Past Winners 2018-2019: Wayland Baptist (Texas) (1st), Oregon Tech (2nd), SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) (3rd) 2017-2018: Wayland Baptist (Texas) (1st), Oklahoma City (2nd), Aquinas (Mich.) (3rd) 2016-2017: Wayland Baptist (Texas) (1st), Aquinas (Mich.) (t-2nd), Hastings (Neb.) (t-2nd) 2015-2016: Biola (Calif.) (1st), Aquinas (Mich.) (2nd), Carroll (Mont.) (3rd) The USTFCCCA Program of the Year Award is awarded…
Past Winners 2018-2019: Indiana Wesleyan (1st), Oklahoma City (2nd), Saint Mary (Kan.) (3rd) 2017-2018: Indiana Tech (1st), Wayland Baptist (Texas) (2nd), Eastern Oregon (3rd) 2016-2017: Indiana Tech (1st), Marian (Ind.) (2nd), Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) (3rd) 2015-2016: Indiana Tech (1st), Oklahoma City (2nd), Wayland Baptist (3rd) The USTFCCCA Program of the Year Award is awarded annually…
The Al Carius Program of the Year Award is named after USTFCCCA Hall of Famer and long-time North Central College head coach Al Carius. Carius is in his 47th year of service at North Central, still as head coach of the Cardinals’ cross country squad, and has won 23 NCAA Division III National Championships. Carius’ program last won a “triple crown” of NCAA titles during the 2009-2010 academic year.
The NCAA Division III Deb Vercauteren Program of the Year Award is named after USTFCCCA Hall of Famer and former UW Oshkosh women’s head coach Deb Vercauteren. Her Titans won a combined 18 NCAA national titles and her student-athletes combined to earn over 345 All-American performances. Vercauteren won an impressive 36 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference titles (15 cross country, 11 indoors, and 10 outdoors).
The Jerry Baltes Division II Women’s Program of the Year Award is named after current Grand Valley State coach Jerry Baltes. As of the 2014 season, Baltes’ squads have won seven NCAA titles. With a “triple crown” of NCAA crowns in the 2010-11 academic year, Baltes’ squad became the first in Division II history, regardless of gender to win cross country, indoor track & field, and outdoor track & field national championships in the same seasons.
The Damon Martin Division II Men’s Program of the Year Award is named after current Adams State head cross country and assistant track & field coach Damon Martin. As of the 2014 season, Martin’s men’s squads have claimed seven national cross country team titles, including four of the past five; a national indoor track & field team title; and a national outdoor track & field team title. His program has claimed each of the first six Division II Men’s Program of the Year Awards.
The John McDonnell Program of the Year Award is named after USTFCCCA Hall of Famer and former Arkansas head coach John McDonnell. McDonnell’s Arkansas teams won a combined 40 National Championships and finished in the top ten in cross country, indoor and outdoor track & field in 24 of his 36 seasons in Fayetteville. Five of his teams won the NCAA Triple Crown.
The USTFCCCA Program of the Year Award is awarded annually to the most outstanding cross country/track & field programs in each of the NCAA’s three divisions, the NAIA and for each gender in those levels. The award honors the institution that has achieved the most success in each academic year (spanning the cross country, indoor track & field, and outdoor track & field seasons) based on the institution’s finish at the NCAA or NAIA Championships.