Education

 
Emporia State Women's Track & Field USTFCCCA All-Academic Honorees

Isabella Davie	Health and Human Performance
Mia Manley	Elementary Education
Abigael Reid	Health and Human Performance
Ally Trier	Business/Marketing
Madison Vermetten	Biology

 
MIAA Men's Track & Field Team Academic Award Winners

Emporia State	3.35
Neb.-Kearney	3.342
Central Missouri	3.34
Northwest Missouri	3.29
Washburn	3.29
Fort Hays State	3.216
Missouri Southern	3.168
Pittsburg State	3.09
Missouri Western	3.07
Rogers State	3.01

 
MIAA Women's Track & Field Team Academic Award Winners

Northwest Missouri	3.66
Neb.-Kearney	3.649
Emporia State	3.63
Pittsburg State	3.608
Missouri Southern	3.555
Washburn	3.54
Rogers State	3.53
Fort Hays State	3.519
Missouri Western	3.49
Central Missouri	3.46