Four Chosen for College Sports Communicators 2023 Academic All-District® Women’s and Men’s Track & Field / Cross Country Teams

Four from Hope College have been selected for the 2023 Academic All-District® Women's and Men's Track & Field / Cross Country Teams, selected by College Sports Communicators: Grace Behrens, Ellie Jankowski, Ana Tucker, and Eli Meder.

The Academic All- America® recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances in the athletic realm and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America® program separately recognizes honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA.

Academic All-District® honorees advance to the CSC Academic All-America® ballots.

First-, second and third-team Academic All- America® women's honorees will be announced on Wednesday, June 28. Men's honorees will be released on Thursday, June 29.

This is the second Academic All-District® award for Tucker (Midland, Michigan / H.H. Dow); she was voted to the CSC Academic All-America® Third Team as a junior.

This school year, Tucker earned NCAA All-America honors with top-five finishes in five different races at national championship meets: outdoor, 5,000 and 10,000 meters; indoor, 1-mile run and 3,000 meters; and cross country. The recent graduate was national runner-up in the 1-mile run at indoor nationals.

An exercise science major, Tucker swept MIAA Most Valuable honors in outdoor track, indoor track and cross country and helped the Flying Dutch earn indoor team titles in all three sports.

This is the first CSC Academic All-District® honor for Jankowski, Behrens and Meder.

Jankowski (Granger, Indiana / Penn) is a business and communication major who excelled as a middle-distance runner in track and field and as a top runner in cross country.

In track and field, the recent graduate helped Hope take 14th in the 4x400 relay at the NCAA championships during the outdoor season. Jankowski ran on the distance medley relay that took ninth at nationals and claimed an MIAA title during the indoor season. Jankowski also raced on the MIAA champion indoor 4x400 relay.

In cross country, Jankowski finished 94th at the NCAA Championships and was the Flying Dutch's second finisher.

Behrens (Mishawaka, Indiana / Trinity School at Greenlawn) is an environmental science major who was one of the Flying Dutch's fastest sprinters.

The recent graduate helped Hope's 4x400 relay place 14th in the nation at the NCAA Outdoor Championships and race to MIAA outdoor and indoor titles as well as all-region honors in both seasons. Behrens also earned all-region recognition in the indoor distance medley relay and ran on the MIAA champion outdoor 4x100 relay.

Meder (Williamston, Michigan / Lansing Catholic) is a business and economics major who excelled on the indoor and outdoor tracks for the Flying Dutchmen.

The junior finished 16th in the nation in the 800 meters at the NCAA Indoor Championships while also setting school records in the 800 meters and as a member of the distance medley relay. During the outdoor season, Meder was MIAA champion in the 1,500 meters and earned all-region honors in the 800.

The Division III CSC Academic All-America® program is partially financially supported by the NCAA Division III national governance structures to assist CSC with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2022-23 Divisions III Academic All- America® programs.

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Players Mentioned

Eli Meder: Junior; Business/Economics

Grace Behrens: Senior

Ellie Jankowski: Senior

Ana Tucker: Senior

Players Mentioned

Eli Meder
: Junior; Business/Economics

Grace Behrens
: Senior

Ellie Jankowski
: Senior

Ana Tucker
: Senior