HAMMOND, La. – Southeastern Louisiana’s Gerald Coleman, Ashley Davis and Grace Walford were named to the 2019 Outdoor Track and Field Southland Conference All-Academic Team, the league office announced Wednesday. Davis, majoring in Criminal Justice, finished the spring with a 3.2 GPA. The junior was an automatic selection after finishing second in the shot put at the Southland Conference Outdoor Championships May 5 in Natchitoches, Louisiana. The Watson, Louisiana native threw 52 feet, 6.75 inches (16.02m) and competed in the NCAA East Regional in Jacksonville, Florida. Coleman, a Sports Management major, finished the semester with a 3.6 GPA. The New Orleans, Louisiana native recorded the fastest time in the conference in the 400m hurdles. The junior ran a 51.94 at the Southeastern Strawberry Relays March 2 in Hammond. The Landry-Walker grad also qualified for the NCAA East Regional in Jacksonville. Walford compiled a 3.83 GPA in the spring majoring in Elementary Education. The Lincoln, Kansas product, placed fourth at the Southland Conference Outdoor Championships in the hammer throw with a personal best mark of 181-6 (55.32m).
“I am proud of all three of them,” said Southeastern track head coach Corey Mistretta. “We are committed to continue recruiting student-athletes who can excel both on the track and in the classroom.”
Abilene Christian’s Ryan Cleary and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi’s Sashane Hanson were named Student-Athletes of the Year.
2019 Southland Conference Men’s Track & Field All-Academic
Team
| Name | School | Cl. | GPA | Major |
| Ryan Simmons3 | Abilene Christian | Gr. | 3.86 | Accounting |
| Ryan Cleary* | Abilene Christian | Gr. | 3.80 | Accounting |
| Blaze Brownlow*2 | Abilene Christian | Sr. | 3.74 | Finance |
| Kai Schmidt*2 | Abilene Christian | Gr. | 3.62 | Accounting |
| Ryan Linton* | Abilene Christian | Sr. | 3.00 | Nursing |
| Markus Schwiekert* | Central Arkansas | Sr. | 3.90 | Marketing |
| Jaron Hamilton | Central Arkansas | Jr. | 3.82 | Exercise Science |
| Jared Hamilton | Central Arkansas | Jr. | 3.68 | Exercise Science |
| Christos Zachariou | Houston Baptist | Jr. | 4.00 | Psychology |
| Andrew Leuthner | Incarnate Word | Sr. | 4.00 | Accounting |
| Jordan Cherin | Incarnate Word | Jr. | 3.96 | Computer Information Systems |
| Garett Cortez*3 | Incarnate Word | Sr. | 3.86 | Sports Management |
| Rodney Littlejohn*2 | Incarnate Word | Sr. | 3.45 | Kinesiology |
| Deion Hardy | Incarnate Word | Sr. | 3.10 | Business |
| Jamie Crowe* | Lamar | Gr. | 3.77 | Kinesiology |
| Matt Arnold* | Lamar | Gr. | 3.66 | Kinesiology |
| Webster Slaughter* | Lamar | So. | 3.38 | Communications |
| Nemanja Koviljac2 | McNeese | Jr. | 3.97 | Engineering |
| Michael Nichols | Sam Houston State | Gr. | 3.50 | Sports Management |
| Tyler Adams*4 | Sam Houston State | Sr. | 3.48 | Engineering Technology |
| Joshua Hernandez*2 | Sam Houston State | Sr. | 3.40 | Kinesiology |
| Clayton Fritsch | Sam Houston State | Jr. | 3.17 | Agriculture Business |
| Aaron Akens* | Sam Houston State | Sr. | 3.10 | Engineering Technology and Physics |
| Gerald Coleman | Southeastern Louisiana | Jr. | 3.60 | Sports Management |
| Cord Neal* | Stephen F. Austin | So. | 4.00 | Animal Science |
