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

The Bobcats have a team cumulative grade point average of 3.64, 16th 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, eight Bobcats were named USTFCCCA Men's All-Academic Athletes. 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 season ranked in the top 50 in the country in an individual event, or top 35 in a relay. 

Neuroscience major Ryan Glaser '28 (Rockport, Maine), biology major Max Hoffman '28 (Wellesley, Mass.), George Klatsky '29 (Falmouth, Maine), biology major and team captain Evan Migdole '26 (Westbrook, Conn.), physics major and team captain Carson Moellering '26 (Natick, Mass.), Earth and Climate Sciences major Callahan Porter '27 (Chester, N.J.), biochemistry major Nate Roberts '28 (Summit, N.J.), and economics / English double major and team captain Ross Tejeda '26 (Milton, Mass.) all earned this prestigious honor.

This is the second straight year that Roberts has been named a USTFCCCA Men's All-Academic Athlete.