Blaase, Brown Named Academic All-Americans
June 24, 2016 | Track & Field
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Chelsea Blaase and Cameron Brown have been named to the 2015-16 Academic All-America® Division I Men's and Women's Track & Field/Cross Country Teams, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Blaase was named to the 2015-16 CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division I Women's Track & Field/Cross Country Division I First Team, marking the second-straight year she has earned Academic All-American honors. Brown was named to the 2015-16 CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division I Men's Track & Field/Cross Country Division I Second Team.
To be eligible for Academic All-America® consideration, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.30 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current institution and be nominated by his/her sports information director.
Blaase, who previously earned second-team Academic All-America® honors in 2014-15, is a kinesiology major and owns a 3.62 cumulative GPA. She enjoyed a banner 2015-16 athletic season. In the fall, she earned 2015 USTFCCCA Cross Country All-American honors for the second-consecutive year after finishing 14th at the NCAA Championships. Blaase was named a 2016 USTFCCCA First Team Indoor All-American after placing third in the 5,000 meters at NCAA Championships. She was the co-winner of the Cliff Harper Award, given to the top point scorers at SEC Indoor Championships, after she earned SEC titles in the 3,000 meters and the 5,000 meters. Blaase continued to shine in the 2016 outdoor season, winning SEC 10,000-meter title and finishing second in the 5,000 meters at the 2016 SEC Outdoor Championships. She set the new Tennessee women's 10,000-meter record at the Stanford Invitational, clocking 32:08.39. Blaase was named a 2016 USTFCCCA First Team Outdoor All-American after placing fifth in the women's 10,000 meters at NCAA Championships and garnered USTFCCCA Second Team Outdoor All-America honors with a 10th-place finish in the 5,000 meters.
Brown is a marketing major with a 3.64 cumulative GPA and earns Academic All-America® honors for the first time in his career. He was the 2016 SEC champion in the weight throw and garnered 2016 USTFCCCA First Team Indoor All-American accolades after placing third in the men's weight throw at the NCAA Indoor Championships with Tennessee-record throw of 23.54 meters (77-2.75). Brown placed eighth in the hammer throw at the SEC Outdoor Championships with a career-best throw of 65.17 meters (213-9). He placed 22nd in the men's hammer throw at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds.
