Jordan Henry

Jordan Henry has added one more honor for the 2007-08 season as he was named today to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America team for track and field.

Henry, who was named last week as the "Scholar-Athlete of the Year" in men's track and field by the Great Lakes Valley Conference, was selected to the second team on the Academic All-America squad. He was one of nine NCAA Division II student-athletes chosen to the three-team squad for the recently completed campaign.

During the year, Henry earned two All-America awards in the pole vault, won the conference championship at both the indoor and outdoor league meets and later earned first-team academic all-district honors.

Henry, a junior from St. Charles, Mo., took fourth in the pole vault competition at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships to wrap up a season in which he was the national runner-up in the pole vault during the indoor season and was the Great Lakes Valley Conference champion in both the indoor and outdoor league championships.

In addition, he established new school records in the event with clearances of 17 feet in the outdoor season -- making him the first S&T pole vaulter to ever clear that mark -- and 16-10 3/4 indoors which he cleared to earn his second place finish at the national meet. He has won three All-America awards during his career as a Miner.

Henry is majoring in electrical engineering at Missouri S&T.

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Jordan Henry

Jordan Henry's list of accomplishments from the 2007-08 season continues to grow as he has been named as the "Scholar-Athlete of the Year" in men's track and field by the Great Lakes Valley Conference.

Henry earned the honor after a season where he earned two All-America awards in the pole vault, won the conference championship at both the indoor and outdoor league meets and later earned first-team academic all-district honors; the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America team will be announced next week.

Henry, a junior from St. Charles, Mo., took fourth in the pole vault competition at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships to wrap up a season in which he was the national runner-up in the pole vault during the indoor season and was the Great Lakes Valley Conference champion in both the indoor and outdoor league championships.

In addition, he established new school records in the event with clearances of 17 feet in the outdoor season -- making him the first S&T pole vaulter to ever clear that mark -- and 16-10 3/4 indoors which he cleared to earn his second place finish at the national meet. He has won three All-America awards during his career as a Miner.

Henry is majoring in electrical engineering at Missouri S&T. He is the third student-athlete from Missouri S&T to earn the league's scholar-athlete award since the institution joined the conference in 2005, following Becca Kueny (women's track in 2006) and Kandi Wieberg (softball in 2007) as the recipient.

Missouri S&T teams fare well on GLVC All-Academic team

In addition to Henry's scholar-athlete award, the Missouri S&T athletic program was well represented on the GLVC's All-Academic team that was released recently. A total of 110 student-athletes in the S&T program made the team, which is awarded to those with at least a 3.2 cumulative grade point average with two semesters at the university or at least a 3.4 average in the last two semesters.

Of the 110 from Missouri S&T, 17 members of the men's track and field team met the criteria for the award, while 16 from the men's soccer team and 15 from the baseball team were honored. S&T also had 12 in women's track and field, 11 in women's soccer, 10 in women's basketball, nine in softball, eight in men's cross country and seven from the volleyball team that made the team, as well as three from the men's basketball team and two from the women's cross country squad.

Only individuals from sports where a conference championship is conducted by the GLVC is eligible for the all-academic team.

A complete list of the 2007-08 recipients can be found by clicking here

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Missouri S&T posted its highest finish ever for a season in the United States Sports Academy Director's Cup standings as it ended up in 70th place for the 2007-08 season out of the 272 institutions in NCAA Division II.

The final standings for the 2007-08 season were announced at the National Association of Collegiate Directors of America convention and the program is sponsored by NACDA, the United States Sports Academy and USA Today. The point totals are based on the team performances at NCAA championship events throughout the year.

S&T finished with a total of 247 points for the recently completed season, scoring the bulk of those points with the swimming team taking second at the NCAA Division II Championships and the women's basketball team reaching the championship game of the NCAA Great Lakes Regional. The men's track and field team scored at its national meet as well to add to S&T's final total.

Missouri S&T, whose highest finish prior to this year was 78th in the inaugural year of the program in 1995-96, finished fifth among the 14 Great Lakes Valley Conference schools in the final standings.

The highest ranked team from the GLVC was Southern Illinois Edwardsville, which finished 14th in its final year as a member of NCAA Division II. Indianapolis finished right behind SIUE in 15th place, while Drury was 19th and Northern Kentucky, whose women's basketball team beat the Lady Miners in that regional title game on its way to the national championship, came in 21st place.

Other GLVC schools who earned points in the Director's Cup standings were Lewis (72nd), Wisconsin-Parkside (95th), Southern Indiana (96th), Bellarmine (154th), Saint Joseph's (162nd), Quincy (170th), Kentucky Wesleyan, Missouri-St. Louis and Rockhurst (all tied for 215th).

