BUIES CREEK, N.C.-Campbell senior Alicia
Valtin has been named to the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country
Coaches Association All-Academic Team announced on Thursday.
Valtin is the two-time defending Atlantic Sun Cross Country Runner
of the Year and last weekend was named A-Sun Female Indoor Track
Most Outstanding Athlete.
Valtin, an elementary education major,
won four of the six regular season races she entered this past
season and has won eight of the last 10 regular season meets over
the past two seasons.
The Sanford, N.C. native became just the
second Campbell athlete to ever qualify for the NCAA Championships
with a 19th place finish at the NCAA Southeast
Regional.
To earn All-Academic individual honors,
runners were required to have at least a cumulative GPA of 3.25.
Seventy-six individuals earned All-Academic honors for the 2006
cross country season.
Valtin was the lone Atlantic Sun
student-athlete on the individual list, while Belmont received team
honors. Stanford was named All-Academic Team of the Year.
