Northwest Missouri
State track and field senior Marcus Klein earned prestigious First-Team
Academic All-America® honors as selected by the College Sports Information
Directors of America (CoSIDA). 
Klein (Harlan, Iowa) becomes only the ninth Bearcat track and field/cross
country competitor, and the first since 2005, to secure Academic All-America®
in program history. Klein is also the sixth of those to earn first-team status
joining Bob Sundell (1989), Robby
Lane (1999), Tucker Woolsey (2002)
and Clint Prange (2003, 2005). 
Klein registered a 3.98 grade point average in mathematics.&nbsp;In this past
season's indoor campaign, Klein jumped 7.45 meters to earn the 10th-best jump
in the nation. His best leap of the year came at the Gorilla Classic on Feb.
14. Klein is a two-time indoor national championship qualifier and a one-time
outdoor qualifier. Klein secured All-America honors in the long jump at the
2019 NCAA Outdoor Track &amp; Field Championships.&nbsp; 
The Division II Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by
the NCAA Division II national governance structure to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards
fulfillment aspects for the 2019-20 Division II Academic All-America® teams
program. Despite the cancellation of spring competition during COVID-19, CoSIDA continued its sponsorship of the
Academic All-America awards program. Student-athletes were selected based on
career statistics. 
Since the inception of the Academic All-America® program, Klein is the
38th&nbsp;Northwest student-athlete overall to achieve Academic All-America®
recognition. He is also the 19th&nbsp;Bearcat overall to earn first-team
status. <a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/cosidaallamerican.sidearmsports.com/documents/2017/4/11/AAA_AllTime_Individual_by_school_N_S.pdf">(CLICK
HERE FOR FULL LIST)</a> 
For more information on the Academic All-America® program, go to <a href="https://academicallamerica.com/">https://academicallamerica.com/</a>.--- Northwest Athletics ---

Bearcats' Marcus Klein named First Team Academic All-American