Track & Field: Marlee Cavitt & Alesha Lane Earn CUSA All-Academic Team Honors

DALLAS – Marlee Cavitt and Alesha Lane have been named to the 2026 Conference USA All-Academic team, announced the conference office on Friday. Cavitt and Lane make up two of the 22 total student-athletes recognized by CUSA for outstanding achievement in sport and the classroom.

Marlee Cavitt took home the 2026 Conference USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships Women’s High Point Scorer of the Meet award after notching individual championships in the 100m and the 200m, while also helping the 4×100 relay team take sixth overall. Cavitt would later go on to represent the Crimson & White in the 100m and 200m at the 2026 NCAA West First Round, hosted at the University of Arkansas. In total, the junior from Sacramento tallied four podium finishes between the indoor and outdoor CUSA Championships, including three individual titles (200m indoor, 100m & 200m outdoor). She now also holds the fastest outdoor 100m time in school history (11.38). She holds a 3.72 GPA while majoring in exercise science.
 
Alesha Lane was named the 2026 CUSA Outdoor Track & Field Championships Field Performer of the Meet following a weekend that saw her record the most points by an individual in field events (17), thanks to a pair of podium finishes and an eighth-place result in the hammer throw. Down to her last attempt in the shot put, the senior from Casper, Wyo., launched a new personal best throw of 16.05 meters (52-8″) to overtake the top spot on the leaderboard and claim her first individual outdoor title. Lane would join Cavitt as the only two Aggies to compete in multiple events at the NCAA West First Round, which saw Lane in both the shot put and discus. Lane has a 3.72 GPA in physical education.

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2026 Men’s Track & Field All-Academic Team
Pishon Haughton, KSU          So.       3.86     Interactive Design
Harrison Pawsat, KSU           Gr.       4.00     MS Cyber Security
Kellen Kimes, Liberty            Jr.        4.00     Biomedical Studies
Joshua Smith, Liberty            Sr.        3.89     MS Human Performance: Strength Training & Conditioning
William Estes, LA Tech         Sr.        3.91     Political Science/Spanish and Sociology
Joel Iheakolam, MTSU           Jr.        3.81     Public Health
Ikenna Opara, Sam Houston Jr.        3.76     Biomedical Sciences (Pre-Med)
Christian Rohlack, Sam Houston Jr.        3.88     Kinesiology: Clinical Exercise Science
Andres Gurrola, UTEP          Sr.        4.00     Psychology
Zacarias Velasquez, UTEP    Gr.       3.91     Physical Therapy (Ph.D.)
Sam Crenshaw, WKU             So.       3.86     Communications Disorders-Prep
 
2026 Women’s Track & Field All-Academic Team
Olamide Ayeni, Delaware     So.       3.95     Psychology
Isabell Mary Luik, FIU           Jr.        3.78     Business Analytics AI
Amiyah Johnson, Jax State    So.       3.86     Exercise Science and Wellness-Clinical
Keira Hight, KSU                    Sr.        3.95     Management and Entrepreneurship
Kali Terza, KSU                      Gr.       3.87     MS Cybersecurity
Patasha Bryan, Liberty         Gr.       3.81     Advanced Graduate Certificate-Leadership
Allie Zealand, Liberty            So.       3.79     Civil Engineering/Mathematics
Chidinma Agu, MTSU             So.       4.00     Public Health
Marlee Cavitt, NM State        Jr.        3.72     Kinesiology: Exercise Science
Alesha Lane, NM State          Sr.        3.72     Kinesiology: Physical Education
Kinley Kunkel, WKU              Jr.        3.76     Biology
 
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