Women's Track & Field
Anderson, Klenk, Guilfoyle Named to ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-America Squad
June 27, 2007
KINGSTON, R.I. --Three members of the University of Rhode Island women's track & field/cross country team were named to the ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-America team. Emily Anderson, Courtney Klenk, and Katherine Guilfoyle each earned accolades as being part of the top student-athletes in their respective sports.
In all, 36 institutions are represented among the 45 student-athletes in the University Division. URI is one of just three institutions listed with at least three student-athletes earning Academic All-America status.
Anderson was named to the Second Team University Division Academic All-America team. The Westerly, R.I. native compiled a 3.95 grade-point average, studying political science & economics.
A recent recipient of a 2007 Atlantic 10 Postgraduate Scholarship, she was also a 2005 ESPN the Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-Conference First Team honoree. During her career on the track, she won eight medals at Atlantic 10 championships, including gold in the 1000-meter indoor run in 2005. A two-time team captain, Anderson was also a member of three URI team championships, as the Rams captured the title at the 2003 and 2005 Atlantic 10 outdoor track & field championships, as well as the 2005 indoor championship.
A political science and economics major, Anderson earned the 2006-07 URI Department of Athletics Winifred Keaney Award, which is presented annually to the most outstanding graduating female URI student-athlete who has been a role model in her career and has maintained a high level of academic standing. She was also honored with the 2006-07 Rhode Island Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women Distinguished Student-Athlete. Anderson will complete her graduate studies in political science at Rhode Island.
Klenk and Guilfoyle were both named to the Third Team University Division Academic All-America squad.
Klenk, a biological sciences major, posted a perfect 4.0 grade point average in her academic tenure at URI. Inducted into the prestigious Phi Beta Kappa academic society, her resume is filled with numerous academic awards and honors, including the Chi Alpha Sigma National Student-Athlete Honor Society, the Phi Eta Sigma National Freshman Honor Society, the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Golden Key Honor Society, and Phi Sigma Omega just to name a few.
In 2006, she was a winner of the USA Today National Sportsmanship Essay contest, while also earning the A-10 Sportsmanship Award that year. On the track, she earned a scholarship after walking-on her first season. She was a member of five Atlantic 10 championship teams - three outdoor and two indoor. In 2003 and 2005, she finished fourth in the 10,000m run while also placing fourth place in the 5,000m in 2003 at the A-10 Outdoor Championships.
Guilfoyle maintained a 3.99 GPA as a Biological Sciences (Pre Dental) major while participating in the URI honors program, earning Dean's List honors every semester. A member of Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Eta Sigma, National Society of College Scholars, and Chi Alpha Sigma honor societies, she was selected as a University College Scholar following her freshman year -- an award that honors the top 10 freshmen in the entire university. She was also recognized at the Honors Convocation for winning an Eric Kumpf Memorial Humanities Award, which provided financial support to assist her senior honors project "Recruitment and Retention of Childhood Bereavement Center Facilitators," which has been accepted for presentation at the 11th Annual National Symposium on Children's Grief Support in Birmingham, Alabama, June 2007
On the track, Guilfoyle earned a scholarship after walking-on her first season and has scored in the steeplechase at the Atlantic 10 championship in all four seasons in a URI singlet. She was named to the Atlantic 10 Cross Country Academic All-Conference team in both 2005 and 2006 and was featured in the Atlantic 10/CSTV Student-Athlete Spotlight included on the Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Championship telecast.
All three student-athletes earned a spot on the national ballot by virtue of being named to the ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District 1 First Team.
