GORHAM, Maine – The University of Southern Maine Huskies' women's track & field has earned All-Academic Team honors from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) for the 2024-25 season. Three Huskies, senior Zoe Barnes (New Gloucester, Maine/Gray-New Gloucester), senior Jaigan Boudreau (Dayton, Maine/Thornton Academy) and junior Riley Reitchel (Palermo, Maine/Erskine Academy), have each been named All-Academic Athletes. This is the first All-Academic Athlete award for Barnes. Boudreau is now a three-time honoree and Reitchel has now earned the honor twice.
 
Programs are recognized as All-Academic Teams if their cumulative team GPA is at least a 3.10 on a 4.0 scale through the most recent semester/quarter. All-Academic Athletes must have a cumulative GPA of 3.30 or higher and must meet an addition athletic requirement of either finishing the season among the top 50 individuals on the national performance list or being a member of one of the top 35 relay teams.
 
Barnes placed 10th in the discus at the 2025 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships with a throw of 40.94m to earn Second Team All-American status. Her performance capped off an outdoor season that saw her claim Little East Conference titles in the discus and shot put and the DIII New England title in the discus. She was named the LEC Field Athlete of the Year for both the indoor and outdoor seasons and earned USTFCCCA All-Region honors in both versions of the shot put plus the discus and weight throw. She also set new program records in the indoor shot put (13.14m), the outdoor shot put (13.49m) and the discus (45.60m). Barnes is completing her degree in Nursing.
 
Boudreau, a Criminology major, qualified for All-Academic Athlete honors by ranking 43rd nationally in the discus with a mark of 43.74m. She earned All-Region honors in both the discus and shot put and placed second in each event at the LEC Championships behind Barnes. She also was an All-Academic Athlete in 2021-22 and 2023-24.
 
Reitchel finished fourth in the javelin at the Outdoor National Championships with a throw of 41.32m to earn First Team All-American honors. Like Barnes, Reitchel also won LEC and DIII New England titles and was an All-Region performer. A Linguistics major, Reitchel was previously an All-Academic Athlete in 2022-23 after qualifying for Nationals in the javelin.
 
Boudreau and Retichel also earned College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District honors for the 2024-2025 academic year.