| June 8, 2004 RUNNERS HONORED FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. – With the end of the 2003-04 school year, the United States Track Coaches Association has announced that the Saginaw Valley State women’s squad is a recipient of the All-Academic Team award in Division II. The team had a combined GPA of 3.151 under head coach Jim Nesbitt. In addition, three men’s team members were selected as USTCA All-Academic honorees. Kyle Rauschenberger (Auburn, Mich./Bay City Western) competed in the relay events this year and posted a 3.70 GPA in secondary education. Jerome Recker (Port Huron, Mich.) competed in the steeplechase during the outdoor season and had a 3.76 GPA in computer science. Pedro Ortega (Saginaw, Mich./Swan Valley) also ran in the steeplechase and sported a 3.70 GPA in secondary education. The recipients must have qualified either automatically or provisionally in the NCAA Track and Field championships for this year to be eligible and post at least a 3.25 cumulative GPA having taken at least 24 semester hours.
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