May 10, 2006

Coral Gables, Fla. (hurricanesports.com) - For the second consecutive year, and the third time in the last four seasons, the University of Miami men's cross country team has earned All-Academic Distinction by the United States Cross Country Coaches Association.

The 2005 men's squad of junior Thomas Berry (Stanford, Conn.), senior Alex Brutvan (Boca Raton, Fla.), freshman Andrew Carnes (Canton, Ohio), junior Zach Castiglione (Brighton, Mich.), junior Seth Kampf (Ellicott City, Md.), freshman Eric Miller (Katy, Texas), senior James Mullaly (Ellicott City, Md.), junior Jonathan Scheiner (Katy, Texas) and freshman Ryan Woodlee (Silver Spring, Md.) recorded a team GPA of 3.52 to rank in a tie for third in the nation.

The Hurricanes ranked second in the nation in 2004 with a team GPA of 3.50. Miami is the only team in the nation to record a team GPA of 3.50 or higher in each of the last two seasons.

Miami also earned All-Academic distinction in 2002.

2005 All-Academic Teams
All - Academic Cross Country Team, With Distinction
(team average of 3.25 or higher )
Institution	GPA	Roster size	Coach
Belmont University	3.65	8	Jeff Langdon
Missouri State University	3.56	11	Greg Hipp
University of Miami (Florida) 	3.52 	9 	Mike Ward
Drake University	3.52	11	Dan Hostager
Indiana State University	3.51	10	John McNichols
Wright State University	3.46	6	Bob Schul
Yale University	3.46	20	Dan Ireland
Mississippi State	3.46	12	Steve Dudley
University of Idaho	3.44	12	Wayne Phipps
Eastern Washington University	3.42	10	Chris Zeller
University of Detroit Mercy	3.38	10	Guy Murray
Stanford University	3.36	17	Peter Tegen
North Carolina State University	3.36	11	Rollie Geiger
Bucknell University	3.34	23	Kevin Donner
Arizona State University	3.34	14	Luis Quintana
Brigham Young University	3.34	12	Ed Eyestone
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay	3.31	15	Mike Kline
UCLA	3.31	8	Eric Peterson
Central Michigan University	3.28	14	Craig Fuller
University of Missouri	3.28	14	Jared Wilmes
Niagara University	3.28	11	Dan Courtney
Siena College	3.28	17	Jim Bowles
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga	3.28	6	Bill Gautier
University of Vermont	3.27	20	Matt Belfield
University of Evansville	3.26	9	Don Walters
University of Portland	3.26	30	Rob Conner
Liberty University	3.26	10	Brant Tolsma
University of Dayton	3.25	15	Rich Davis
Ohio State University	3.25	10	Robert Gary