NEW ORLEANS -- The Bates women's track and field team was honored on Monday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association for their achievements in the classroom.

The Bobcats achieved a team cumulative grade point average of 3.73, the 12th highest in NCAA Division III, and good for All-Academic Team honors from the USTFCCCA. The minimum threshold to be named an All-Academic Team is a 3.1 GPA on a 4.0 scale.

In addition, five Bobcats were named USTFCCCA Women's All-Academic Athletes. 

Recently graduated economics and mathematics double major Chrissy Aman (Hanover, N.H.), recently graduated biology major Livia Kozick (Portsmouth, N.H.), recently graduated team captain and environmental studies major Maddie Lee (Providence, R.I.), recently graduated team captain and neuroscience & gender / sexuality studies double major Isabel May (Erving, Mass.), and rising junior American studies major Moriah Scharn (Dunstable, Mass.) all earned this prestigious honor.

In order to be named an All-Academic athlete by the USTFCCCA, student-athletes must have achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.30 on a 4.0 scale through the most recently completed grading period. And on top of that, athletes need to have finished the indoor season ranked in the top 50 in the country in an individual event, or top 35 in a relay.