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Carlson nabs second Academic All-America honor June 21, 2005 Saint Martin’s cross country/track & field star Nathan Carlson has been named to the 2004-2005 ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America team. Carlson, who was also honored on the team in 2003, earned first team status recognizing his accomplishments in competition and in the classroom. Carlson, who earned a 3.88 grade point average as a Biology undergraduate and a 4.0 average as an Education graduate student, has been a standout cross country and track & field runner for the Saints. He earned All-American honors this spring by placing eighth in the NCAA Division II national track & field meet in the 1500 meters in a conference record time of 3:50.18 after winning the conference title in a time of 3:53.82. During his career, he is a three-time NCAA national qualifier (twice in the indoor meet), a five-time provisional national qualifier and a three-time conference champion and meet record holder (1500, indoor mile, indoor medley relay). He also has won seven GNAC Academic all-conference awards, two CoSIDA District VIII all-region awards and six U.S .Track and Cross Country Coaches Association Academic All-American awards. In addition to his athletic and academic accomplishments, Carlson has served as president of SMC’s Student Athlete Advisory Committee and was instrumental in developing community service events and passage of a student recreation fee to remodel the school’s fitness center. He also established and led a new chapter of Fellowship of Christian Athletes. As a 2005 recipient of the prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Award, Carlson has recently been inducted as an officer in the U.S. Army and plans to earn his doctorate in Physical Therapy at Baylor University while stationed at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas.
Mark McGreevy, Sports Information Director
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