| Drake Murphy* | Stephen F. Austin | Sr. | 3.31 | Kinesiology |
| Bjoern Adden | Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | Jr. | 3.96 | Business Management |
| Colton Cohea | Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | Jr. | 3.62 | Mechanical Engineering |
| Logan Robinson | Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | Jr. | 3.50 | Kinesiology |
2019 Southland Conference Women’s Track & Field All-Academic Team
| Name | School | Cl. | GPA | Major |
| Carnley Graham3 | Abilene Christian | Sr. | 3.89 | Nursing |
| Taylor Posey | Abilene Christian | Sr. | 3.83 | Nursing |
| Irene Akwitti2 | Abilene Christian | Sr. | 3.77 | Nursing |
| Annina Brandenburg* | Abilene Christian | Sr. | 3.70 | Marketing |
| Briahna Gerlach | Abilene Christian | Jr. | 3.53 | Social Work |
| Megan Kirby | Abilene Christian | So. | 3.00 | Social Studies |
| Erin Woodward | Central Arkansas | Jr. | 4.00 | HSC PT |
| Hannah Noble2 | Central Arkansas | Sr. | 3.86 | Marketing |
| Ajah Criner | Central Arkansas | Jr. | 3.26 | Exercise Science |
| Ana Kriletic*3^ | Houston Baptist | Sr. | 4.00 | Psychology |
| Kaitlin Smith | Houston Baptist | So. | 3.94 | Kinesiology |
| Danielle Martinez3 | Incarnate Word | Sr. | 3.87 | Marketing |
| Dominique Allen* | Incarnate Word | Jr. | 3.67 | Rehabilitative Sciences |
| Deja Keys* | Incarnate Word | Jr. | 3.40 | Criminal Justice |
| Erekha Sebastion | Incarnate Word | So. | 3.40 | Interdisciplinary Studies |
| Sarea Alexander*2 | Incarnate Word | Sr. | 3.08 | English |
| Katie Buckley | Lamar | Gr. | 3.88 | Kinesiology |
| Migle Muraskaite* | Lamar | So. | 3.50 | Exercise Science |
| Thai Williams* | Lamar | Sr. | 3.03 | Kinesiology |
| Alex Eykelbosch* | McNeese | Sr. | 4.00 | Exercise Physiology |
| Grace McKenzie2 | McNeese | Sr. | 3.75 | Exercise Science |
| Alanna Arvie*2 | McNeese | Jr. | 3.47 | Biology (Pre-Med) |
| Gladys Jerotich | McNeese | Sr. | 3.27 | Basic Studies |
| Aleyah Donald | McNeese | Jr. | 3.15 | Criminal Justice |
| Callie Scull | Nicholls | Sr. | 3.90 | Biology/Pre-Med |
| Brooke Petkovich | Northwestern State | Jr. | 4.00 | Health and Exercise Science |
| Jasmyn Steels2 | Northwestern State | Jr. | 3.62 | Psychology |
| Kelsey Frank* | Northwestern State | Sr. | 3.07 | Social Work |
| Halie Daniel2 | Sam Houston State | Sr. | 3.97 | Criminal Justice |
| Jamie Eckford2 | Sam Houston State | Sr. | 3.33 | Health Sciences |
| Grace Walford | Southeastern Louisiana | Jr. | 3.83 | Elementary Education |
| Ashley Davis* | Southeastern Louisiana | Jr. | 3.20 | Criminal Justice |
| Kelsey Ramirez* | Stephen F. Austin | So. | 4.00 | Kinesiology |
| Taryn Surratt2 | Stephen F. Austin | Jr. | 4.00 | Music |
| Jillian Turner | Stephen F. Austin | Sr. | 3.50 | Kinesiology |
| Kendall Rodriguez | Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | Sr. | 4.00 | Accounting |
| Sierra Pruitt | Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | Jr. | 3.55 | Psychology |
| Sashane Hanson*3 | Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | Sr. | 3.42 | Biomedical Science |
* Automatic selection
2 Two-time all-academic selection
3 Three-time all-academic selection
^ Google Cloud Academic All-District selection