NEW ORLEANS – Texas State’s Elisabet Runarsdottir earned 2026 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-America Second Team honors on Wednesday after capturing her second national championship in the women’s hammer throw and excelling in the classroom.
The Academic All-America award follows the release of the CSC Academic All-District Team for Track & Field/Cross Country where athletes must hold a GPA of 3.50 or higher. Track and field nominees must hold a top 50 regional ranking in a single indoor or outdoor event. Cross country nominees must place inside the top 50 as an individual at the 2025 NCAA regional competition. The Sun Belt Conference featured 27 women and 16 men that earned Academic All-District honors.
On the women’s side, Arkansas State, Coastal Carolina and Texas State each had six representatives to lead the league. For the men, Arkansas State and Coastal Carolina each had five representatives to pace the group.
Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country Academic All-America
Elisabet Runarsdottir, Texas State – Second Team
Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country Academic All-District
Lilly Nichols, App State
Ava Studney, App State
Abigail Tomberlin, Arkansas State
Lizzee Winkler, Arkansas State
Mary Beth Bailey, Arkansas State
Kat Schaefer, Arkansas State
KG Ryan, Arkansas State
Mia Conroy, Arkansas State
Bethany Simpson, Coastal Carolina
Maya Studney, Coastal Carolina
Annaka Forsberg, Coastal Carolina
Callie Wilson, Coastal Carolina
Addison Laughlin, Coastal Carolina
Latiana Acker, Coastal Carolina
Shatalya Dorsett, Georgia Southern
Kennedy Hood, Georgia Southern
Alexandria Kennedy, Georgia Southern
Zayna Fray, Georgia State
Lara Check, Marshall
Ava Wheaton, South Alabama
Diana Goodman, South Alabama
Victoria Amiadamen, Texas State
Charlize Goody, Texas State
Sophia Haberer, Texas State
Sophie Daugard, Texas State
Paige Archer, Texas State
Elisabet Runarsdottir, Texas State
Men’s Track & Field/Cross Country Academic All-District
Thomas Wlazlowski, App State
Brett Jacobs, Arkansas State
Craig Becker, Arkansas State
Colby Eddowes, Arkansas State
Evan Stevens, Arkansas State
Brandon Williams, Arkansas State
Robert Byron, Coastal Carolina
Levi Hoenninger, Coastal Carolina
Sterling Sellier, Coastal Carolina
Josh Richardson, Coastal Carolina
Trevor Croak, Coastal Carolina
Ryan Muktar, Marshall
Terek Logan, South Alabama
Samuel Mika, South Alabama
Drew Donley, Texas State
Manfred Mannamaa, Texas State