From NYU Athletics

Senior co-captain Emily Cousens of the New York University women's cross country and track and field teams earned Division III College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) First Team Academic All-District 3 honors, it was announced on Thursday, May 28. With the distinction, Cousens automatically moves on to the ballot for consideration for CoSIDA National Academic All-America Team honors.

Cousens has been extremely successful in the classroom en route to earning Academic All-District honors. Throughout 2013-14 she earned UAA Sport All-Academic honors three times, was named to NYU's Intercollegiate Athletic Advisory Committee (IAAC) honor roll in the Fall and is on pace for the same honor in the Spring, earned All-Academic honors from the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA), and graduated as a recipient of the NYU Student Athlete Academic Achievement Award.

The distance runner entered her final year at NYU already with numerous honors and achievements, but continued to add on to her long list of accolades this past academic year. Over the cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field seasons, the Contoocook, NH, native compiled six Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Metro/Upstate Runner of the Week honors, three University Athletic Association (UAA) Athlete of the Week awards, three First Team All-UAA honors -- one Second Team and one Third Team -- qualified for three NCAA Division III individual championships, was named to the NCAA All-Atlantic Region team, and was an NCAA Cross Country All-American. Lastly, Cousens was named NYU's Senior Athlete of the Year at the annual Hall of Fame banquet.