The University of Akron Athletics
ALL-AMERICANS
- Since 1998, The University of Akron track and field program has produced more than 50 All-Americans, garnering more than 100 All-American honors. Of that esteemed group, six Zips have gone on to win the NCAA Championship; Christi Smith captured the heptathlon crown in 2000, Stevi Large won the hammer in 2009, Shawn Barber took the Indoor Pole Vault championship in 2014 and 2015 and Outdoor title in 2015, Annika Roloff won the gold in the Outdoor Pole Vault competition in 2014, while Clayton Murphy took home top honors in the 2016 Indoor 800M and 2016 Outdoor 1,500M and Matt Ludwig won the men's outdoor pole vault in 2017.
All-Time Akron Women's Indoor All-Americans
Laura Wozniak (High Jump), 1998
Christi Smith (Long Jump), 1999
Mary Varga (High Jump), 2001
Beata Rudzinska (800m), 2003, 2004, 2005
Kira Sims (Pole Vault), 2004
Natalie Sako (High Jump), 2005, 2006, 2007
Stevi Large (Weight Throw), 2008, 2009
Carrie Kayes (Pole Vault), 2010
Valerie Wert Fraizer (Weight Throw), 2012 (Second Team)
Alexis Cooks (Weight Throw), 2013 (Second Team), 2015 (Second Team), 2016 (Second Team); (Shot Put), 2016 (Second Team)
Brittany Funk (Weight Throw), 2013 (Second Team), 2014 (First Team), 2015 (First Team)
Annika Roloff (Pole Vault), 2014 (First Team)
Weronika Gaudyn (Triple Jump), 2014 (Second Team)
Claudia Garcia Jou (High Jump), 2015 (First Team), 2016 (First Team)
Jackie Siefring (Pentathlon), 2016 (First Team), 2017 (Second Team), 2018 (First Team)
Lucy Bryan (Pole Vault), 2017 (First Team), 2018 (First Team), 2019 (Second Team), 2020 (COVID-19 No Teams Designated)
Nikki Manson (High Jump), 2017 (Second Team)
Mackenzie Andrews (Mile), 2019 (Second Team)
All-Time Akron Men's Indoor All-Americans
LeShaunte Edwards (100m, 200m), 2001
John Russell (Pole Vault), 2003, 2004, 2006
Tomasz Smialek (High Jump), 2005
Auston Papay (Shot Put), 2008
Mike Uhle (Pole Vault), 2010
Shawn Barber (Pole Vault), 2013, 2014, 2015
Gabriel Genovesi (800m), 2013 (Second Team)
Alex McCune (Heptathlon), 2013 (Second Team), 2014 (First Team), 2016 (Second Team)
Joe Wesley (Pole Vault), 2013 (HM)
Jordan Latimer (Long Jump), 2015 (Second Team), 2018 (Second Team), 2019 (First Team)
Clayton Murphy (800M), 2015 (First Team), 2016 (First Team)
Matt Ludwig (Pole Vault), 2017 (First Team), 2018 (First Team), 2019 (First Team)
Terrell McClain (Long Jump), 2017 (First Team)
Hesham Eldesouky (Triple Jump), 2019 (Second Team)
Demetrius Jackson (200m) 2020 (COVID-19 No Teams Designated)
Noah Williams (400m) 2020 (COVID-19 No Teams Designated)
Hunter Garretson (Pole Vault) 2021 (First Team)
Nuh Andu (High Jump) 2021 (Second Team)
All-Time Akron Women's Outdoor All-Americans
Christi Smith (Heptathlon), 1998
Christi Smith (Heptathlon), 1999
Mary Varga (High Jump), 1999
Christi Smith (Heptathlon), 2000
Mary Varga (Heptathlon, Javelin), 2001
Kira Sims (Pole Vault), 2003
Beata Rudzinska (800m), 2004
Kira Sims (Pole Vault), 2004
Beata Rudzinska (800m), 2005
Ashley Kaufman (Javelin), 2005
Natalie Sako (High Jump), 2006
Ashley Kaufman (Javelin), 2006
Stevi Large (Hammer), 2008
