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King Selected to Academic All-League Team; Tate Named Honorable Mention
11/16/2023 1:20:00 PM | Women's Cross Country
INDIANAPOLIS – A pair of Purdue Fort Wayne women's cross country student-athletes were honored by the Horizon League on Thursday (Nov. 16). Madison King was named to the Horizon League All-Academic Team. Riley Tate was named honorable mention.
King (Noblesville, Ind. / Noblesville HS) won the 2023 Horizon League Championship with a personal-best time of 20:34.89. It ranks second on the program's 6K top 10 list. The senior closed her strong season last week with a 21st place performance at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional. She also won the IUPUI Jaguar Invitational and Mastodon Alumni Open in 2023. King, an anthropology major, owns a 3.39 GPA.
Tate (Columbus, Ohio / Worthington Kilbourne HS) earned All-Horizon League Second Team honors with a 10th place performance at the league championship meet. The sophomore ran a time of 21:39.0, sixth-best on the program's top 10 list. Tate and King helped the 'Dons take second as a team at the league championship. Tate owns a 4.00 GPA in computer science.
To be eligible for Horizon League All-Academic consideration, a student-athlete must have a cumulative grade-point-average of 3.20 or higher (based on a 4.00 scale), have completed at least one year at the member institution, having earned 24 semester-hour or 36 quarter-hour credits, and participate in 50 percent of the team's overall contests. An Honorable Mention is awarded to student-athletes who received at least 25 percent of votes, but did not make the All-Academic team.
King (Noblesville, Ind. / Noblesville HS) won the 2023 Horizon League Championship with a personal-best time of 20:34.89. It ranks second on the program's 6K top 10 list. The senior closed her strong season last week with a 21st place performance at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional. She also won the IUPUI Jaguar Invitational and Mastodon Alumni Open in 2023. King, an anthropology major, owns a 3.39 GPA.
Tate (Columbus, Ohio / Worthington Kilbourne HS) earned All-Horizon League Second Team honors with a 10th place performance at the league championship meet. The sophomore ran a time of 21:39.0, sixth-best on the program's top 10 list. Tate and King helped the 'Dons take second as a team at the league championship. Tate owns a 4.00 GPA in computer science.
To be eligible for Horizon League All-Academic consideration, a student-athlete must have a cumulative grade-point-average of 3.20 or higher (based on a 4.00 scale), have completed at least one year at the member institution, having earned 24 semester-hour or 36 quarter-hour credits, and participate in 50 percent of the team's overall contests. An Honorable Mention is awarded to student-athletes who received at least 25 percent of votes, but did not make the All-Academic team.
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