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2019 T&F All-Academic
Stephen Zarycranski

Women's Track and Field

Four Dukes Named to A-10 All-Academic Team

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - The Atlantic 10 Conference released its 2019 All-Academic and All-Rookie Teams on Wednesday afternoon, with four Dukes garnering All-Academic honors including Elizabeth Morris (Doylestown, Pa. / Central Bucks East), Maiah Yankello (Monaca, Pa. / Central Valley), Noah Ball (Lancaster, Ohio / Lancaster) and Isaac Elliott (Ambridge, Pa. / Ambridge).

Morris collects her second consecutive A-10 Track & Field All-Academic team nod and third overall from the conference as she was also an honoree for cross country this past fall. Morris owns a 3.98 grade point average as an education major (grades 4-8). In addition, she earned CoSIDA Google Cloud Academic All-Region honors last season. Morris scored on both days of the 2019 A-10 Championship, placing sixth in both the 5,000-meter run and 10,000-meter run for Duquesne. She recorded top-five times in program history in both of those events this season, as well.

A two-time medalist at the 2019 A-10 Championship, Yankello is a double major in information systems and marketing with a 3.86 GPA. She posted a bronze finish in the 400-meter hurdles for the Dukes while also helping DU's 4x400-meter relay team collect a bronze medal. Yankello's time in the 400-meter hurdles at the championship meet was the third-fastest in program history.

Ball, a pharmacy major with a 3.93 GPA, earns his first All-Academic honor. The junior recently placed 12th in the 1,500-meter run at the A-10 Championship with a personal best time of 3:59.12 for the Dukes. He also recorded a fourth-place showing in the event at Saint Francis U's Red Flash Open and a fifth-place mark at the Geneva College Invite.

Elliott caps another stellar campaign on the track to go with a 3.56 GPA as a communication studies major. He won gold in both the 100-meter dash and 200-meter dash at the A-10 Championship, topping his own school record time in the 200 meter. He added fifth-place marks in the 4x100-meter relay and 4x400-meter relay. Elliott was the A-10's Most Outstanding Rookie Performer a year ago and owns school records in both the 100 and 200.

Women's All-Academic Team
Eleni Daughters, Davidson
Caroline Yarbrough, Davidson
Emily Borchers, Dayton
Taylor Vernot, Dayton
Elizabeth Morris, Duquesne
Maiah Yankello, Duquesne

Bridget Deveau, Massachusetts
Jada Harris, Massachusetts
Mikaila Amerantes, Rhode Island
Lotte Black, Rhode Island
Maria Acosta, Richmond
Ericka Echternach, Richmond
Megan Kress, Saint Louis


Men's All-Academic Team
Noah Ball, Duquesne
Isaac Elliott, Duquesne

Andrew Byrne, Fordham
Ryan Kutch, Fordham
Nathan Adeyemi, Massachusetts
Adam Franklin, Rhode Island
Derek Jacobs, Rhode Island
Collin Crilly, Saint Joseph's
Matthew Scarpill, Saint Joseph's
Tannock Blair, Saint Louis
Brett Kowalczyk, Saint Louis
Ben Naeger, Saint Louis
 
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Players Mentioned

Elizabeth Morris

Elizabeth Morris

Distance
Redshirt Junior
Maiah Yankello

Maiah Yankello

Sprints
Junior
Noah Ball

Noah Ball

Distance
Junior
Isaac Elliott

Isaac Elliott

Sprints
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Elizabeth Morris

Elizabeth Morris

Redshirt Junior
Distance
Maiah Yankello

Maiah Yankello

Junior
Sprints
Noah Ball

Noah Ball

Junior
Distance
Isaac Elliott

Isaac Elliott

Sophomore
Sprints

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