DeFusco receives USTFCCCA Academic honor

The Kutztown University men's and women's track & field teams were named Division II All-Academic teams by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association and junior Anthony DeFusco (Douglassville, Pa./Daniel Boone) was tabbed as an All-Academic Athlete by the organization.

DeFusco, who earned All-Atlantic Region status by the USTFCCCA back in May, boasts a 3.75 GPA majoring in geography. To be named an All-Academic Athlete, one must have a minimum cumulative GPA of a 3.25 through the end of the semester of competition. The student-athlete also must have achieved an automatic or provisional qualifying mark (individual or relay event) for either the indoor season or outdoor season.

DeFusco is a four-time Outdoor All-Region performer, having landed on the team in the triple jump in 2022 and both the long and triple jumps in 2021. He was tied for fourth in the Atlantic Region in the long jump, surpassing an NCAA Division II provisional mark with a career-best jump of 7.38m (24'2.5") at the Coach Pollard Invitational hosted by Moravian, April 22. The Douglassville native's new personal standard moved him up to third on Kutztown's all-time top 10 list.

Both the men's and women's programs found themselves on the list as well as a whole. The men's cumulative GPA was a 3.09 and the women's was a 3.27. The cumulative GPA for each team must be a 3.0 or higher to be selected.