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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Katie Breathitt Earns National Academic Award
2/9/2012 | Track and Field
Feb. 9, 2012
NEW ORLEANS - For her excellence on the cross country course and in the classroom, Katie Breathitt was recognized Thursday as a 2011 Division I All-Academic Cross Country selection by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
Breathitt, a junior from Lexington, Ky., is one of 104 female student-athletes in the country to earn that status in 2011. She is the first Ole Miss female and just the second person in school history to receive the honor in cross country.
To qualify for the USTFCCCA All-Academic Cross Country team, the student-athlete must have compiled a cumulative grade point average of 3.25 and have either earned USTFCCCA All-America status or finished in the NCAA region's top 15 (or top 10 percent) in 2011.
Breathitt was a top-15 finisher at the 2011 NCAA South Region and claimed the second-best regional finish in Ole Miss women's cross country history. A senior academically, she holds a 3.38 grade point average as an elementary education major. She made the 2011 SEC Academic Honor Roll in track and field, while she was also a two-time SEC Academic Honor Roll member for soccer in 2008 and 2009.
