New Orleans, La. (July 18) – Sophomore Jackson Bliey (Talleyville, Del.) was named the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Men's Outdoor National Scholar Field Athlete of the Year as announced by the organization earlier this week. In addition, the Engineers produced 20 All-Academic Athlete qualifiers and received the All-Academic Team Award as their overall cumulative GPA of 3.75 on a 4.0 grading scale ranked third among all Division III programs.
 
Bliey, who has a 3.64 GPA while majoring in computer science and engineering, earned National Scholar Field Athlete of the Year honors after winning the high jump title with a personal-best mark of 2.17m (7' 0.5") at the 2024 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championship. This is the third year in a row MIT collected USTFCCCA Men's Outdoor National Scholar Athlete of the Year plaudits as sophomore Enoch Ellis (Garland, Texas) and graduate student Kenneth Wei (Mount Sinai, N.Y.) were previous track honorees.
 
To earn All-Academic honors, a student-athlete must have a minimum cumulative GPA of a 3.30 on a 4.0 scale through the most recently completed grading period. They must also meet one of the following criteria: 1) Must have finished the season among the top 50 individuals as listed on the descending order lists on TFRRS. In addition, any athletes not among the top 50, but who participated in either the indoor or outdoor championships, are eligible. 2) Must have competed as a member of one of the top 35 relay teams as listed on the descending order list on TFRRS. In addition, any athletes not among the top 35 relay teams, but who participated in a relay at the indoor or outdoor national championships, are eligible.
 
USTFCCCA All-Academic Athletes (with major in parentheses)
Sam Acquaviva (Computation and Cognition)
Pablo Arroyo (Aerospace Engineering)
Jackson Bliey (Computer Science and Engineering)
Nolan Clement (Artificial Intelligence and Decision Making)
Enoch Ellis (Chemical Engineering and Mathematics)
Sam Engebretson (Physics)
Charlie Glass (Computation and Cognition)
Jonah Goldstein (Aerospace Engineering)
Patrick Haertel (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)
Jacob Hansen (Computer Science)
Henry Hardart (Biology and Chemistry)
Ziyad Hassan (Computer Science and Engineering)
Lowell Hensgen (Computer Science and Mathematics)
Sean Huckleberry (Computer Science and Engineering)
Ian Koe (Biology)
Vedang Lad (Physics and Computer Science)
Simon Opsahl (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)
Walter Truitt (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)
Kenneth Wei (Medical Engineering and Medical Physics)
Garrett Whitmore (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)
 
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