UM’s Thompson Named CoSIDA Academic All-American
AUSTIN, TEXAS -- University of Montevallo women’s cross country
and track & field star Cheyenne Thompson was named a CoSIDA
Academic All-American on Thursday. She becomes the first PBC
track and cross country runner to earn the award three times. The
awards are selected by the Sports Information Directors of America
(CoSIDA) and are widely regarded as the highest honor a stu-
dent-athlete can receive.
Thompson, a Chelsea, Alabama native who completed her un-
dergraduate degree in Biochemistry with a perfect 4.00 cumulative
grade-point average, was named the PBC Scholar-Athlete of the
Year in May.
Thompson capped her senior season by being named the Peach
Belt Conference Track Athlete of the Year for the second time in her
collegiate career. Thompson was also named an NCAA Division II
All-Southeast Region selection and an All-Peach Belt Conference
selection in both women’s cross country and women’s track and
field this season.
Thompson capped the year by claiming individual titles in the
women’s 1,500-meter run and the women’s 3,000-meter steeple-
chase, while finishing runner-up in the women’s 5,000-meter run,
at the Peach Belt Conference Track and Field Championship.
Thompson helped Montevallo repeat as Peach Belt Conference
and NCAA Division II Southeast Region Champions during cross
country season in the fall of 2016 as the Falcons claimed both
championships for the third consecutive year. Thompson claimed
the individual title in the Peach Belt Conference Championship in
women’s cross country with the third-fastest time in championship
event history.
2017 Peach Belt
Women’s Track & Field
Elite 15 Award Presented by EAB
Cheyenne Thompson, Montevallo
Coach of the Year
Bryan Hagopian, Nova Southeastern University
Track Athlete of the Year
Cheyenne Thompson, Montevallo
Field Athlete of the Year
Jeanna Cube, UNC Pembroke
Freshman Track Athlete of the Year
Cienna Nichols, Florida Tech
Freshman Field Athlete of the Year
Kelsi Sheldon, UNC Pembroke
2016-17
2017 PBC Women’s Track & Field
All-Region Selections
Heather Hammett Aug Aleah Johnson
Kiana Kelly
Aug Brittany Truitt
Shelby Myers
Aug Shakira Bartley
Destiny Johnson
Clay Antwoinisha Bryant
Maia Carter
FIT Jazmine Elleston
Kylee Cobbs-Marcus FIT Kamaria Johnson
Cieanna Nichols
FIT Sherrelle Jordan
Rachel Tobin
FIT Brianna Law
Shaina Cadet
UM Sydney Molina
Hunter Chavarry
UM Shannon Rolle
Morgan Daniels
UM Krystine Sora
Azaria Jackson
UM Jeanna Cube
Anna Leinheiser
UM Kaelyn Francis
Katie Nelson
UM Lashonda Tate
Cheyenne Thompson UM Jada Wallace
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Thompson also helped the Falcons advance to the NCAA Division II
National Championship for the third year in a row, while also compet-
ing as an individual following her freshman season.
Thompson was named to the Peach Belt Conference All-Academic
Team in both cross country and track and field.
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