Shankar Takes Home CoSIDA Academic All-America Honors
Jun 22, 2022 | Track & Field
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Fifth-year senior Tejaswin Shankar clinched a spot on the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-America Second Team for the second consecutive year on Wednesday (June 22), the organization announced.
The reigning NCAA Outdoor High Jump champion, Shankar graduated with a bachelor's degree in Accounting and Finance while also competing a Master's in Accounting. This is his second CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team honor with his first being in 2021.
To conclude the 2021-22 campaign, Shankar was crowned the 2022 NCAA high jump champion after a sudden death jump off between himself and Darius Carbin from Georgia at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship in Eugene, Oregon on June 10. Shankar cleared a height of 2.27m/7-5.25 after fouling three times at 2.24m/7-4.25, while Carbin missed at both heights.
This was Shankar's second outdoor national title (2018, 2022) during his career at K-State, while he was the national runner-up in 2019 and 2021. He finished with eight All-American honors in the high jump (combined indoor and outdoor), including four times as a First Team Outdoor All-American.
Shankar also earned USTFCCCA Midwest Region Male Field Athlete of the Year on June 16, his fourth Academic All-Big 12 First Team honor on May 3 and was recognized on the CoSIDA First Team Academic All-District 7.
During the 2021-22 track and field season, Shankar competed in the high jump a total of eight times, three times in a multi event and five times in an individual event.
Shankar advanced to the NCAA Championships by tying for first at the NCAA West Preliminary in Fayetteville, Arkansas with Oklahoma's Vernon Turner. Both Turner and Shankar cleared 2.18m/7-0.50m.
In addition, the New Delhi native placed second at the 2022 Big 12 Indoor Championships in the high jump and earned third in his first career decathlon with a score of 7,592 points at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships.
Eighteen of the 45 members of the Academic All-America Division I men's track and field/cross country teams boast a perfect 4.0 GPA in their undergraduate work or graduate school. The 15 members on the first team have an average GPA of 3.90, with the entire men's team holding a collective average GPA of 3.83.
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The reigning NCAA Outdoor High Jump champion, Shankar graduated with a bachelor's degree in Accounting and Finance while also competing a Master's in Accounting. This is his second CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team honor with his first being in 2021.
To conclude the 2021-22 campaign, Shankar was crowned the 2022 NCAA high jump champion after a sudden death jump off between himself and Darius Carbin from Georgia at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship in Eugene, Oregon on June 10. Shankar cleared a height of 2.27m/7-5.25 after fouling three times at 2.24m/7-4.25, while Carbin missed at both heights.
This was Shankar's second outdoor national title (2018, 2022) during his career at K-State, while he was the national runner-up in 2019 and 2021. He finished with eight All-American honors in the high jump (combined indoor and outdoor), including four times as a First Team Outdoor All-American.
Shankar also earned USTFCCCA Midwest Region Male Field Athlete of the Year on June 16, his fourth Academic All-Big 12 First Team honor on May 3 and was recognized on the CoSIDA First Team Academic All-District 7.
During the 2021-22 track and field season, Shankar competed in the high jump a total of eight times, three times in a multi event and five times in an individual event.
Shankar advanced to the NCAA Championships by tying for first at the NCAA West Preliminary in Fayetteville, Arkansas with Oklahoma's Vernon Turner. Both Turner and Shankar cleared 2.18m/7-0.50m.
In addition, the New Delhi native placed second at the 2022 Big 12 Indoor Championships in the high jump and earned third in his first career decathlon with a score of 7,592 points at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships.
Eighteen of the 45 members of the Academic All-America Division I men's track and field/cross country teams boast a perfect 4.0 GPA in their undergraduate work or graduate school. The 15 members on the first team have an average GPA of 3.90, with the entire men's team holding a collective average GPA of 3.83.
For the latest on K-State Track and Field follow @kstatesports and @KStateTFXC on Twitter or Kansas State Track & Field/Cross Country on Facebook.
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