The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
06.21.2018 | Track & Field / Cross Country
Senior corporate communications major earns Google Cloud Academic All-America® nod.
AUSTIN, Texas - Senior Haley Crouser was named to the Google Cloud Academic All-America® team on Thursday. Crouser, a 2018 graduate with a degree in corporate communications, earned third-team honors.
A native of Gresham, Oregon, Crouser earned honorable mention All-America honors at NCAA Outdoor Championships in the javelin with an 18th-place finish. She was also named first-team Academic All-Big 12 earlier this season.
In her final collegiate season, Crouser put her name atop the record books at Texas by breaking the school record in the javelin. She heaved the javelin for a measurement of 55.65 meters (187-2) to win her second Big 12 Conference title and break the previous school record by 2 centimeters.
Crouser qualified for the NCAA Championships again thanks to a 7th-place finish at the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds. She also registered a meet-record throw of 53.94m (177-0) to open her season at the UTSA Invitational.
Crouser won three of her four meets prior to the regional with her only loss on the year coming to a professional thrower at the Texas Relays.
The Google Cloud Academic All-America® Team is voted on by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America.
