DAVIS, Calif. – Both UC Davis track & field men's and women's squads were named to the United States Track & Field And Cross Country Coaches Association All-Academic teams, while women Dani Barrett and Maya Shinnick were each named USTFCCCA All-Academic Athletes.
 
The men's team posted a 3.13 cumulative GPA for the academic year while the women recorded a 3.40 GPA to achieve All-Academic honors.
 
Barrett and Shinnick each qualified for the NCAA Track & Field Western Preliminaries with Barrett going in the 10,000-meter run and Shinnick 400-meter dash. Barrett took home the Big West Championship in the 10,000-meter while Shinnick cracked the 400-meter podium in second at the conference championships.
 
Here is the criteria for a team to be named an NCAA Division I All-Academic Team:

1. The cumulative GPA for all student-athletes on the institution's NCAA Squad List for Indoor and/or Outdoor Track and Field must be 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale, including the most recent grading period, certifiable by either NCAA Faculty Rep or NCAA Compliance Coordinator or Registrar's Office.
2. The cumulative GPA of all student-athletes on the institution's NCAA Squad List for Indoor and/or Outdoor Track and Field must be computed by the following method:
   a. Total the cumulative number of semester hours or quarter hours earned for all
   student-athletes on the NCAA Squad List including the most recent grading
   period;
   b. Total the cumulative number of quality points earned by all student-athletes
   including the most recent grading period;
   c. Divide the cumulative number of quality points earned by the cumulative number
   of semester or quarter hours earned.
3. Institutions utilizing a different GPA scale than 4.0 then must convert the GPA to a 4.0 scale using the standard conversion method [GPA/Scale x 4.0].

Here is the criteria to be named an NCAA Division I All-Academic Athlete:

1. Cumulative GPA: 3.25 or higher on a 4.0 scale, including the most recent grading period, certifiable by either NCAA Faculty Rep or NCAA Compliance Coordinator or Registrar's Office.
   1. Institutions utilizing a different GPA scale must convert the GPA to a 4.0 scale using the standard conversion method [GPA/Scale x 4.0].
2. Athletic criteria for the award can be met in either the indoor season, the outdoor season, or both:
   1. For the indoor season: must have finished the season ranked in the top 96 in any championship individual event, or in the top 48 in any championship relay event, for the most recent indoor season, certifiable by their place on final season performance lists on TFRRS for Indoor Track and Field (including performances achieved outside the qualifying window during the indoor season).
   2. For the outdoor season: must have participated in any round of the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships (the Preliminary Championship Competition and/or the Final Championship Competition) or must have finished the season ranked in the top 48 in the East or top 48 in the West for the most recent outdoor season, certifiable by place on the NCAA Division I descending order list on TFRRS for Outdoor Track and Field.
3. Must have completed at least two (2) semesters or three (3) quarters at the certifying institution.