Austin, Texas (June 29) -- Senior Matthew Kearney (Austin, Texas) leads five members of the MIT men's cross country/track and field programs who have been selected to the Academic All-America Teams, as chosen by the College Sports Communicators (CSC). Kearney has been named as the Division III Team Member of the Year for cross country/track and field and earns First Team honors for the first time in his career. Senior Sam Acquaviva (Newburyport, Mass.), junior Henry Hardart (Annapolis, Md.) and senior Kenneth Wei (Mt. Sinai, N.Y.) join Kearney on the First Team, while senior Andrew Mah (Newton, Mass.) was honored as a Third Team selection.
 
This is the first career Academic All-America recognition for Acquaviva, Hardart and Mah, while Kearney is now a two-time honoree and Wei earns his third career award. Kearney also becomes the fifth MIT men's cross country/track and field student-athlete to earn Team Member of the Year honors and the first since Yorai Shaoul '21 in 2021.
 
Matthew Kearney
- 2022-23 USTFCCCA All-American in cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field
- Five-time USTFCCCA All-Region performer in 2022-23
- 2022 Second Team Academic All-America
- 2022 Rhodes Scholarship recipient
- Graduated with a 4.9 cumulative GPA on MIT's 5.0 grading scale, earning his Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering and computer science and philosophy
- Also earned his Master of Engineering degree in electrical engineering and computer science
 
Sam Acquaviva
- 2022 USTFCCCA All-American in cross country, finishing third at the NCAA National Championship
- 2022-23 USTFCCCA All-Region in cross country and indoor track and field (3,000m, 5,000m and DMR)
- NCAA Qualifier indoors in the 3,000m, 5,000m and DMR
- 2022 NEWMAC Cross Country Athlete of the Year after winning the NEWMAC Championship
- 2022 USTFCCCA Men's Cross Country National Scholar-Athlete of the Year
- Earned his Bachelor of Science degree in computation and cognition, finishing with a 4.9 cumulative GPA
 
Henry Hardart
- 2022 USTFCCCA All-American in cross country, finishing 35th overall at the NCAA National Championship
- Finished eighth at the NEWMAC Championship and the NCAA East Regional, earning NEWMAC All-Conference and USTFCCCA All-Region honors
- NCAA Qualifier (Indoors: Mile, Distance Medley Relay; Outdoors: 1,500m)
- Three-time USTFCCCA All-Region selection between indoor and outdoor track and field
- Majoring in chemistry and biology with a perfect 5.0 cumulative GPA
 
Andrew Mah
- 2022 USTFCCCA All-American in cross country, placing 36th at the NCAA National Championship
- Finished fifth at the NEWMAC Championship and second at the NCAA East Regional, earning NEWMAC All-Conference and USTFCCCA All-Region accolades
- Named to the NEWMAC Men's Cross Country 25-Year All-NEWMAC Team
- NCAA Qualifier (Indoors: 3,000m, 5,000m; Outdoor: 5,000m, 10,000m)
- Four-time USTFCCCA All-Region performer in indoor and outdoor track and field in 2022-23
- Graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics and computer science, finishing with a 4.8 cumulative GPA
 
Kenneth Wei
- Captured the national championship at indoor long jump in 2022-23 as he now has four NCAA individual national title
- Earned 2023 USTFCCCA All-American honors indoors in the long jump and 60m hurdles, as well as outdoors in the long jump and 110m hurdles
- 11-time USTFCCCA All-American over his career, earning the award in every NCAA event he has ever qualified in
- 2023 New England D3 Champion (Indoors: Long Jump, 60m Hurdles)
- 2023 NEWMAC Champion (Long Jump, 110m Hurdles)
- 2022 CSC First Team Academic All-America and 2021 CSC Third Team Academic All-America
- Graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in biological engineering with a minor in computer science as he totaled a 4.8 cumulative GPA
 
MIT ends the 2022-23 academic year with a single-season record 34 CSC Academic All-America honorees as the Engineers now have a nation-leading 419 all-time Academic All-America selections. In addition, MIT has had 20 or more AAA honorees in six of the last seven years, including a total of 61 in the last two years alone.
 
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