For his effort both on the track and in the classroom, Caldwell was named one of 15 athletes from around the country to the 2013 Capital One Academic Second Team, which are comprised of student-athletes from NAIA, Canadian and two-year institutions.
A senior Exercise Science major with a 3.74 G.P.A., Caldwell earned fourth-place in the men's marathon race at the 2013 NAIA Men's Outdoor Track and Field National Championship meet back on May 25, earning All-America honors. He finished the 26.2-mile race in a time of 2:30.18.
The three other Wildcats who have earned Capital One Academic All-America honors are Katie Thurbon (cross country/track and field), Josh Rydberg (men's soccer) and Jordan Dolbin (women's soccer).
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Capital One, an NCAA Corporate Champion, began its affiliation with college sports with the sponsorship of the 2001 Capital One Florida Citrus Bowl (now the Capital One Bowl) and ESPN's Capital One Bowl Week. In 2010, Capital One launched the Capital One Cup, a prestigious new program rewarding NCAA Division I athletics programs for their cumulative on-field performance across multiple men's and women's sports.
In addition, Capital One sponsors the ABC College Football Halftime Report, Capital One All-America Mascot Team, all 88 NCAA Championships including the Division I Men's and Women's Basketball Championships, and numerous other collegiate athletics programs. To be eligible for Academic All-America consideration, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative G.P.A. of 3.30 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current institution and be nominated by his/her sports information director.
Since the program's inception in 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-America honors on more than 19,000 student-athletes in Divisions I, II, III and NAIA, covering all NCAA championship sports.
For more information about the Academic All-America Teams Program, please visit www.cosida.com.
For a look at the full release from CoSIDA and the entire 2013 Capital One Academic All-America College Division men's and women's cross country/track and field teams, please click here.
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