Grand Valley State, which scored points in 17 NCAA events this season finished first overall in Division II with a record total of 1,028.75 points, followed by Abilene Christian and Minnesota State.

Final Director's Cup standings

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Two members of the Missouri S&T swimming team have landed on the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America team for the 2007-08 season.

Seniors Mark Chamberlain and David Calcara, who were named last month to the academic all-district team, were both selected to the at-large All-America squad, which encompasses all sports that do not have a team of its own. Chamberlain was a first-team selection to the team while Calcara was named to the second team.

Chamberlain and Calcara both earned All-America honors in the pool during the season to help the Miners finish as the national runner-up at the NCAA Division II Swimming and Diving Championships.

Chamberlain, who is from Lake Jackson, Texas, posted individual times of 21.00 in the 50-yard freestyle, 47.10 in the 100-free, 50.88 in the 100-butterfly and was part of four relays teams that had seasonal bests during the 2008 season. At this year's national meet, he earned four All-America awards to give him 15 for his career

An applied mathematics major who has been named to three all-academic teams by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America and New South Intercollegiate Swimming Conference, Chamberlain earned his four All-America awards as part of relay teams in the 200- and 400-medley relays as well as the 200- and 400-yard freestyle.

Calcara, who is majoring in biological sciences, recorded times of 57.14 seconds in the 100-yard breaststroke and 2:03.04 in the 200-breaststroke to earn All-America honors in those events at the 2008 NCAA meet. He was seventh in the 200-breaststroke after taking 12th in the 100-breaststroke.

A native of Olympia, Wash., Calcara earned two All-America awards in his junior year and has also earned all-academic honors from the NSISC.

Chamberlain and Calcara were among eight NCAA Division II student-athletes named to the Academic All-America squad from the college division out of a total of 44 on the three teams.

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Two members of the Missouri S&T women's track and field team have been selected to the ESPN the Magazine academic all-district team for the recently completed 2008 season.

Juniors Taylor Hahn and Jamie Statler, both of whom compete in the pole vault and other sprint and jumping events, were selected to the second team for District VII.

Hahn, a chemistry major at Missouri S&T, repeated as the Great Lakes Valley Conference champion in the pole vault during the indoor season, then finished second at the conference's outdoor meet in May. During the course of the 2008 season, Hahn established new school records in the pole vault with marks of 11-8 indoors and 11-9 3/4 outdoors, which also made the provisional qualifying standard for the national meet.

The junior from Salem, Ill., who earned three GLVC "Athlete of the Week" awards during the year, is also a member of the Alpha Phi Omega and Psi Chi honor societies at S&T.

Statler, who hails from St. Charles., Mo., finished third in the pole vault during both the indoor and outdoor conference meets in 2008. She also earned GLVC "Athlete of the Week" honors during the season after her clearance of 11-5 3/4 made the NCAA Division II provisional qualifying standard. Statler also cleared 11-6 1/4 during the outdoor season.

A biological sciences major at S&T, Statler is a member of the Alpha Chi Sigma and Phi Eta Sigma honor societies.

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Jordan Henry

Jordan Henry has landed another honor for the 2007-08 season, but this one comes for his work in the classroom along with his accomplishments on the track.

Henry, a junior from St. Charles, Mo., was named Thursday to the ESPN the Magazine academic all-district first team for the recently completed campaign. The selection to the first team makes him eligible for Academic All-America honors which will be announced later this month.

Henry took fourth in the pole vault competition at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships to wrap up a season in which he was the national runner-up in the pole vault during the indoor season and was the Great Lakes Valley Conference champion in both the indoor and outdoor league championships.

In addition, he established new school records in the event with clearances of 17 feet in the outdoor season -- making him the first S&T pole vaulter to ever clear that mark -- and 16-10 3/4 indoors which he cleared to earn his second place finish at the national meet. He has won three All-America awards during his career as a Miner.

Henry is majoring in electrical engineering at Missouri S&T.

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Missouri S&T has added an additional summer camp for 2008 as the track and field program will hold a camp for pole vaulters from July 14-16 at Allgood-Bailey Stadium.

The cost of the camp will be $75 and will run from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on each of the three days. The camp allows indivdiuals to learn the fundamentals of pole vaulting, with the concentration on learning a proper drill series to improve technique in the event.

Registration and medical waiver forms are available in the Missouri S&T athletics department and also at the link below; the final registration will take place at 8 a.m. on Monday, July 14. Campers will need to provide their own poles and lunches will not be provided.

Participants are also asked to check with your state high school actiivites association regarding policies of coaches and athletes attending the camp together.

Camp brochure

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