CoSIDA Academic All-America Release
Fenoff Earns Second Straight Academic All-America Honor
GREENWOOD, Ind. – Junior Riley Fenoff of the Franklin Pierce cross country and track & field program has earned Academic All-America Third Team honors from the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), as announced by CoSIDA on Wednesday afternoon.
To be eligible for selection, each student-athlete must own a 3.30 cumulative grade-point average or higher, be at least a sophomore in academic standing and be a starter or significant contributor athletically. The Academic All-District and All-America teams are voted on by sports information directors in the district and nation, respectively.
It was the second career Academic All-America accolade for Fenoff, who has now landed on the Third Team in both years in which he was eligible. It is the third Academic All-America selection in the history of the Ravens' track & field/cross country program, with the other being Martin Gradijan in in 2017-18. Fenoff is a biology major with a perfect, 4.0 GPA. He finished the year ranked among the top 15 in the NE10 in four different events. Fenoff was also part of a 4x800-meter relay team which put itself on the podium with a third-place finish (8:02).
This year The NE10 had 19 totaled 19 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, including 12 men and seven women. Adelphi led all schools with six Academic All-Americans, while Bentley was second with four. Fenoff marked Franklin Pierce's third Academic All-American during the 2020-21 academic year.
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