Stevi Large (Hammer), 2009
Carrie Kayes (Pole Vault), 2009
Carrie Kayes (Pole Vault), 2010 (First Team)
Valerie Wert Fraizer (Hammer), 2010 (First Team)
Katherine Lee (Pole Vault), 2011 (Second Team)
Valerie Wert Fraizer (Discus), 2011 (HM)
Brittany Funk (Hammer), 2013 (First Team)
Brittany Cheese (Long Jump), 2013 (HM)
Claire Lucas (Pole Vault), 2013 (HM)
Brittany Funk (Hammer), 2014 (First Team)
Alexis Cooks (Discus), 2013 (First Team), 2014 (First Team), 2015 (First Team);(Shot Put), 2015 (First Team);(Hammer), 2015 (Second Team)
Annika Roloff (Pole Vault), 2014 (First Team)
Claudia Garcia Jou (High Jump), 2015 (First Team), 2016 (First Team)
Caroline Hasse (Pole Vault), 2014 (HM), 2015 (Second Team), 2016 (First Team)
Jackie Siefring (Heptathlon), 2016 (Second Team), 2017 (First Team), 2018 (Second Team)
Nikki Manson (High Jump), 2017 (First Team)
Lucy Bryan (Pole Vault), 2018 (First Team), 2019 (First Team)
Patricia Ortega (Heptathlon), 2018 (Second Team)
Dara Perry (100MH), 2018 (HM)
Abigale Wilson (Discus), 2018 (HM), 2019 (Second Team),
Mackenzie Andrews (3,000m Steeplechase) (HM)
All-Time Akron Men's Outdoor All-Americans
Chad Bullett (100m), 1999
LeShaunte Edwards (200m), 2000
John Russell (Pole Vault), 2005
Tomasz Smialek (High Jump), 2005
John Russell (Pole Vault), 2006
Cadeau Kelley (Long Jump), 2008
Daniel Kinsey (Decathlon), 2009
Daniel Kinsey (Decathlon), 2010
Willie Brown (800m), First Team, 2011
Collister Fahie (Long Jump), Second Team, 2011
Nick Banke (Discus), 2011 (Honorable Mention)
Bjorn Johansson (Decathlon), 2011 (Honorable Mention)
Eric Hubbard (Hammer Throw), 2012 (Honorable Mention)
Shawn Barber (Pole Vault), 2013 (First Team)
Alex McCune (Decathlon), 2013 (Honorable Mention)
Shawn Barber (Pole Vault), 2014 (First Team), 2015 (First Team)
Alex McCune (Decathlon), 2014 (First Team), 2016 (Honorable Mention)
Miles Baldwin (4x100 Relay), 2015 (Honorable Mention)
Phil Jagers (Discus), 2015 (Honorable Mention), 2016 (Honorable Mention), 2017 (Second Team)
Jordan Latimer (Long Jump), 2015 (Honorable Mention), 2018 (First Team), 2019 (First Team)
Clayton Murphy (800M), 2015 (First Team); (1,500M), 2016 (First Team)
Julius Ruby (4x100 Relay), 2015 (Honorable Mention)
D.J. Williamson (4x100 Relay), 2015 (Honorable Mention)
Anthony Young (4x100 Relay), 2015 (Honorable Mention)
Terrell McClain (Long Jump), 2016 (Second Team), 2017 (First Team), 2018 (Second Team)
Joe Oduho (Long Jump), 2016 (Second Team)
Curtis Richardson (High Jump), 2016 (Second Team), 2019 (HM)
Cody Stine (High Jump), 2016 (Second Team), 2017 (Honorable Mention)
Matt Rowland (Pole Vault), 2016 (Honorable Mention)
Matt Ludwig (Pole Vault), 2017 (First Team), 2018 (First Team), 2019 (Second Team)
Rodrigo Iglesias (Javelin), 2018 (HM)
Matt Keim (Pole Vault) 2019 (HM)
NCAA CHAMPIONS
All-Time Akron Outdoor National Champions
Christi Smith (Heptathlon), 2000
Steve Large (Hammer), 2009
Shawn Barber (Pole Vault) 2014 (I), 2015 (I), 2015 (O)
Annika Roloff (Pole Vault), 2014
Clayton Murphy (800M), 2016 (I);(1,500M), 2016 (O)
Matt Ludwig (Pole Vault), 2017 (O)
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