2023 USTFCCCA NCAA Division III Women's Track and Field Athlete Academic Awards

NEW ORLEANS – Senior Janyll Barber (Dannemora, N.Y./Saranac) and graduate student Aislyn McDonough (Rouses Point, N.Y./Northeastern Clinton) of the Plattsburgh State women's track and field team have been named 2023 U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Track and Field All-Academic Athletes.
 
To qualify as a USTFCCCA All-Academic Track and Field Athlete, student-athletes must have compiled a cumulative grade point average of 3.30 on a converted 4.0 scale. They also have to had competed in an NCAA Indoor or Outdoor Championship, or have finished the regular season ranked in the national top 50 in an individual event or ranked in the national top 35 in a relay event on the official NCAA Descending Order List provided by TFRRS.org.
 
Barber, who graduated this past May with a 3.70 GPA as a fitness and wellness leadership major, was a four-time outdoor USTFCCCA All-Region honoree and a three-time national qualifier. She led the region in the 400-meter hurdles, as she clocked a program-record time of 1:00.70 at the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Outdoor Championships on May 5. Her time also ranked sixth in NCAA Division III. Barber earned Second-Team All-SUNYAC honors as well this spring, as she finished second in the 400-meter hurdles at the SUNYAC Outdoor Championships.
 
McDonough, who owned a 3.76 undergraduate cumulative GPA and is currently pursuing master's degrees in childhood education and special education, earned her first outdoor USTFCCCA All-Region honor after a season in which she ranked third in region in the 800-meter run. Her time of 2:14.64 that she achieved at the Widener Final Qualifier on May 14 served as her fastest time of the season, and she also was the SUNYAC champion in the event, earning First-Team All-SUNYAC recognition.