FRISCO, Texas – HBU’s Kaitlin Smith and UIW’s Parker Barrett are the 2022 Southland Conference Outdoor Track & Field Student-Athletes of the Year, the league announced Tuesday along with its academic all-conference teams.
The 2022 Southland Indoor Student-Athlete of the Year, Smith repeated the honor for the outdoor season, in addition to winning MVP honors following the Southland Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Smith earned a total of seven medals, four gold, during the indoor and outdoor seasons. The graduate student from Wailuku, Hawaii, qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the heptathlon and earned second-team All-America recognition with an 11
th-place finish. Smith carried a 4.0 GPA earning a B.S. in kinesiology, and then her Master’s in kinesiology-sport management to earn Southland All-Academic honors for the fourth year in a row and a nod on the CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team.
Barrett, the Southland javelin champion, holds a 3.74 grade-point average (GPA) as a criminal justice major. As a sophomore, Barrett led the Cardinals to their first outdoor championship with 21 points. He won the javelin with a throw of 61.44m, while also placing third in the high jump (1.98m) and fourth in the decathlon (5,443 points). Barrett, who hails from DeKalb, Texas, is a two-time selection to the Southland Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
The men’s all-academic roster is comprised of 27 spots, with Southland men’s team champion UIW leading the way with six selections, while HBU placed five on the squad. HBU senior Scott Boon and graduate student Matthew Hernandez of UIW received their third all-academic honor, while eight others were repeat selection.
On the 37-member women’s all-academic team, McNeese placed eight honorees apiece, followed closely by HBU and UIW with seven selections and Northwestern State and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi added five each.
Southland Conference Track & Field All-Academic Teams are selected by a 50-percent rule. Of the total number of nominees, half are named all-academic selections. Honorees are nominated and voted upon by head coaches, sports information directors, and academic staff members from each university. Student-Athletes of the Year are voted on by the Southland awards committee, consisting of one administrator from each member school.
Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Student-Athlete of the Year: Parker Barrett, UIW
Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Student-Athlete of the Year: Kaitlin Smith, HBU
2022 Southland Conference Men’s Track & Field Academic All-Conference Team
| Name |
School |
Cl. |
GPA |
Major |
| Scott Boon*3 |
HBU |
Sr. |
3.90 |
International Business |
| Zyyare Brown |
HBU |
Jr. |
3.71 |
Cinematic Arts |
| Ben Drew*2 |
HBU |
Sr. |
3.90 |
Finance |
| Garrett Gibson2 |
HBU |
Sr. |
3.37 |
Business Administration |
| Travis Jacobs |
HBU |
Sr. |
4.00 |
Kinesiology-Sports Management |
| Parker Barrett^*2 |
UIW |
Jr. |
3.74 |
Criminal Justice |
| Cameron Crowe |
UIW |
Jr. |
3.14 |
Business Administration |
| Tristan Garren |
UIW |
Jr. |
3.50 |
Engineering |
| Matthew Hernandez3 |
UIW |
Gr. |
4.00 |
Master of Business Administration |
| DeVante Mount |
UIW |
So. |
3.09 |
Cyber Service Systems |
| Garrett Stokes |
UIW |
Jr. |
3.82 |
Cyber Service Systems |
| Terril Banks |
McNeese |
Jr. |
3.62 |
Criminal Justice |
| Joey Croft |
McNeese |
Jr. |
3.56 |
H&HP-Sports Medicine |
| Josh Raphael |
McNeese |
Sr. |
3.62 |
Criminal Justice |
| Julian Forde* |
New Orleans |
So. |
3.50 |
Human Performance & Health Promo. |
| Jaden Forester |
New Orleans |
So. |
4.00 |
Computer Science |
| Alec Snell*2 |
