Endicott Athletics and Recreation

    • Risko, Gulls Earn USTFCCCA Academic Honors

    BEVERLY, Mass. – The Endicott women’s track and field program has been named to the 2025 U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic Team list.

    Risko, Gulls Earn USTFCCCA Academic Honors
    July 22, 2025

    USTFCCCA RELEASE

    BEVERLY, Mass. – The Endicott women's track and field program has been named to the 2025 U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic Team list.

    Endicott ranked No. 14 overall and No. 1 in the East Region, tying Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) on each leaderboard, with a program record 3.73 cumulative grade point average (GPA).

    The Gulls were also positioned first among their Conference of New England (CNE) peers, boasting the only team GPA above 3.60 among the group of qualified programs.

    Along with receiving an All-Academic Team award, graduate student Hannah Risko (Albany, N.Y.) earned USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete honors for the Gulls.

    Risko is the second student-athlete in program history to achieve the distinction, joining Bianca Del Maestro '22 M'23 (Malden, Mass.) on the list.

    Risko was one of five CNE student-athletes to garner USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete honors.

    TEAM AWARD REQUIREMENTS

    1. Cumulative team GPA of all student-athletes who used a season of eligibility must be at least a 3.10 on a 4.0 scale through the most recent semester/quarter, computed by the following method:
    • Total the cumulative number of semester hours or quarter hours earned for all student-athletes who used a season of eligibility, including the most recent grading period;
    • Total the cumulative number of quality points (GPA multiplied by the number of credit hours) earned by all student-athletes who used a season of eligibility, including the most recent grading period;
    • Divide the cumulative number of quality points earned by the cumulative number of semester or quarter hours earned.
    • 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]. Data must be certifiable by the institution's registrar.
    1. Graduate students must take all undergraduate plus graduate coursework into account.

    ATHLETE AWARD REQUIREMENTS

    1. Minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.30 on a 4.0 scale through the most recently completed grading period. 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]. Data must be certifiable by the institution's registrar.
    2. Meet one of the following athletic criteria:
    • Must have finished the season among the top 50 individuals as listed on the descending order lists on TFRRS. In addition, any athletes not among the top 50, but who participated at the Indoor OR Outdoor National Championships, are eligible.
    • Must have competed as a member of one of the top 35 relay teams as listed on the descending order list on TFRRS. In addition, any athletes not among the top 35 relay teams, but who participated in the relay at the Indoor OR Outdoor National Championships, are eligible. Finally, any competing relay team member on an expanded descending order list to include 35 institutions (1 relay team per institution) is eligible
    1. Graduate students must take all undergraduate plus graduate coursework into account. 

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    (Photo Credit - Bradley Griffin '28)