For the 20^th consecutive season, the Wayne State College women's track and field team has received the USTFCCCA (U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association) All-Academic Team Award announced Monday afternoon by the coaches association office.  Five Wildcat throwers also earned individual All-Academic honors as Hailey Baker, Brooklyn Kruse, Olivia Schwarzrock, Torrance Tso and Reilly Young were recognized.
            To be eligible for the team academic award, an institution must maintain a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher while individual award winners must carry a cumulative grade point average of 3.25 or higher and have finished your respective event ranked in the top 50 nationally or have competed on a relay team that finished in the top 35 nationally.
            As a team, Wayne State women's track and field finished the 2024-25 school year with a team grade point average of 3.477.
            Individually, senior thrower Hailey Baker from Blair recorded a 3.621 grade point average majoring in family and consumer science education.  She earned All-NSIC honors during the outdoor season placing second in the hammer throw at 180' 10".
            Kruse, a sophomore thrower from Wayne, had an NCAA provisional mark in the shot put during the outdoor season at 45' 7 ¾."  She had a 3.975 grade point average majoring in elementary education. 
            Schwarzrock, a junior thrower of Gibbon, Minnesota, medaled in the shot put at both NSIC Championships this year thanks to a fourth-place finish in the outdoor season (45' 10") and a seventh-place mark indoors at 43' 7 ¼".  She finished with a 3.868 grade point average majoring in criminal justice.
            Tso, a sophomore from Norfolk High School, maintained a 3.71 grade point average majoring in criminal justice and psychology.  She was an NCAA national qualifier this spring in the discus and earned All-NSIC honors placing third in the discus at 154' 2".
            Young, a senior thrower from Scotia (Central Valley HS), carried a 3.425 grade point average majoring in health and physical education/K-12.  She earned NCAA All-American honors with a fourth place finish in the discus at 171' 9
and was named NSIC Women's Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year after winning the discus (164' 11") and placing third in the hammer throw at 162' 8".