Flemmer awarded for work in classroom, on track

Published 3:14 pm Saturday, August 13, 2011

Former Stanfield Tiger standout athlete Jason Flemmer

was named to the NCAA Division I mens all-Academic track team by

the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Countrry Coaches

Association.

Flemmer earned a 3.26 cumulative grade point average

last spring and made the regional field for the javelin at the

University of Montana for the second consecutive year. He is a

sociology major.

He has won back-to-back Big Sky Conference javelin

championships in 2010 and 2011 and placed 18th at the West

Regionals this year, held at historic Hayward Field in Eugene.

420 male student-athletes from across the nation were

named to the all-Academic team, which requires an athlete to

maintain above a 3.25 GPA and qualify for an event at the regional

level.

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