Hull Earns Academic All-America Status

EUGENE, Ore. – In recognition of her efforts in the classroom, four-time NCAA champion Jessica Hull has earned a spot on the Google Cloud Academic All-America Third Team as announced Thursday. She is the 18^th woman in program history to earn Academic All-America honors, and first since the 2015 season.

Hull carried a 3.39 cumulative grade-point average (GPA) as a human physiology and psychology major. In February, she was named the 2018 Division I Women's Scholar-Athlete of the Year for cross country by the USTFCCCA.

During the 2018-19 season, Hull was a four-time All-America performer. She finished third at the 2018 NCAA Cross Country Championships in Madison, Wis., was a two-time NCAA champion (3,000m, DMR) at the Indoor Championships in Birmingham, Ala., and capped the year with a runner-up performance in the 1,500 meters at the NCAA Championships in Austin, Texas.

Hull PRs in 2019
1,500m – 4:06.27 (No. 2 in UO history)
Mile – 4:31.03 (school record)
3,000m – 8:53.91 (school record)
5,000m – 15:34.93 (No. 4 in UO history)

Hull was part of three top-five national finishes for the Women of Oregon, a team effort that resulted in its 10^th Terry Crawford Program of the Year award. The Ducks were third at the NCAA cross country and indoor meets and finished finish at the NCAA outdoor meet in early June.

At the conference level, Hull was the runner-up at the Pac-12 cross country meet and led the Women of Oregon to the team title. She anchored the Ducks' DMR to victory at the MPSF Championships, an effort that also secured the relay's spot at the national meet. Hull then successfully defended her 1,500-meter title at the Pac-12 Championships in Tucson, Ariz.

Overall, Hull is the fourth Duck to represent the athletic department as an Academic All-American this season along with Justin Herbert (football), Petra Salko (women's golf) and Jessica Yu (soccer).

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