The Wabash College track and field program and student-athletes
Haiden Diemer-McKinney and
Quinn Sholar have been honored for their academic and athletic excellence by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) following the 2024–25 season.
The Little Giants were named a USTFCCCA All-Academic Team, one of 115 NCAA Division III men's programs to receive the honor. Wabash posted a cumulative team grade point average of 3.36, surpassing the 3.10 threshold for recognition.
Diemer-McKinney, an economics major, and Sholar, an art major — both rising seniors —were among 512 individuals named USTFCCCA All-Academic Athletes. To earn the distinction, student-athletes must hold a cumulative GPA of 3.30 or higher and rank among the top 50 nationally in an individual event or be part of a top-35 relay.
Diemer-McKinney earned All-North Coast Athletic Conference honors in both cross country and track and field. He placed 15th at the 2024 NCAC Cross Country Championships to secure third-team all-conference recognition. During the indoor season, he finished second in the 800-meter run and ran the leadoff leg on the Little Giants' runner-up distance medley relay and 4x400-meter relay teams to collect three All-NCAC performances. He added a fifth all-conference honor in the outdoor season with another second-place finish in the 800 meters at the 2025 NCAC Outdoor Championships.
Sholar captured the NCAC title in the weight throw at the 2025 indoor championships and placed third in the shot put to earn additional all-conference recognition. In the spring, he secured second-place finishes in both the shot put and discus at the NCAC Outdoor Championships, earning two more All-NCAC honors. Sholar qualified for the 2025 NCAA Division III Outdoor National Championships in the discus and finished 20th in the event.
"I am very proud of our team and the individuals for earning Academic All-American honors from the USTFCCCA," said
Clyde Morgan, Director of Track and Field and Cross Country at Wabash. "This is always one of our program's goals, so to see them achieve academic greatness is phenomenal, especially at a prestigious place like Wabash College. Congratulations to all of our young men and coaches, as well as the rest of the Wabash community, who have poured into our team not just as scholar-athletes, but as young men."
The honors cap a successful 2024–25 campaign for Wabash, which included an NCAC Outdoor Championship team title and multiple NCAA Championship qualifiers and All-American performances across cross country and indoor and outdoor track and field.
