Missouri Southern track and field athlete Jeff Fraley has been named to the Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-American team the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced today.
Fraley, a junior sprinter from St. Robert, Mo., earns second-team Academic All-American honors and he was also a first-team Academic All-District selection.
To be considered for the honor, an athlete must maintain at least a 3.30 cumulative GPA, while participating in at least 50 percent of his team's events. Freshman and first-year transfers are not eligible.
Fraley is one of the most decorated student-athletes ever at Missouri Southern. He earned both the Indoor and Outdoor MIAA High Point Award (equivalent to MVP) at the MIAA Track and Field Meets this season. He won the outdoor 100m, the 200m and was the anchorman on the 4x100m relay team that earned All-MIAA honors for finishing third. He went on to earn All-America status in the 100m dash as he finished just a tenth of a second off the national champion and taking second place in the race.
In the indoor season, Fraley was the MIAA champ in the 60m and the 200m, while anchoring the team that set the indoor mile relay school record. Fraley now owns the indoor 60m, 200m, 400m and mile relay records, while also owning the outdoor 100m, 200m, 400m and 4x100m school records. He earned All-America honors in the 60m and 200m dash at the Indoor Championships. The junior has earned five All-America honors in his career.
But his contributions don't stop on the track. Fraley carries a 3.56 GPA in biology at MSSU and has been a member of the MSSU Dean's List, while also being named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll every semester in attendance. He has also been honored as a track coaches Academic All-American, as well and has been a three-time MIAA Scholar-Athlete. This year, he earned the E.O. and Virginia Humphrey Award which is the highest honor given to a MSSU student-athlete.
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