The Lee University track and field and cross country had nine athletes named to the 2024-25 Academic All-District Teams for their excellence in the classroom. The 2025 Academic All-District® Teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field, course, and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America® program separately recognizes honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA.
Jacob Hatcher, Ryan Lovelace, Stephen Clark, Luke Gaddis, Aria Hawkins, Lily Hare, Liezl Theron, Katie Krueger, and Ana Patricia Campos were the nine recognized for Lee.
Hatcher graduated with a MBA and a GPA of 3.67 while Ryan Lovelace has a 3.91 GPA in political science. Stephen Clark has a 3.65 GPA in accounting and Luke Gaddis has a 4.0 GPA in biology. Hawkins carries a 3.57 GPA in psychology while Lily Hare graduated with a 3.75 GPA in elementary education. Liezl Theron also graduated with a 3.62 GPA in biological sciences. Katie Krueger finished with a 3.99 GPA in political science and Ana Patricia Campos has a 3.76 while earning an MBA.
Eligible nominees will be based off TFRRS regional performance rankings at the time of nomination. Note: Only individual ranked performances are to be used for eligibility. If a student-athlete has participated in a relay event, that can bolster the nomination but the basic criteria to be met is for individual performances. Relays cannot be the basis for eligibility.
NCAA institutions:
Cross Country - Top-50 individual performance at the 2024 NCAA regional competition
Track - Top-50 regional ranking in single event (indoor or outdoor)
Student-athletes must be at least a sophomore academically and athletically. An undergraduate student-athlete must have at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale). A graduate student-athlete must have at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) as both an undergraduate and a grad student unless they are in their first semester as a graduate student and don't have an established graduate GPA. The cumulative grade point average may not be rounded up to 3.50.
The CSC Academic All-District® teams include the student-athletes listed at the links above.
Academic All-District® honorees were considered for advancement to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot. Student-athletes selected as CSC Academic All-America® finalists are denoted with an asterisk and will advance to the national ballot to be voted on by CSC members. First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced June 24, 2025.
The Division II and III CSC Academic All-America® programs are partially financially supported by the NCAA Division II and III national governance structures to assist CSC with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2024-25 Divisions II and III Academic All-America® programs. The NAIA CSC Academic All-America® program is partially financially supported through the NAIA governance structure.