Cowgirl Track Team Earns USTCA All-Academic Team Honors

Cowboy Mervin Swaby awarded individual academic award.

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May 10, 2001

LARAMIE, Wyo. -

The United States Track Coaches Association (USTCA) has awarded the University of Wyoming women's indoor track team and UW long jumper Mervin Swaby with USTCA All-Academic Honors for their accomplishments in the classroom as student-athletes.

The Cowgirls were awarded All-Academic Team honors by meeting the criteria which required the team to have a cumulative grade point average of 3.10 (on a 4.0 scale) with a minimum of 14 athletes on the team. The 25 member Cowgirl squad had a cumulative team GPA of 3.173.

"We have a tremendous group of young ladies on our team who are very serious about getting a degree," said UW head coach Don Yentes. "I'm very excited about the team getting this award, it reflects well upon our program."

Wyoming junior long jumper Mervin Swaby was awarded individual All-Academic Team honors for not only excelling in the classroom but by also succeeding on the track. In order to earn this award from the USTCA, Swaby had to both have a cumulative GPA of 3.25 (on a 4.0 scale) and compete at the NCAA Track and Field Championships. Swaby, an accounting major with a 3.278 GPA, competed at the 2001 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in the long jump where he finished 15th.

"Mervin's award is extra special because not only did he have to meet academic requirements but he also had to compete at nationals. He is an exceptional student who works very hard at everything he does. He is one of only a few to receive this individual distinction," Yentes said.