BALTIMORE – Coppin State junior high jumper Deandra Daniel was named to the 2015 United States Track & Field Cross-Country Coaches’ Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic Track and Field Team.

It was the second straight year that Daniel earned All-Academic honors from the USTFCCCA. She will compete Wednesday morning at the Pan-Am Games representing her native country of Trinidad & Tobago. Daniel soars into action at 10 a.m. and parts of it will be streamed during ESPN3’s live coverage of the track and field events.

A six-time Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) high jump champion, Daniel earned All-American honors during the indoor track and field season after placing third in the NCAA Championship meet in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Daniel tied her personal best and school record mark of 1.87 meters (6 feet, 1.5 inches) to claim a bronze medal in the high jump at the NCAA Championships. Daniel was named the 2015 Coppin State Female Athlete of the Year and 2015 Coppin State Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
 
Daniel won the MEAC indoor and outdoor high jump championships. During the indoor MEAC championship meet, Daniel rewrote the record book by clearing 1.85 meters (6 feet, 0.75 inches) to erase a mark that had stood for 10 years. She ended the outdoor season by earning All-ECAC East honors and qualifying for the NCAA Division I East Region Preliminary Championships in Jacksonville (Fl.).

Including the Scholar Athletes of the Year, a total of 838 women from 207 institutions earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors for their combined academic and athletic accomplishments.

To qualify for the USTFCCCA All-Academic Track and Field Team, the student-athlete must have compiled a cumulative grade point average of 3.25 and have met at least one of the following athletic standards:

For the indoor season, a student-athlete must have finished the regular season ranked in the national top 96 in an individual event or ranked in the national top 48 (collective listing) in a relay event on the official NCAA POP list provided by TFRRS.org

For the outdoor season, a student-athlete must have participated in any round of the NCAA Division I Championships (including preliminary rounds).