Kaydian Jones Earns Capital One Academic Third Team All-America Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country Honor

WASHINGTON, DC – Senior Kaydian Jones of the University of the District of Columbia Track & Field team was selected as a Capital One Academic Third Team All-American by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). She is the third UDC athlete in the school's athletics history to earn CoSIDA Academic All-America honors.

These teams are released to recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom. Capital One has been the entitlement rights holder to CoSIDA's Academic All-America teams programs since 2011. To qualify for Academic All-America, a student-athlete must maintain a cumulative grade-point average of 3.30 or higher, have reached sophomore academic and athletic standing at the institution and be nominated by the school's sports information director. Then, he or she must earn First Team Academic All-District honors.

Jones (Journalism – Kingston, Jamaica/St. Andrew HS) is a two-year captain of the cross country and indoor and outdoor track & field teams at UDC, a two-time 4x400M Relay All-American, two-time ECC Outdoor Athlete of the Year and 2014 Indoor Athlete of the East Coast Conference Championship meet. Meanwhile, she has a 3.53 cumulative GPA, served as President of the UDC Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and two years as Vice President of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, and earned USTFCCCA Academic All-American status in 2012-13.

She is also recently the recipient of the East Coast Conference and University of the District of Columbia Athletic Department's most prestigious awards. The ECC awarded her the Excellence in Community and Character Award for the student-athletes who have distinguished themselves through positive actions and behaviors consistent with the NCAA Division II attributes of learning, service, passion, sportsmanship, balance and resourcefulness. The UDC Athletic Department presented her the Reslyn Woodruff Henley Memorial Award – given to the senior student-athlete who has exhibited nobility of character, deep loyalty to his or her fellow students or teammates, high team spirit and a demonstrated ability to inspire his or her teammates to perform in a manner that reflects favorably upon the team and the university. The recipient must perform well in the classroom in addition to his or her athletic exploits.