University of Tennessee Athletics
Hannah Jefcoat Earns CoSIDA Academic All-America
June 21, 2022 | Track & Field, Tennessee Tailored
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee track & field's Hannah Jefcoat has been tabbed CoSIDA Third Team Academic All-America by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
The Academic All-America team, selected by CoSIDA, recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances in track & field and in the classroom. The first, second, and third teams are comprised of 21 total student-athletes.
This is the first CoSIDA Academic All-America honor for Jefcoat who has been a member of the CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team three times. The graduate student has also been named a USTFCCCA Track & Field All-Academic Athlete on four occasions.
The Tennessee School Record holder in indoor and outdoor pole vault, Jefcoat earned her undergraduate degree from UT in kinesiology and is currently pursuing a graduate degree in Agricultural Leadership & Communication.
The Dacula, Georgia, native served as Co-President of Tennessee's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee during the 2021-22 academic year and has been recognized as a Volunteer of Distinction – awarded by the University of Tennessee for academic achievement and professional promise.
Jefcoat is a four-time member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
On the track, she is a three-time SEC points scorer and is the indoor and outdoor school record holder for women's pole vault with clearances of 4.34m (14-2.75) indoors and 4.22m (13-10) outdoors.
With Jefcoat's recognition, Tennessee has produced a school-record 10 Academic All-Americans during 2021-22: volleyball player Ava Bell (Political Science), football players Paxton Brooks (pursuing master's degree in Kinesiology) and Matthew Butler (pursuing master's degree in Political Science), softball players Kiki Milloy (Neuroscience) and Ashley Rogers (pursuing master's degree in kinesiology), baseball players Luc Lipcius (pursuing a master's degree in Engineering) and Evan Russell (pursuing a master's degree in Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication), women's tennis player Tenika McGiffin (pursuing a master's degree in Sport Management), women's diver Kara Holt (Neuroscience) and women's pole vaulter Hannah Jefcoat (pursuing a master's degree in Agricultural, Leadership, Education and Communication).
Tennessee's previous school record for Academic All-Americans in a single academic year was nine in both 2005-06 and 2006-07.
The Academic All-America team, selected by CoSIDA, recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances in track & field and in the classroom. The first, second, and third teams are comprised of 21 total student-athletes.
This is the first CoSIDA Academic All-America honor for Jefcoat who has been a member of the CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team three times. The graduate student has also been named a USTFCCCA Track & Field All-Academic Athlete on four occasions.
The Tennessee School Record holder in indoor and outdoor pole vault, Jefcoat earned her undergraduate degree from UT in kinesiology and is currently pursuing a graduate degree in Agricultural Leadership & Communication.
The Dacula, Georgia, native served as Co-President of Tennessee's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee during the 2021-22 academic year and has been recognized as a Volunteer of Distinction – awarded by the University of Tennessee for academic achievement and professional promise.
Jefcoat is a four-time member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
On the track, she is a three-time SEC points scorer and is the indoor and outdoor school record holder for women's pole vault with clearances of 4.34m (14-2.75) indoors and 4.22m (13-10) outdoors.
With Jefcoat's recognition, Tennessee has produced a school-record 10 Academic All-Americans during 2021-22: volleyball player Ava Bell (Political Science), football players Paxton Brooks (pursuing master's degree in Kinesiology) and Matthew Butler (pursuing master's degree in Political Science), softball players Kiki Milloy (Neuroscience) and Ashley Rogers (pursuing master's degree in kinesiology), baseball players Luc Lipcius (pursuing a master's degree in Engineering) and Evan Russell (pursuing a master's degree in Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication), women's tennis player Tenika McGiffin (pursuing a master's degree in Sport Management), women's diver Kara Holt (Neuroscience) and women's pole vaulter Hannah Jefcoat (pursuing a master's degree in Agricultural, Leadership, Education and Communication).
Tennessee's previous school record for Academic All-Americans in a single academic year was nine in both 2005-06 and 2006-07.
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