New Orleans, LA --- The WPI men's and women's track & field programs collected U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic Team honors in addition to eight student-athletes that earned individual All-Academic honors as announced by the USTFCCCA on Monday.

To be recognized as a team, programs must have a 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.  

Under the direction of Head Track & Field Coach Emily Dippel and Director of Track & Field and Cross Country Brian Chabot, the Crimson and Gray women's program checked in at a 3.73 team GPA which tied for 13th overall among USTFCCCA NCAA Division III teams that were honored as the men's program finished with a 3.64 team GPA for 15th overall.

Individually, junior Gavin Fleck (Bend, OR) returns to the USTFCCCA All-Academic list for his third career honor in 2025 as senior Tristan Andrew (Newtown, CT) collected his second career academic accolade. WPI welcomes six first-time honorees Lucas Anthony (Lincoln, MA), Avinash Bissoondial (Millbury, MA), Sam Manteria (Wilbraham, MA), Everett Mosher (Chester, VT), Matt Richards (Peabody, MA) and Ethan Schnyer (Nashua, NH).

To qualify for individual honors, student-athletes must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.30 on a 4.0 scale through the most recently completed grading period or 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. Graduate students must take all undergraduate plus graduate coursework into account.

WPI Men's Track & Field wrapped up a 2025 campaign for the record books with a copious amount of broken and rewritten records, clinched the program's second NEWMAC Championship title in addition to earning NEWMAC Coaching Staff of the Year and Men's Field Athlete of the Meet honors. The Engineers marked their second-best men's team finish (1988) at the New England Division III Championship.

The men's 4x100 squad re-established their own record to earn a spot in the 2025 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships where they earned Second Team All-America honors as Bissoondial, the USTFCCCA NCAA DIII East Region Male Track Athlete of the Year, collected First Team All-America honors. The women's squad placed fifth at the NEWMAC Championships with a duo of All-NEWMAC honorees followed by trio of All-New England D3 citations.

USTFCCCA Men's Track & Field All-Academic Teams
USTFCCCA Women's Track & Field All-Academic Teams
USTFCCCA Men's Track & Field All-Academic Athletes