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Four Spartans and Women's Squad Earn All-Academic Honors by USTFCCCA

NEW ORLEANS—San José State student-athletes Emilia Sjostrand, Eve Divinity, Alyssa Bean, Cameron Tarver, and the women’s team as a group earned 2024 All-Academic status in track and field, as announced by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).

In order to receive individual all-academic status, student-athletes need to have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.25 and must have participated in any round of the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, including the Preliminary Championship Competition and/or the Final Championship Competition or must have finished the season ranked in the top 48 in the East or top 48 in the West for the most recent outdoor season. 

Emilia Sjostrand, Long Jump/Triple Jump, Junior, Stockholm, Sweden, Sociology major

  • San José State President’s Scholar
  • Mountain West Scholar-Athlete as a sophomore
  • Academic All-Mountain West honoree as a sophomore
  • NCAA Outdoor Championships – 3rd Place, triple jump – First Team All-America
  • NCAA Outdoor Championships – 10th Place, long jump – Second Team All-America
  • Mountain West Champion – Long Jump & Triple Jump – Outdoor

Eve Divinity, Jumps/Sprints, Sophomore, Redondo Beach, Calif., Communicative Disorders & Sciences major

  • San José State Dean’s Scholar
  • Mountain West Scholar-Athlete as a freshman 
  • Academic All-Mountain West honoree as a freshman 
  • Competed in the Long Jump at the NCAA Outdoor Championship West Preliminary rounds
  • Finished eighth in the Women’s Long Jump at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships with a mark of 5.97m (+0.0) 19' 7”
  • Took third in the Long Jump at the Tom Jones Invitational with a mark of 6.20m (1.7) 20' 4.25"

Alyssa Bean, Sprints, Sophomore, San Marcos, Calif., Psychology major

  • San José State Dean’s Scholar
  • Mountain West Scholar-Athlete as a freshman 
  • Academic All-Mountain West honoree as a freshman
  • Competed in the 400m at the NCAA Outdoor Championship West Preliminary rounds
  • Set PB in the 100m at the 2024 Hornet Invite with a time of 12.12 (-0.5)
  • Ran team SB 53.69 in the Women’s 400m at the Tom Jones Invite 

Cameron Tarver, Sprints, Sophomore, Fresno, Calif., Business Administration/Human Resources major

  • San José State President’s Scholar
  • Mountain West Scholar-Athlete as a freshman 
  • Academic All-Mountain West honoree as a freshman 
  • NCAA Outdoor Second Team All-American as part of Men's 4x100 Relay (2024)
  • Competed in 200m at the NCAA Outdoor West Preliminary rounds
  • Outdoor All-Mountain West in 200m (2024)

Spartan Women’s Track and Field Team:

  • Finished the season ranked number 55 in the nation 
  • One 2024 NCAA Outdoor First Team All-American athlete 
  • One 2024 NCAA Outdoor Second Team All-American athlete
  • Three qualifiers for the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Championships
  • Two All-Mountain West honors  
  • One school record was broken in Women’s Outdoor Long Jump 

 

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