TWO NAMED TO C-USA ALL-ACADEMIC TEAMS

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IRVING, Texas – Two Middle Tennessee track & field athletes were named to the 2015 Conference USA Track & Field All-Academic teams as announced by the conference office today.

Atsu Nyamadi, a 2015 NCAA East Regional participant, and Atarah Abdullah-Muhammad were selected to the men's and women's teams, respectively.

Nyamadi, a junior from Accra, Ghana, has a 3.40 GPA in liberal studies and competes in the multi-events. His best score of the season came at the Georgia Decathalon, where he scored 7,532 points and finished fourth. At the C-USA Outdoor Championships, he scored 7,464 points and placed third.

Nyamadi is slated to compete in the NCAA East Regional in Jacksonville, Fla., May 28-30 in the decathlon and javelin.

Abdullah-Muhammad boasts a 3.86 GPA in English and earned four top-10 finishes outdoor in the jumps. She captured her highest finish of the season in the long jump at the Bellarmine Classic, tying for third with her 5.21-meter bound. In the triple jump, the sophomore jumped a season-best 11.72 meters at the Yellow Jacket Invitational for seventh.

Middle Tennessee continues competition at the NCAA East Regional May 28-30 in Jacksonville, Fla.
 
2015 Conference USA Men's Track & Field All-Academic Team
Luka Mustafic, FIU - 3.29, Economics
Atsu Nyamadi, MT - 3.40, Liberal Studies
Connor Bey, North Texas - 3.96, Computer Science
Duncan Dickerson, Rice - 3.47, Business Management
Scott Filip, Rice - 3.33, Sports Management
Evan Karakolis, Rice - 4.09, Kinesiology
Ethan Rich, Southern Miss - 3.90, Sports Management 
Sven Zellner, UTEP - 3.81, Mechanical Engineering 
Anthony Rotich, UTEP - 3.29, Multidisciplinary Studies
Travis Gerding, WKU - 3.26, Criminology 
Cyrus Johnson, WKU - 3.35, Film & Performing Arts Administration 

2015 Conference USA Women's Track & Field All-Academic Team
Atarah Abdullah-Muhammad, MT - 3.86, English
Shahaf Bareni, North Texas - 3.703, Kinesiology 
Belle MacFarlane, Rice - 3.89, Kinesiology 
Cali Roper, Rice - 3.80, Sports Management
Dana Dillistone, Southern Miss - 4.0, Biochemistry 
Daphney Stanford, Southern Miss - 3.94, Biological Science
Shelby Barker, UAB - 3.70, Physical Therapy Doctoral Program
Lucy Crookes, UAB - 4.0, Communication Management Studies (Graduate Program) 
Lindsey Pew, UTSA - 3.91, Multidisciplinary Studies
Sandra Akachukwu, WKU - 3.86, Exercise Science
Karleigh Parker, WKU - 3.38, Exercise Science & Nutrition