Courtesy of Valerie Perkin/Air Force Athletics
AUSTIN, Texas – Air Force junior India Jones was named an Academic All-American by the College Sports Communicators this morning (July 15), as the association announced its selections to the 2025 Academic All-American Division I Women’s Track & Field / Cross Country Team. Jones, one of two women from the Mountain West to be honored by the CSC, was designated with third-team status.
Jones, a biology major with a 3.79 GPA, was an NCAA Qualifier in the 10,000-meter run. During the outdoor season, she recorded Air Force Top 5 times in both the 5000-meter (16:13.50, No. 5) and 10,000-meter (33:39.58, No. 4) events, with the first occurring during a top-10 outing at the Bryan Clay Invitational. She also impacted the program’s all-time standings during the indoor season, as she accounted for the seventh-fastest 5000-meter run (16:18.01a) and eighth-fastest 3000-meter run (9:28.97a) at the Mountain West Championships.
A back-to-back CSC Academic All-District selection, Jones was a scoring member of the cross country team in every race she contested – headlined by the Falcons’ No. 2 finish at the NCAA Mountain Regional (48th). A top-20 finisher at the Mountain West Championships, Jones held the women to a runner-up team finish at Pre-Nationals and a top-10 finish placement at the Gans Creek Classic.
A native of Wolfeboro, N.H., Jones is the 19th Falcon to be selected as an Academic All-American by the CSC (formerly CoSIDA) for track & field and cross country – joining Mary Manning (1984-1985), Chris Nelson (1991-1992), Nick Wilson (2006), Kenny Grosselin (2008), Brittany Morreale (2010), Matthew Bell (2013), Jeremy Drenckhahn (2013), Rebecca Esselstein (2013-2014-2015), Josh Nielsen (2014), Taylor Smith (2016), Katie Burnham (2018), Lindsey Blanks (2020), Mitch Lipe (2020), Greg Skage (2021). Sean Geither (2022), Katie Thompson (2023), Brian Hubbard (2024), and Philip Hundl (2024).
To be eligible for Academic All-America consideration, student-athlete must maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or higher on a scale of 4.00, be at least a sophomore academically, and meet specific athletic requirements (cross country – top 50 finish at the NCAA regional meet; track & field – top 50 regional rankings in at least one event, indoor or outdoor). These student-athletes, nominated by their sports information director, are named Academic All-District and advance to the national ballot, where CSC committee members vote on the Academic All-America teams within each division.
