NORFOLK, Va., May 13, 2025 --- The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) announced the 2025 Outdoor Track and Field All-Academic Selections, honoring 149 student-athletes from the conference's eight institutions who achieved academic success during the 2024-25 academic year. 
 
MEAC sophomore, junior and senior student-athletes with a 3.0 or better cumulative grade point average, as well as transfer student-athletes who have been in residence at the institution for at least one year, are eligible for All-Academic accolades. 
 
Morgan State had a total of 20 student-athletes (Deborah Adekayode, Hemetti Apet, Brylan Carter, Kimani Coffee, Crystal Coke, Abigail Fisher, Victoria Francis, Aaliyah Headley, Laniyah Henderson, Dante Jackson, Tia Jackson, Azariah Jones, Lailah King, Terine Lambert, Jessica Lamborn, Denisha McLaurin, Omari McKenzie, Jadon Ra-Akbar, Isaac Rankin and Aleisha Robinson) named to the track and field all-academic team.
 
Listed below are the 2025 All-Academic honorees (by institutions): 
 
Coppin State (15) 
Chris Adekoya 
Nackera Allen 
Chanell DeVaughn 
Asa Francis 
Jarrett Gentles 
Jeff Hammond 
Solomon Hammond 
Halutie Hor 
Gifty Oku Kwakyewaa 
Raniya Perry 
Abdul Razak 
Woizero Richards 
Abdul Sesay 
Etiam Torgbenu 
Noxroy Wright 
 
Delaware State (21) 
Gabrielle Almonte 
Annalise Bond 
Cloe Cauley 
Dyson Coley 
Jayden Comer 
Marian Drazan  
Danielle Fleurima 
Emery Gomez 
Keadance Hamilton 
Christopher Johnson 
Merasia Johnson 
Peter Kamanu 
Da'Shawn Keller 
Evan Knox  
Ashley Lagat 
Ava Larkin 
Cyenna Martinez 
Orianna Moore 
Chidubem Okwudibonye 
Leah Powell 
Ashley Richardson
 
Howard (20) 
Kelis Armstrong 
Jamar Bailey III 
Jorim Bangue  
Temi Banwo 
Joslyn Crosby 
Chase Drewery 
Camille Egbula 
Ai'yana Gray-Williams 
Jasmyn Hunter 
Kobe Hutson 
Emerson McKindra 
Ija Mumford 
Sheri-Anne Nortoon 
Tiffani Rae Pittman 
Mackenzie Robinson 
Lauren Thompson 
Zoe Turner 
Amon-Ra Watkins 
Orlaan Winston 
Aniya Woodruff 
 
Maryland Eastern Shore (18) 
Malachi Aiken 
Shy-Ann Campbell 
Kimoria Chance 
Ndeye Diop 
Amia Ducker 
Alyssa Dyett 
Tytan Frazier  
Favian Gollop 
John Justice 
Andie Kollie 
David Martin 
Radjae Reid 
Jalen Ridgeway 
Marshay Robinson 
Shenell Simms 
Jamayla Stansbury 
Kalin Toogood 
Kennis Welch 
 
Morgan State (20) 
Deborah Adekayode 
Hemetti Apet 
Brylan Carter 
Kimani Coffee 
Crystal Coke 
Abigail Fisher 
Victoria Francis 
Aaliyah Headley 
Laniyah Henderson 
Dante Jackson 
Tia Jackson 
Azariah Jones 
Lailah King 
Terine Lambert 
Jessica Lamborn 
Denisha McLaurin 
Omari McKenzie 
Jadon Ra-Akbar 
Isaac Rankin  
Aleisha Robinson 
 
Norfolk State (17) 
Christopher Basking 
Tafari Bishop  
Abigail Chebet 
Lexa Hunter 
Victor Jumo  
Mercyline Kimaiyo 
Basil Koech  
Sonia Koech 
Troy McWilliams  
Kaena Riley 
Brian Rotich 
Andwele Shurland 
Emani Thompson 
Kendrick Winfield 
Jahmei Wyatt 
Premier Wynn 
Leslie Young 
 
North Carolina Central (21) 
Nelson Anderson 
Nyree Bacchus 
Allen Barnes 
Ryan Chong 
Alitza Dennard 
Saniya Fowler 
Jaeda Harris 
Naliah Hope 
Laila Jackson 
Kayla Johnson 
Evans Kimutai 
Corey Little 
Tia Lucas 
Gianna Marquez 
Emmanual Paddyfote 
Christopher Rollinson 
Octavious Smith 
Travis Stuckey  
Melanne Sutton 
Matthew Swepson  
Victoria Swepson 
 
South Carolina State (17) 
Jalen Alleyne 
Robert Carter 
Keondre Dickson 
Makenzie Edwards 
Martin Hare Jr. 
Erick Hill 
Michael Hopkins 
Isaiah Johnson 
Terryn Patterson 
Areyanna Scott 
Kennedy Spears 
Jameli Thomas 
Makayla Toussaint  
Isaiah Vertus 
Christian Washington 
Jonathan Williams 
TyQwasia Williams 
 
 
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Morgan State University, founded in 1867, is a Carnegie-classified high research (R2) institution offering nearly 140 academic programs leading to degrees from the baccalaureate to the doctorate. As Maryland's Preeminent Public Urban Research University, and the only university to have its entire campus designated as a National Treasure by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Morgan serves a multiethnic and multiracial student body and seeks to ensure that the doors of higher education are opened as wide as possible to as many as possible. For more information about Morgan State University, visit www.morgan.edu.