College Sports Communicators honor five with Academic All-District®

6/18/2024 4:13:00 PM

GREENWOOD, Ind.--Five members of Westminster College's women's cross country and track and field programs were recognized by the College Sports Communicators (CSC) with Academic All-District^®honors Tuesday afternoon. Recent graduates Madison Conley (New Castle, Pa., New Castle) and Jess Fatigati (McDonald, Pa., West Allegheny), along with rising senior Lexi Shiderly (New Castle, Pa., Mohawk) and rising juniors Shelby Rambo (East Palestine, Ohio, Crestview) and Missy Treharne (Burton, Ohio, Beaumont School), were all recognized.

Conley, Fatigati and Shiderly earned Academic All-District^® for the second-straight year.

The Academic All-District^® teams recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances in athletic competition and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America^® program separately recognizes cross country/track and field honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA.

Conley earned a bachelor's degree in biology on May 11, graduating with 3.59 cumulative GPA. She was recognized as an All-American with her seventh-place finish in the pole vault at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships May 23 at Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Conley, who entered the 22-vaulter competition as the No. 19 seed, cleared a personal-best 3.81 meters (12-06) on her first attempt at the height. It was her first appearance at the outdoor championships. Conley qualified for this year's indoor championships and earned All-American honors with a seventh-place finish at the Virginia Beach Sports Center in Virginia Beach, Va.

Fatigati earned a bachelor of science degree in nursing, graduating with a 3.65 cumulative GPA. She was recently named All-Mid-Atlantic Region by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) after posting the region's No. 2 time in the 100 meters, recording a time of 12.07 seconds in the preliminaries of the Harrison Dillard Twilight, hosted by Baldwin Wallace University, on May 9.

Davis and Conley were also members of the region's No. 2-ranked 4x100-meter relay, which posted a top time of 47.89 seconds at the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Championships on Apr. 25.

Shiderly, an early childhood and special education major, carries a 3.77 cumulative GPA. She finished with the No. 1 throw in the shot put in the Mid-Atlantic. She won the event after posting a season-best throw of 13.35 meters (43-09.75) at the PAC Championships.

An environmental science major, Rambo maintains a 3.76 cumulative GPA. She ranked second in the region in the discus after finishing in fourth place and establishing a new program record at the All-Atlantic Region Track and Field Conference (AARTFC) Outdoor Championships on May 16. Rambo's top effort of 44.61 meters (146-04) came on her sixth and final attempt. The throw surpassed Emily Dolsak's previous school-record mark of 44.38 meters from Apr. 17, 2012. Rambo also tied for fifth in the region in the shot put, finishing sixth with a personal-best mark of 12.23 meters (40-01.50) at Slippery Rock University's Dave Labor Invitational on Apr. 6.

Treharne, a creative media production major, carries a 3.94 cumulative GPA. She finished No. 3 in the region in the pole vault, tying for fifth place at Slippery Rock's John Papa Invitational on Apr. 18 after she cleared a personal-best 3.60 meters (11-09.75).

Westminster won the team title at the PAC Outdoor Championships on Apr. 26, rolling up 193 points during two-day, 19-event championship and finished with six individual champions. The 4x100-meter and 4x400-meter relays also posted championship finishes. The PAC Championships were held at the Track & Field Complex at Mylan Park, the home of the West Virginia University track and field and cross country programs. It is Westminster's sixth outdoor title in program history and is the first time the women's program won the league's indoor and outdoor titles in the same year.

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