New Orleans |
Sr. |
3.53 |
Engineering |
| Destine Scott2 |
Northwestern State |
Jr. |
3.25 |
General Studies |
| Nikaoli Williams |
Northwestern State |
So. |
3.38 |
Electronic Engineering Technology |
| Bradley Makuvire |
Southeastern |
So. |
3.20 |
Psychology |
| Thomas Nedow |
Southeastern |
Sr. |
3.54 |
Athletic Training |
| Slavko Stevic*2 |
Southeastern |
Jr. |
3.96 |
Computer Science |
| Terrell Webb |
Southeastern |
So. |
3.28 |
Sports Management |
| Timor Barrett2 |
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi |
Gr. |
3.50 |
Kinesiology |
| Ke’Tavion Humber* |
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi |
Sr. |
3.67 |
Psychology |
| Dennis Kipngeno*2 |
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi |
Jr. |
3.27 |
Nursing |
| Tristan Stellmach |
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi |
Gr. |
3.90 |
Master of Business Administration |
2022 Southland Conference Women’s Track & Field Academic All-Conference Team
| Name |
School |
Cl. |
GPA |
Major |
| Ashlyn Dobson |
HBU |
Sr. |
3.00 |
Reading |
| Noa Grochowski |
HBU |
Jr. |
3.60 |
International Business |
| Kemaya Linton |
HBU |
So. |
3.32 |
Psychology |
| Tasheba Pleasant |
HBU |
Jr. |
3.27 |
Biology |
| Jessica Rabius*2 |
HBU |
Sr. |
3.73 |
Kinesiology-Sports Management |
| Zara Richardson |
HBU |
Jr. |
4.00 |
Elementary Education |
| Kaitlin Smith^*4 |
HBU |
Gr. |
4.00 |
Kinesiology-Sports Management |
| Klaire Bentley |
UIW |
Jr. |
3.17 |
Mathematics |
| Alia Henderson |
UIW |
Jr. |
3.64 |
Government |
| Madison Henry3 |
UIW |
Gr. |
4.00 |
Master of Business Administration |
| Madeline Marrone |
UIW |
Jr. |
3.93 |
Rehabilitative Sciences |
| Alisa Novosad3 |
UIW |
Sr. |
4.00 |
Rehabilitative Sciences |
| Gabrielle Thomas* |
UIW |
So. |
3.26 |
Business Administration |
| Sullivan Wilke2 |
UIW |
Jr. |
4.00 |
Rehabilitative Sciences |
| Maja Gebauer |
McNeese |
So. |
3.63 |
Biology |
| Ciara Gilroy |
McNeese |
So. |
3.91 |
HHP-Physical Therapy |
| Kayla Harrison |
McNeese |
So. |
3.65 |
HHP-Sports Medicine |
| Malayia Jedkins3 |
McNeese |
Sr. |
3.26 |
Health Services Management |
| Mariah Lee |
McNeese |
So. |
4.00 |
Criminal Justice |
| Morgan Talley |
McNeese |
So. |
3.73 |
Education |
| Kayla Warner |
McNeese |
So. |
3.60 |
HHP-Sports Medicine |
| Dreunna Washington* |
McNeese |
So. |
3.89 |
HHP-Physical Therapy |
| Kelondra Narcisse |
Nicholls |
Jr. |
3.75 |
Nursing |
| Omo Oboh |
Nicholls |
Sr. |
3.13 |
Nursing |
| Elsa Rijpstra2 |
Nicholls |
Jr. |
4.00 |
Health Sciences-Pre-Athletic Training |
| Annemarie Broussard*3 |
Northwestern State |
Sr. |
3.71 |
Health & Exercise Science |
| Madison Brown |
Northwestern State |
So. |
3.90 |
Health & Exercise Science |
| Janiel Moore*2 |
Northwestern State |
Gr. |
4.00 |
Clinical Mental Health Counseling |
| Karlyn Trahan |
Northwestern State |
So. |
4.00 |
Nursing |
| Erin Wilson* |
Northwestern State |
Sr. |
3.86 |
Nursing |
| Indya Jackson2 |
Southeastern |
Jr. |
3.20 |
Biology |
| Lara Zupanc |
Southeastern |
Jr. |
3.97 |
Psychology |
| Valentina Campos |
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi |
Gr. |
3.14 |
Business Administration |
| Quin Johnson* |
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi |
Sr. |
4.00 |
Criminal Justice |
| Devon Polk |
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi |
Sr. |
3.48 |
Kinesiology |
| Yasmine Steele |
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi |
So. |
3.76 |
Marketing |
| Capri Wilson |
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi |
So. |
3.17 |
Elementary Education |
*
Automatic selection
2 Two-time all-academic selection
3 Three-time all-academic selection
4 Four-time all-academic selection
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